Thursday 1 June 2023 at 12:30

Department of Mathematics, University College London, UK

The London Heilbronn Colloquia are a series of triannunal lectures by distinguished mathematicians and theoretical physicists at the forefront of current research. They are aimed at a general mathematical audience and informal interaction with the speaker.

Organiser: Yiannis Petridis (UCL)

A World from a Sheet of Paper

Tadashi Tokieda, Professor of Mathematics, Stanford University, USA

Starting from just a sheet of paper, by folding, stacking, crumpling, sometimes tearing, we shall explore a diversity of phenomena, from magic tricks and geometry through elasticity and the traditional Japanese art of origami to medical devices and an ‘h-principle’.  Much of the show consists of table-top demonstrations, which you can try later with friends and family. 

So, take a sheet of paper. . .

More information on the event website