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Flat-Foldability for 1 × n Maps with Square/Diagonal Grid Patterns

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In this paper, we propose three conclusions for 1 × n maps with square/diagonal grid patterns. First, for a 1 × n map consisting of all the vertical creases and all the diagonal creases as well as a mountain-valley assignment, if it obeys the local flat-foldability, then it can always be globally flat-folded and one of its flat-folded state can be reached in O(n) time. Second, for a 1 × n map consisting of only square/diagonal grid pattern, it also can always be globally flat-folded and one of its flat-foldable state can be reached in O(n) time. We give theoretical proofs for both of them and propose corresponding algorithms. Then, we prove the NP-hardness of the problem of determining the global flat-foldability for a 1 × n map consisting of a square/diagonal grid pattern and a specific mountain-valley assignment. Also, we show that given an order of the faces for an m × n map with all the vertical creases and all the diagonal creases assigned to be mountains or valleys, we can determine its validity in O(mn) time.

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Jia, Y., Kanamori, Y., Mitani, J. (2019). Flat-Foldability for 1 × n Maps with Square/Diagonal Grid Patterns. In: Das, G., Mandal, P., Mukhopadhyaya, K., Nakano, Si. (eds) WALCOM: Algorithms and Computation. WALCOM 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11355. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10564-8_11

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