Closed Surface Envelopes

Year: 2022 Authors: Richard H. Hammack

Core claim

By folding, cutting, and gluing envelope templates, one can realize specific closed surfaces whose topology is verified with Euler characteristic and the classification theorem.

Topics

mail art, closed surfaces, Euler characteristic, surface classification

Domains

topology, surface classification, Euler characteristic, mail art, paper engineering, graphic design

Methods

cutting and folding, gluing, topological computation, LATEX typesetting

Media

paper, glue, printed envelopes, windowed envelopes

Source status

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