Title	The Math Behind the Pop-up Spinner
Creator	O'Rourke, Joseph
Publisher	Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Date Issued	2021-02-21T13:02
Description	Pop-up books and cards have been around since the 18th century, and recently have seen a surge in popularity through the elaborate designs of pop-up masters like Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. But the most stunning and elegant pop-up effect I have encountered is the Pop-Up Spinner card invented by an anonymous Japanese student. How it functions turns out to depend on a geometric theorem concerning linkages proven in an undergraduate thesis. I will explain the connection and prove the theorem.
Extent	29.0 minutes
Subject	Mathematics; Geometry; Education; Art; Research
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	eng
Notes	Author affiliation: Smith College
Series	BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (Banff, Alta)
Date Available	2021-08-21
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0401482
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79365
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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