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Math and art : an introduction to visual mathematics / Sasho Kalajdzievski ; in collaboration with R. Padmanabhan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton. Fla. : CRC Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xv, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm + 1 computer disc (12 cm)Content type:
  • text
  • computer dataset
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • computer disc
ISBN:
  • 1584889136
  • 9781584889137
Other title:
  • Maths and art
  • Maths and art : An introduction to visual mathematics
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 22
LOC classification:
  • QA445 .K32 2008
Contents:
1. Euclidean geometry : The five axioms of Euclidean geometry ; Ruler and compass constructions ; The golden ratio ; Fibonacci numbers -- 2. Plane transformations : Plane symmetries ; Plane symmetries, vectors, and matrices (optional) ; Groups of symmetries of planar objects ; Frieze patterns ; Wallpaper designs and tilings of the plane ; Tilings and art -- 3. Similarities, fractals, and cellular automata : Similarities and some other planar transformations ; Complex numbers (optional) ; Fractals: definition and some examples ; Julia sets ; Cellular automata -- 4. Hyperbolic geometry : Non-Euclidean geometries: background and some history ; Inversion ; Hyperbolic geometry ; Some basic constructions in the Poincaré model ; Tilings of the hyperbolic plane -- 5. Perspective and some three-dimensional objects : Perspective ; Mathematics of perspective drawing: a brief overview (optional) ; Regular and other polyhedra ; Sphere, cylinder, cone, and conic sections ; Geometry, tilings, Fractals, and cellular automata in three dimensions -- 6. Topology : Homotopy of spaces: an informal introduction ; Two-manifolds and the Euler characteristic ; Non-orientable two-manifolds and three-manifolds.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 510 KAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A452877B
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Includes index.

"A Chapman & Hall book.".

Accompanied by: 1 computer disc (CD-ROM)

1. Euclidean geometry : The five axioms of Euclidean geometry ; Ruler and compass constructions ; The golden ratio ; Fibonacci numbers -- 2. Plane transformations : Plane symmetries ; Plane symmetries, vectors, and matrices (optional) ; Groups of symmetries of planar objects ; Frieze patterns ; Wallpaper designs and tilings of the plane ; Tilings and art -- 3. Similarities, fractals, and cellular automata : Similarities and some other planar transformations ; Complex numbers (optional) ; Fractals: definition and some examples ; Julia sets ; Cellular automata -- 4. Hyperbolic geometry : Non-Euclidean geometries: background and some history ; Inversion ; Hyperbolic geometry ; Some basic constructions in the Poincaré model ; Tilings of the hyperbolic plane -- 5. Perspective and some three-dimensional objects : Perspective ; Mathematics of perspective drawing: a brief overview (optional) ; Regular and other polyhedra ; Sphere, cylinder, cone, and conic sections ; Geometry, tilings, Fractals, and cellular automata in three dimensions -- 6. Topology : Homotopy of spaces: an informal introduction ; Two-manifolds and the Euler characteristic ; Non-orientable two-manifolds and three-manifolds.

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