Creating Symmetry - The Artful Mathematics of Wallpaper Patterns

Zusatztext "For the mathematically educated reader, Frank Farris’ book, Creating Symmetry: The Artful Mathematics of Wallpaper Patterns , gives some sage guidance . . . with 27 beautiful vignettes of art generated by complex-valued functions along with explanations that cover just enough mathematics to explain what is going on without getting overly fussy about the technical details." Informationen zum Autor Frank A. Farris teaches mathematics at Santa Clara University. He is a former editor of Mathematics Magazine ! a publication of the Mathematical Association of America. He lives in San Jose! California. Klappentext This lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on! step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks--a sort of potato-stamp method--Frank Farris offers a completely new waveform approach that enables you to create an endless variety of rosettes! friezes! and wallpaper patterns: dazzling art images where the beauty of nature meets the precision of mathematics. Zusammenfassung This lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks--a sort of potato-stamp method--Frank Farris offers a completely new waveform approach that enables you to create an endless variety of rosettes, friezes, and wallpaper patterns: dazzli

Product details

• Authors: Frank A. Farris, Farris Frank A.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2015
• EAN: 9780691161730
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16173-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Geometry; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; MATHEMATICS / Differential Equations / General, MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General, MATHEMATICS / Functional Analysis, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, geometry, Differential calculus & equations, Popular and recreational mathematics, Functional analysis & transforms, Popular mathematics, Functional analysis and transforms, Differential calculus and equations