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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Minimize The Crease

Consider a rectangular piece of paper of width $W$ laid on a flat surface. The lower left corner of the paper is bought over to the right edge of the paper, and the paper is smoothed flat creating a crease of length $L$, as in the diagram:






















What is the minimal value of $L$ in terms of $W$?