Möbius Kaleidocycles Shown 'Open' and Closed (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Möbius Kaleidocycles Shown 'Open' and Closed

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Dr. Johannes Schönke and Prof. Eliot Fried have introduced a new class of kaleidocycles, which have seven or more hinges. One of the researchers' main challenges was learning what conditions had to be met for a chain of seven or more pyramids (left) to be closed into a ring (right).

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