Talk:Britney Gallivan

message: I don't do a lot of edits here, but the following phrase/sentence seems to have issues: These equations show that, in order to fold anything in half, it must be \pi times longer than its thickness, and that, depending on how something is folded, the amount its length decreases with each fold differs.
This seems like it could be original research- the equations and the link refer to folding paper, not any other kind of material. Expanding the applicability of these equations to beyond that could be wrong, synthesis, or original research. 169.233.37.162 (talk) 01:05, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Fold "Anything"

message: Does someone have a link to the proof ? may be some outline of the proof would be good for the mathematically inclined. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.126.136.220 (talk • contribs) 11:41, 2 December 2005
: I found an "independent derivation of her equation" via a BoingBoing.org post found  here Jason Coleman 00:23, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Proof

message: I saw on Mythbusters that she had used toilet paper and had folded in half lengthwise, but not alternating like they preformed in Mythbusters.  Does that make project still viable or is it "bending the rules"?Da Kenster 23:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mythbusters

message: When a book on significant mathematical events not only includes her work as an entry, but also describes her accomplishment as having "shocked the world". I'd say that's empirical proof that she's notable. Hence I have removed that 'notability questionable' template from the article. Noel (talk) 00:04, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: For more see http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=332&t=216185&hilit=Britney+Gallivan
Her proof is wrong, since she used as a length the distance from the center to the begining of the paper. A More physical significant result would've be using the middle of the paper or use the conservation of the paper as I used (this is the same as the last one)
I'm astonishing of How NOBODY saw that until today (Actually 3 years ago as I did)
Everytime I see this (mythbusters recently) I'm anoyed, why people don't see this simple fact?
EulerIntegral  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.59.190.172 (talk) 16:13, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Her equation has been proven to be correct both theoretically and empirically. It has been reviewed by experts in the field of mathematics and found to be valid. Your derivation, as shown here, is neither peer reviewed, nor clearly explained. Your reasoning is difficult to understand, but seems to arise from questions of material science. In fact, you are yourself unsure of this, "I don't know too much about physics of bending materials, so I can't say that those approximations are good or no." Ms. Gallivan's equation, as described here, is based upon the fact that as paper is folded repeatedly it creates a fold that is semicircular while the paper is deformed. It is rude to simply state something is wrong without proper proof. While your approach has merit it does not seem to take into account the material properties of paper. Please refine and better explain your approach.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.168.72.164 (talk) 12:30, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong Equation

message: She is mentioned, and where I heard of her, on the British TV show "QI" season F episode 3 @ 37:20   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSOV6R9kahQ 
I don't know how to properly cite it in the article.
:Regards,  -- Steve --  (talk) 01:25, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional TV mention

message: Quickly skimming it over I didn't notice it being written down anywhere in the encyclopedia article, and I'm not comfortable with changing anything in Wikipedia articles
"Dr. James Tanton and students at St. Mark's School folded a 13000 ft long piece of toilet paper 13 times, beating the Britney Gallivan's record"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:C88:4000:A004:D142:3994:2384:382A (talk) 09:42, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Her record has been beaten 

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