Making polygons by simple folds and one straight cut

Abstract

We give an efficient algorithmic characterization of simple polygons whose edges can be aligned onto a common line, with nothing else on that line, by a sequence of all-layers simple folds. In particular, such alignments enable the cutting out of the polygon and its complement with one complete straight cut. We also show that these makeable polygons include all convex polygons possessing a line of symmetry. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.