Origami-Constructible Numbers
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We consider origami in the context of complex numbers and algebra. In an origami construction, we start with a sheet of paper that we can consider to be infinitely large. The sheet of paper also has two points marked on it: 0 and 1. The sheet represents the complex plane, with the real axis going through the points 0 and 1 and the imaginary axis perpendicular to the real axis, intersecting it at the point 0. In this way, we can talk about points and complex numbers interchangeably.
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