Unfolding the Dragon's Wings with GXWeb

Take a piece of paper and fold it in half, from right to left.

Fold again, in the same way, and continue for a few folds.

If, after folding, you open the page out again, you will observe the paperfold sequence - a series of downward (▼ 1) and upward (▲ 0) folds that may catch you by surprise!

Perhaps also surprising: if each fold is opened out to create a right-angled corner, the resulting shape approaches the dragon curve fractal.

Can you imagine what our dragon curve would look like if the paper was bent at an angle other than 90 degrees?

Explore the Dragon Curve, Paper Folds and Fractions Further ⇒

See how easily you can create this yourself with GXWeb!

Set All Folds:	degrees

1 Fold
	0	90	180
2 Folds
	0	90	180
3 Folds
	0	90	180
4 Folds
	0	0	180
5 Folds
	0	0	180
6 Folds
	0	0	180

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Unfolding the Dragon's Wings with GXWeb

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