Tending toward the convex
I was commissioned to create an Islamic geometric design to serve as a prop on the set of an Austrian production of the play Disgraced.
I was commissioned to create an Islamic geometric design to serve as a prop on the set of an Austrian production of the play Disgraced.
Fold a square of origami paper in half, unfold, fold it in half the other way, and unfold. Now fold the corners to the centre. Turn it over and repeat. You may be reminded of folding what’s often called a cootie catcher or fortune teller. You end up with the leftmost module in …
It’s a well known fact that all mathematical art must eventually be worn on one’s head. Let’s cut out the middleman and create mathematical hats.
Last year, shortly before the opening of the 2013 Bridges conference in Enschede, I launched The Bridges Archive, a comprehensive repository of every paper ever published in Bridges. This was the first major step forward in a project that was more or less inaugurated in 2009, when participants in that …