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  1. Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, 14853-4201, Ithaca, NY, USA

    David W. Henderson & Daina Taimina

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Henderson, D.W., Taimina, D. Crocheting the hyperbolic plane. The Mathematical Intelligencer 23, 17–28 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03026623

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