Abstract: Starting from just a sheet of paper, by folding, stacking, crumpling, sometimes tearing, we will explore a diversity of phenomena, from magic tricks and geometry to elasticity and the traditional Japanese art of origami. Much of the lecture consists of table-top demonstrations, which you can try later with friends and family.
So, take a sheet of paper . . .
Bio: Tadashi Tokieda is a professor at Stanford University. He grew up as a painter in Japan, became a classical philologist (not to be confused with philosopher) in France and, having earned a PhD in pure mathematics from Princeton, has been an applied mathematician in England and the US. He is also active in outreach in the developing world, especially via the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) as well as the YouTube channel Numberphile. Tokieda was invited to deliver a public lecture at the 2018 ICM and at the 2022 ICM.