Mathemalchemy,
a minicourse with Ingrid Daubechies:
"Symmetric patterns and tiling"
Wednesday, October 11 at 6:30 pm
(in person)
There are only so many ways (17, to be precise) in which one can arrange a given pattern on the plane so that it keeps repeating "rhythmically," as on wallpaper. In the Mathemalchemy art installation, a little mouse appears all over, illustrating each of these. But sometimes it is knitted, sometimes embroidered, sometimes appliquéd — why? Each of these wallpaper arrangements also defines a periodic tiling of the plane, a regular arrangement of the same shape, copied over and over again; together these copies cover the plane exactly, without overlaps. There also exist non-periodic tilings — how do they work?
New York, NY 10010
United States
Event Fee (special pricing) | |
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