Paperfolding

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The folding of paper; origami uncountable

    "We compute the corresponding characteristic functions for various famous sequences, such as the Thue-Morse sequence, the Rudin-Shapiro sequence, the ordinary paperfolding sequence, period-doubling sequence, and the Fibonacci sequence.."

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"We compute the corresponding characteristic functions for various famous sequences, such as the Thue-Morse sequence, the Rudin-Shapiro sequence, the ordinary paperfolding sequence, period-doubling sequence, and the Fibonacci sequence.."

Etymology

From paper + folding.

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