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PyLadies Zurich is part of an international mentorship group for underrepresented genders in the Python community, such as but not limited to women, trans people and non-binary people. We focus on helping our members become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings.
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Upcoming events
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Mathematical Paper Crafts by Julia Pap
Constructor Nexademy, Förrlibuckstrasse 150, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, ZH, CHIn our Christmas edition meetup, our speaker Julia Pap will talk about two hobby projects that can be described as mathematical or algorithmic paper crafts - and then we’ll get hands-on and try them.
The first is a Python implementation of the fold-and-cut theorem, which says that for any polygonal shape, there is a way to fold flat a sheet of paper and make a single cut, so that unfolded, we get our desired shape. Magicians have performed versions of this trick for over a century, but the general proof only came in the late 1990s.
The second topic is about a web app inspired by the book M.C. Escher’s kaleidocycles by D. Schattschneider and W. Wallace, in which repeating patterns of Escher are drawn on Platonic polyhedra and kaleidocycles. In the web app, you can paint any pattern on symmetric polyhedra, and choose one of its symmetry groups to repeat the pattern. By printing out the export and gluing the polyhedron, you can get a nice DIY Christmas bauble in record time.
Agenda
18:15 Arrival
18:30 Talk and discussion
19:00 Paper crafting and mulled wineAll genders welcome!
We expect all participants of our meetup to abide by the PyLadies code of conduct: http://www.pyladies.com/CodeOfConduct/
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