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It's a bit hard to understand these because I can't install reference finder due to space, so I can't really input all the calculations I get. For now, thanks for the overview, if I have any questions I'll just come back here
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The square root of 2 is the length of the diagonal of a 1×1 square. So the easiest way to get multiples of √2 is to take the diagonal of a proportionally larger square. Similarly, you can get other roots as diagonals of different rectangles, via the Pythagorean Theorem, e.g. √5 is the diagonal of 2×1 rectangle, etc.Merlyngami wrote:So how do you work out ratios like that one, with √2 in it?
For complex ratios, referencefinder's solution might give you a simpler folding sequence because RF doesn't necessarily look for 100% accurate results. And "the amount of accuracy you give up by using RF + shorter solution" might be more beneficial than "the amount of time it takes to find an accurate solution + longer solution". And nobody will be 100% accurate at folding paper so even my solution will get a tiny bit of error during the folding process.Merlyngami wrote:[...] but I couldn't really find anything that was any nicer to fold than the referencefinder solution.