Not to get too OT here, I can fold a piece of thin notepaper (4x6) about 6 times before it's not happening anymore.  Of course, this is not the precision folding whereas the air is removed and the thickness is strictly doubled.  That's just not possible with real paper.   The thinner the paper and the bigger the sheet, the more folds are possible up to the limit - about 9 folds - before no amount of size can help overcome the physical properties involved.

Consider that to do about 24 folds would probably require the pincing of two black holes!

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On the other hand, some human ingenuity can push the envelope (or fold it in this case):

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See links at the bottom of Link 3 for more indepth reading. :)

Maybe some even cleverer person will come along with an alternative topological solution that allows 16 or 24 folds - one never knows.

Robert

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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