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We discovered a new net!

Jane Street runs internships in New York, London, Hong Kong and now their Singapore office as well! Find out more and apply for 2027 internships here: http://jane-st.co/internships2027-SUM

Read the paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.19910

The original “Can the Same Net Fold into Two Shapes?” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOTTZtVPrgo

The page with all 2,263 nets of area 22 that form two cuboids.
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/~uehara/etc/origami/nets/index-e.html

The massive 106 paper nets were made for me by Lisa Mather. Each one had the correct fold lines laser scored into them.

Cubigami on Maths Gear
https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/cubigami

Please enjoy the uninterrupted version of Eigen See Clearly Now by Jonny Berliner here. We tried to put it in this video but it didn't quite work. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/acn6gl2oiklt91wwz8gpu/Eigen-See-Clearly-Now.mp3?rlkey=vuk1kiimlcml9i81tyjh7krgn&st=u7lupp0w&dl=0

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. With the help from them we have been able to contribute to genuine new maths! https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS

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Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Props by Lisa Mather
Content Wrangling by Rhys Jones
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/