Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeM. Emmer: Introduction.- Part I: Mathematics, Art and Architecture: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Judith Flagg and Kim Williams: From Tiling the Plane to Paving Town Square; Dietmar Guderian: Mathematics in Contemporary Arts - Finite and Infinity; Achille Perilli: De Insana Geometria; Michea Simona: Ovals in Borromini's Geometry; Richard Taylor: Fractals: A Resonance Between Art And Nature.- Part II: Visual Mathematics and Computer Graphics: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Thomas Banchoof and David Cervone: Math Awareness Month 2000: An Interactive Experience; Anatoly Fomenko, Alexandr Ivanov: Visual Topology and Variational Problems on Two-dimensional Surfaces; George Francis: Metarealistic Rendering of Real-time Interactive Computer Animations; Herbert Franke: Virtual Sculpture; Konrad Polthier: Publication of Electronic Geometry Models; John Sims: Trees, Roots and Brains: Constructing a Narrative Based Mathematical Art.- Part III: Mathematics, Literature and Cinema: M. Emmer: Introduction to this part; Apostolos Doxiadis; Simon Singh; Robert Osserman: Mathematics on Stage; James MacAllister: Mathematics and Beauty.
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InhaltsangabeMathematics, Art and Architecture.- Mathematics, Art and Architecture.- From Tiling the Plane to Paving Town Square.- Mathematics in Contemporary Arts - Finite and Infinity.- De Insana Geometria.- Ovals in Borromini's Geometry.- Fractals: A Resonance between Art and Nature.- Mathland - From Topology to Virtual Architecture.- Visual Mathematics and Computer Graphics.- Introduction: Visual Mathematics and Computer Graphics.- Math Awareness Month 2000: An Interactive Experience.- Visual Topology and Variational Problems on Two-Dimensional Surfaces.- Metarealistic Rendering of Real-time Interactive Computer Animations.- Virtual Sculptures.- Publication of Electronic Geometry Models.- Trees, Roots and a Brain: A Metaphorical Foundation for Mathematical Art.- Mathematics, Literature and Cinema.- Mathematics, Literature and Cinema.- Euclid's Poetics: An examination of the similarity between narrative and proof.- The Rise of Narrative Non-Fiction.- Mathematics Takes Center Stage.- Mathematics and Raymond Queneau.