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Item Mathematics of origami(2011-08) Song, Kyoyong; Daniels, Mark L.; Armendáriz, Efraim P.This report examines the mathematics of paper folding. One can solve cubic polynomials by folding a common tangent to two distinct parabolas. This then leads to constructions that cannot be done with a straightedge and compass such as angle trisection and doubling a cube.