Breaking the Paper Folding Myth: Achieving 12 Folds and Setting the Record Straight

The video explores the myth that paper cannot be folded more than eight times. It recounts a challenge to fold a piece of gold foil 12 times, highlighting the exponential growth involved in folding. The speaker derives equations for folding in single and alternate directions and describes an attempt to set a folding record, ultimately succeeding in folding paper 12 times.

Explain the concept of exponential growth as it relates to folding paper.

What were the two limiting equations derived for folding paper, and what do they represent?