Manifold Mirrors: The Crossing Paths of the Arts and Mathematics

Manifold Mirrors: The Crossing Paths of the Arts and Mathematics


Yazar Felipe Cucker
Yayınevi Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9780521728768
Baskı yılı 2013
Sayfa sayısı 424
Ağırlık 0.75 kg
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Most works of art, whether illustrative, musical or literary, are created subject to a set of constraints. In many (but not all) cases, these constraints have a mathematical nature, for example, the geometric transformations governing the canons of J. S.
Mathematics: users manual; Appetizers; 1. Space and geometry; 2. Motions on the plane; 3. The many symmetries of planar objects; 4. The many objects with planar symmetries; 5. Reflections on the mirror; 6. A raw material; 7. Stretching the plane; 8. Aural