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SUMMARY:Nikolai Andreev (Laboratory of Popularization and Promotion of Mat
hematics at the Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Scien
ce)
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DTEND:20210218T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Mechanisms by Pafnuty Chebyshev: from Watt's problem to the approximat
ion theory\nby Nikolai Andreev (Laboratory of Popularization and Promo
tion of Mathematics at the Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Acade
my of Science) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOn May 16\,
2021 mathematical community will celebrate 200 years since the birth of a
great Russian mathematician Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev. The talk is dedic
ated to the kinematic mechanisms invented by the famous mathematician. We
will look at the elegance of the first ever walking machines\, the ingenui
ty of the mechanisms that approximate segments of lines and circles\, and
follow the birth of the theory of approximation.\n\n The project «Mec
hanisms by Tchebyshev» https://en.tcheb.ru/ (with the original French spe
lling of the mathematician’s name) by the Laboratory of Popularization a
nd Promotion of Mathematics presents all mechanisms invented by Chebyshev.
Some of the original mechanisms are still preserved in the museums\, for
others only photos or verbal descriptions are left.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/1/
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SUMMARY:André Rangel (Universidado do Porto/CITAR/)
DTSTART:20210422T170000Z
DTEND:20210422T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Objectile and Utopia – Artistic Expression combining Geometry and Ar
ithmetics\nby André Rangel (Universidado do Porto/CITAR/) as part of
Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/2/
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SUMMARY:Curtis T. McMullen (Harvard University)
DTSTART:20210304T190000Z
DTEND:20210304T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Illustrating Infinity\nby Curtis T. McMullen (Harvard University)
as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/3/
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Blocksome (Kansas City Art Institute)
DTSTART:20210401T170000Z
DTEND:20210401T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: The Gospel of René Descartes\nby Rebecca Blocksome (Kansas City A
rt Institute) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/4/
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SUMMARY:François Apéry (University of Upper-Alsace in Mulhouse)
DTSTART:20210408T170000Z
DTEND:20210408T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: The Henri Poincaré Institute collection of mathematical models in Pa
ris\nby François Apéry (University of Upper-Alsace in Mulhouse) as p
art of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/5/
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SUMMARY:Steve Goddard (Spencer Museum of Art\, University of Kansas)
DTSTART:20211014T170000Z
DTEND:20211014T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Cryptograph: Revisiting An Exhibition For Alan Turing\nby Steve Go
ddard (Spencer Museum of Art\, University of Kansas) as part of Art and Ma
th Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis presentation reconsiders the 2012 exhibitio
n at the Spencer Museum of Art: Cryptograph: An Exhibition For Alan Turing
. The exhibition\, held on the centenary of Turing’s birth\, was a thou
ght experiment that asked\,”if Alan Turing were to visit our museum\, wh
at works of art would we entertain him with\, and what questions would be
raised by him?” Now\, nearly ten years later\, we can summarize the exhi
bition and consider what we might add if we were to stage it again today.\
n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/6/
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SUMMARY:Zdeňka Guadarrama (Rockhurst University)
DTSTART:20211104T170000Z
DTEND:20211104T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Art as a Medium for Doing Mathematics In the Classroom\nby Zdeňka
Guadarrama (Rockhurst University) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAb
stract\nThroughout my teaching career\, I have taken an opportunity to use
art as the medium to engage students in doing mathematics. Students’ a
ctive engagement in the “doing of mathematics” in the classroom is ach
ieved through carefully crafted inquiry activities\, class projects\, and
meaningful assessments. Undergraduate research and community engagement pr
ovide opportunities for students to showcase their math-art work outside o
f the classroom. I will share examples of art as a medium for mathematics
in a variety of classes in the undergraduate curriculum\, in different par
ts of the learning cycle and as motivation for community projects. I hope
this talk will inspire you to bring art into your math teaching.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/7/
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SUMMARY:Henry Segerman (Oklahoma State University)
DTSTART:20211110T180000Z
DTEND:20211110T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Two projects: Mathematical dice design and Variants of the 15-puzzle a
nd the effects of holonomy\nby Henry Segerman (Oklahoma State Universi
ty) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMathematical dice desig
n: Robert Fathauer and I started making injection molded dice as "the dic
e lab" in 2014\, and have since produced over 30 different dice designs. I
'll talk about the mathematical\, functional\, and aesthetic aspects of ou
r work.\n\nVariants of the 15-puzzle and the effects of holonomy: I'll di
scuss some variants of the classic sliding tile "15 puzzle" that involve h
olonomy - the phenomenon of traveling around a loop in a curved surface an
d coming back rotated. I'll demonstrate physical puzzle designs with posit
ive and with negative curvature\, and discuss design considerations and co
nsequences.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/8/
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SUMMARY:George Francis
DTSTART:20220210T180000Z
DTEND:20220210T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: mathARTmath\nby George Francis as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n
\nAbstract\nMy geometrical puppetshow will be an elaboration on the wordpl
ay "mathARTmath"\, with lots of examples drawn from my own efforts to make
mathematical art and artistic mathematics. Math art is a genre\, like la
ndscape art or pop art\, where mathematical phenomena inspire the artist.
Art-in-math refers to aesthetic aspects of figures and animations which i
llustrate theorems. And math-for-art plays an enabling role\, as when rena
issance artists invented perspective as a tool for realism. Four centuries
later\, Felix Klein declared projective geometry to be the very basis of
geometry itself. I like to think of our own as a second era in which art
precedes math\, this time\, by way of computer graphics.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/9/
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SUMMARY:Diogo Pereira Henriques
DTSTART:20220224T180000Z
DTEND:20220224T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Creativity and Math as a Common Language\nby Diogo Pereira Henriq
ues as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this talk\, I will p
resent an ongoing study about the influences of artistic creativity in the
field of mathematics. Following a historical and critical approach\, I wi
ll discuss several personalities in the history of European arts and mathe
matics\, widely known not only in the fields of arts and mathematics but a
lso in other fields and popular culture. For example\, many people will re
cognize the watercolor portrait of Ada Lovelace\, possibly painted in 1840
by Alfred Edward Chalon. For another example\, most of my colleagues have
seen some of the impossible perspective drawings by Maurits Cornelis Esch
er\, possibly inspired by the work of Roger Penrose. For yet another examp
le\, the adoption by the popular culture of the computer-generated images
of the Mandelbrot set\, named in recognition of Benoit Mandelbrot. Why hav
e certain works from Ada Lovelace\, M.C. Escher\, and Benoit Mandelbrot be
come part of our collectively shared imagination? Can we develop creativit
y and mathematics as a common language across different cultures and scien
tific disciplines? Can art and science collaborations be a key to solving
the complex societal and climate crisis facing humanity in the 21st centur
y?\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/10/
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SUMMARY:Vera Viana
DTSTART:20220421T170000Z
DTEND:20220421T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Studying Polyhedra with Advanced Digital Tools\nby Vera Viana as
part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nApproaching geometric concepts
of three-dimensional space without the proper tools to visualize them is
a known reason to undermine\, not only their understanding\, but how mathe
matics may be understood and appreciated. Branko Grünbaum expressed his h
ope that\, in a near future\, the development of computers would improve t
he methods of presentation of mathematical concepts which\, by the end of
the 20th century\, were acceptable for not much more than the simplest sit
uations. Nowadays\, we have highly effective tools at our disposal that al
low us to solve such problems and may be used to improve STEAM in higher e
ducation. \n\nGeometry and visualization have always been areas of interes
t for me\, not only for my academic background in arts and descriptive geo
metry\, but because I am a visual learner. My will to explore digital tech
nology and visual computing grew alongside my enthusiasm for polyhedral ge
ometry and\, in this presentation\, I will show some of these explorations
.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/11/
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SUMMARY:Diana Davis
DTSTART:20221006T170000Z
DTEND:20221006T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Illustrating mathematics\nby Diana Davis as part of Art and Math
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nTraditionally\, mathematicians transmit their mathe
matical understanding to each other in three ways: words\, equations and l
ine drawings. Read just about any math paper and you'll see what I mean. B
ut we can illustrate our understanding with so many other materials -- for
example\, folded paper\, knitting\, animation\, video\, virtual reality\,
3D printing\, and mechanical constructions. It turns out that creating ma
thematical illustrations can lead beyond exposition\, to opening up new di
rections of mathematical inquiry. I'll show lots of pictures from the book
I edited\, Illustrating Mathematics\, and I'll tell some stories about in
novative mathematical illustrations\, both mine and other people's.\nTradi
tionally\, mathematicians transmit their mathematical understanding to eac
h other in three ways: words\, equations and line drawings. Read just abou
t any math paper and you'll see what I mean. But we can illustrate our und
erstanding with so many other materials -- for example\, folded paper\, kn
itting\, animation\, video\, virtual reality\, 3D printing\, and mechanica
l constructions. It turns out that creating mathematical illustrations can
lead beyond exposition\, to opening up new directions of mathematical inq
uiry. I'll show lots of pictures from the book I edited\, Illustrating Mat
hematics\, and I'll tell some stories about innovative mathematical illust
rations\, both mine and other people's.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/12/
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SUMMARY:Gregory Moore and Karin Rabe
DTSTART:20221027T170000Z
DTEND:20221027T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Square Dancing And Its Relation To Mathematics\nby Gregory Moore
and Karin Rabe as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this tal
k\, we will explain what modern square dancing is and explore some of the
fascinating underlying mathematical structures in this wonderful dance for
m.\n\nKeywords: `BOW TO YOUR PARTNER\, DOSADO\, ALLEMANDE LEFT'\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/13/
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SUMMARY:Laurent Di Menza
DTSTART:20221201T180000Z
DTEND:20221201T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: The Mathematics of Juggling: about Balls and Braids\nby Laurent D
i Menza as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this talk\, I wi
ll give a connection between juggling patterns and a specific language ref
erred as siteswap\, consisting in finite sequences of numbers\, in the cas
e of asynchronous juggling. This way of coding enables to understand the s
tructure of the corresponding patterns. I will give some basic examples of
siteswaps as well as classical juggling tricks. No mathematical or juggli
ng experience is required for attending this presentation.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/14/
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SUMMARY:Jason Webb
DTSTART:20230309T180000Z
DTEND:20230309T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/15
DESCRIPTION:by Jason Webb as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA
\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/15/
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SUMMARY:Frank Farris
DTSTART:20230413T170000Z
DTEND:20230413T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Lovely Tangles: Fourier Series for Mathematical Art\nby Frank Far
ris as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nA folk theorem says tha
t “Everything is a superposition of waves.” By waves\, we mean the fam
iliar sine and cosine functions\, with their pleasing undulations. In an e
ngineering/physics class\, we decompose sounds or shapes into their fundam
ental frequencies in order to predict how they move into the future. That
’s very practical\; those in search of pure mathematical beauty can expl
oit the flexibility of waves to make mathematical art. A Fourier series is
just a sum of scaled sine and cosine functions and it turns out they’re
enough to make any shape\, roughly speaking. This talk tells how to make
various kinds of patterns with Fourier series\, like the lovely tangles in
the image shown.\n\nMore info: \nhttps://www.math.ksu.edu/research/artmat
hfiles/23s_frank_farris.html\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/16/
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SUMMARY:Aurélien Alvarez
DTSTART:20230427T170000Z
DTEND:20230427T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/17
DESCRIPTION:by Aurélien Alvarez as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstra
ct: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/17/
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SUMMARY:Antony Jeevarajan
DTSTART:20231012T170000Z
DTEND:20231012T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Space : A Promising Frontier\nby Antony Jeevarajan as part of Art
and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nSpeaker: Antony Jeevarajan\n\nAbout the s
peaker:\n\nAntony Jeevarajan Antony Jeevarajan currently serves as Deputy
Division Chief\, Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences Division a
t the NASA Johnson Space Center. Antony received his Ph.D. in Physical
Chemistry from the Radiation Laboratory of University of Notre Dame and co
mpleted his post-doctoral work at the University of Alabama. He served at
Bhabha Atomic Research Center and was Assistant Professor at the Chemistr
y Dept. of Loyola College. He did M.Sc. at Loyola College\, B.Sc. at Kama
raj College\, Schooling at St. Xavier’s High School and Holy Cross Eleme
ntary School\, Thoothukudi\, India. He has worked in the areas of radiati
on\, photochemistry and electrochemistry of antioxidants. He developed sen
sing systems for bioreactors involved in tissue engineering in space and h
as studied the activity of Lunar dust samples. He has received NASA Except
ional Service Medal.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/18/
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SUMMARY:Neil J. A. Sloane
DTSTART:20231102T170000Z
DTEND:20231102T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/19
DESCRIPTION:Title: Pictures from 50 Years of the OEIS\nby Neil J. A. Sloane as part
of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe integer sequences database (now
called the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences\, OEIS) has produced
many spectacular illustrations. I'll show examples that look like stained
glass windows\, magic carpets\, Christmas trees\, geysers\, nasty viruses\
, and some very scary graphs. Many recent pictures arose from our motto: i
f you can't solve it\, make art.\n\nAbout the speaker: \n\nNeil Sloane sta
rted what is now the OEIS in 1964 while a graduate student at Cornell. He
was a researcher at AT&T Bell Labs and AT&T Shannon Labs from 1967 to his
retirement in 2012. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering
\, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales\, an American Mathematical Soc
iety Fellow\, an AT&T Fellow\, and an IEEE Fellow. He has received the IEE
E Hamming Medal\, the MAA Chauvenet Prize\, the David Robbins Prize\, and
the Pólya Award. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress
of Mathematicians in 1998. He has written 12 books and over 350 papers wit
h 160 coauthors. He has also published 22 Numberphile videos on YouTube wi
th Brady Haran\, with a combined 8 million views.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/19/
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SUMMARY:Natasha Rozhkovskaya
DTSTART:20231109T180000Z
DTEND:20231109T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Historical and Mathematical Influences in the Works of Nakamura\, Asa
wa\, and Obata\nby Natasha Rozhkovskaya as part of Art and Math Semina
r\n\n\nAbstract\nAbstract: Kazuo Nakamura\, Ruth Asawa and Gyo Obata — t
wo artists and an architect — whose lives were shaped by the 1942 Execut
ive Order of Internment. Uniting them in a different way is a thread of ma
th influence on their work. Join us to discover these artists and explore
the ways mathematics intersects with their creations. This event is joint
with K-State First Book initiative (https://www.k-state.edu/ksbn/)\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/20/
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SUMMARY:Sergei Tabachnikov
DTSTART:20231116T180000Z
DTEND:20231116T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Billiards in Conics\nby Sergei Tabachnikov as part of Art and Mat
h Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOptical properties of conics have been known sinc
e the classical antiquity. The reflection in an ideal mirror is also known
as the billiard reflection. The interior of an ellipse is foliated by con
focal ellipses that are its caustics: a ray of light tangent to a caustic
remains tangent to it after reflection (“caustic” means burning in Gre
ek). I shall present these classic results and some of their geometric con
sequences\, including the Poncelet Porism\, a famous theorem of projectiv
e geometry that has recently celebrated its bicentennial\, and designs of
traps for parallel beams of light.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/21/
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SUMMARY:Asli Agirbas
DTSTART:20240208T180000Z
DTEND:20240208T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: The Geometry of Muqarnas\nby Asli Agirbas as part of Art and Math
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMuqarnas can be defined as a three-dimensional orn
amental element mainly used in traditional Islamic architecture. This elem
ent can be found in various building parts such as main gates\, column hea
ds\, mihrabs\, lower parts of minaret balconies\, and dome transition elem
ents. Although this building ornamental element appears to have a complex
pattern when viewed from the outside\, it is actually shaped by various th
ree dimensional geometrical cells. The star patterns\, which are also seen
in the ornaments called Islamic geometric patterns\, can be found on the
layouts of the muqarnas projection plans. In this talk\, we will discuss 2
D and 3D geometrical features of muqarnas geometry trough the buildings of
Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan (Architect Sinan).\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/22/
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SUMMARY:Kristóf Fenyvesi
DTSTART:20240308T180000Z
DTEND:20240308T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/23
DESCRIPTION:by Kristóf Fenyvesi as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstra
ct: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/23/
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SUMMARY:Xavier Gràcia (Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).)
DTSTART:20240425T170000Z
DTEND:20240425T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Musical scales\, a never-ending story\nby Xavier Gràcia (Technic
al University of Catalonia (UPC).) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAb
stract\nThe theory of musical scales is at least 26 centuries old\, when t
he Pythagoreans noticed that two similar strings sounding together are mor
e pleasant when their lengths are in small integer ratios. Many years late
r it was discovered that the harmonic spectrum of a sounding\nstring expla
ins that consonance. How can we construct a musical scale with enough plea
sant intervals? What happens if the spectrum is not\nharmonic? In this ta
lk we will try to give some answers to these questions.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/25/
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SUMMARY:Ingrid Daubechies
DTSTART:20241003T170000Z
DTEND:20241003T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Art and Mathematics: interconnected in manifold ways\nby Ingrid D
aubechies as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nPeople who love m
athematics talk about it in the same way others describe impactful art: be
autiful\, overwhelming\, awe-inspiring. Mathematical algorithms help art h
istorians and art conservators tease out information that can be essential
to the understanding of an artwork's backstory\, or to its conservation.
Mathematical models help articulate or clarify intuitive insights. These a
re but a few of the many different ways in which mathematics and art are l
inked\, and on which the presentation will touch\, illustrated by examples
drawn from the speaker's own work as well as that of others.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/26/
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SUMMARY:Alex Kasman
DTSTART:20241015T170000Z
DTEND:20241015T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Mathematical Fiction\nby Alex Kasman as part of Art and Math Semi
nar\n\n\nAbstract\nAfter reading the novel “Cryptonomicon” in 1999\, I
became interested in the idea of keeping track of the appearances of math
ematicians and mathematics in works of fiction. I have so far catalogued m
ore than one thousand novels\, plays\, short stories\, films\, and comic b
ooks featuring math or mathematicians in some significant way. Some of the
m can lead readers to a better understanding or appreciation of mathematic
s. Others reveal negative stereotypes or misunderstandings about math. Spe
cial treats include “Fictional Math” and best of all are those works o
f fiction weaving math and human emotion together in the same way that an
artist can create a beautiful sculpture out of mixed media.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/27/
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SUMMARY:John Hatch
DTSTART:20241114T180000Z
DTEND:20241114T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/28
DESCRIPTION:Title: Do Numbers Count in the Visual Arts: A look at some modern examples w
here they might\nby John Hatch as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAb
stract\nThe meeting is jointly co-hosted with Nature Collab https://www.n
aturecollab.org/\n\n\n\nAbstract: Rarely does one meet an artist who has a
love for mathematics. In fact\, quite a few became artists because they h
ated the subject in high school or\, put more simply and honestly\, they j
ust weren’t good at it. As with everything\, there are exceptions. I’l
l be looking at some examples of modern artists who were fascinated by the
role mathematics and its products could play in art. Their interests will
range from non-Euclidean geometries\, space-time formulations\, irrationa
l and imaginary numbers\, 3-D mathematical models\, and sequences such as
the Fibonacci numbers. In many cases\, the results were highly innovative
even if the understanding was rudimentary and occasionally wrong.\n\n\nAbo
ut the speaker: Dr. John G. Hatch is associate professor of art history i
n the Department of Visual Arts at Western University in London Ontario wh
ere he teaches modern art and design. He received his doctorate from the U
niversity of Essex (U.K.) in art history and theory. Dr. Hatch’s researc
h has frequently examined the points of convergence between art and scienc
e. His articles have looked at a range of topics including the geometry of
ancient Greek temple design\, the influence of Keplerian cosmology on Ita
lian Baroque architecture\, entropy’s role in the earthworks of Robert S
mithson\, and most recently the impact of relativistic theories on De Stij
l architecture and design. The sciences are also a key focal point in the
monographs Dr. Hatch has written on the Canadian landscape painters Paters
on Ewen and Kazuo Nakamura.\n\nWebpage of John Hatch: https://www.uwo.ca/v
isarts/about/facultypages/hatch_j.html\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/28/
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SUMMARY:Richard Schwartz (Brown University)
DTSTART:20250130T180000Z
DTEND:20250130T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Geometry in motion\nby Richard Schwartz (Brown University) as par
t of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this talk I will show off some
pictures and animations that come from some of my math research. I'll co
ncentrate on three topics which all fit roughly under the umbrella of geom
etric dynamics and which I have been thinking about lately. The first topi
c is about the action of the pentagram map on spaces of non-convex polygon
s. The second topic is about the iteration of Pappus's Theorem. The thir
d topic is about stochastic evolution processes for minimal spanning trees
in the plane. The first two topics have connections to many things in ma
thematics and the third is kind of a playful topic that I have been exper
imenting with but don't much of a theory about.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/29/
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SUMMARY:Anna Felikson
DTSTART:20250227T180000Z
DTEND:20250227T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/30
DESCRIPTION:Title: Music of the spheres\nby Anna Felikson as part of Art and Math Se
minar\n\n\nAbstract\nAbstract: We will discuss Euler's Tonnetz (embedding
24 tonalities into a torus)\, some attempts of its generalization to other
surfaces and some other ideas concerning sounds on the surfaces and conce
rning geometry of the spheres.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/30/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Jessica Wynne
DTSTART:20250501T163000Z
DTEND:20250501T173000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/31
DESCRIPTION:Title: Do Not Erase\nby Jessica Wynne as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\
n\nAbstract\nJessica Wynne is an American photographer\, born in 1972. She
received an MFA from Yale University School of Art in 1999 and a BFA from
the San Francisco Art Institute in 1994.\n\nWynne’s first monograph Do
Not Erase\, was published by Princeton University Press in June of 2021. A
nd in 2023 Do Not Erase was translated and published in Korea\, Japan\, Ge
rmany and China. Her work is also included in several other books: Turn Sh
ake Flip: Celebrate Contemporary Art\, Eyestorm Books (2001) and 25 and Un
der: Photographers\, W.W. Norton & The Center for Documentary Studies at D
uke University (1996). Her work is in the permanent collections of the Mor
gan Library & Museum\, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, and the Ca
rtier Foundation for Contemporary Art.\n\nWynne's photographs have been ex
hibited at The Morgan Library and Museum\, The Triennale di Milano\, The W
hitney Museum of American Art at Champion\, The Museum of Contemporary Art
\, Cleveland\, Edwynn Houk Gallery\, The Armory Show and Art Basel. She is
a 2022 MacDowell Fellow\, a 2023 Prix Pictet nominee\, and her work has b
een featured in The New York Times\, Fortune Magazine\, The New Yorker\, N
ational Geographic\, Scientific American among many others.\n\nWynne curre
ntly lives and works in New York City. She is a professor at the Fashion I
nstitute of Technology and is represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/31/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Edmund Harriss
DTSTART:20250918T170000Z
DTEND:20250918T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/32
DESCRIPTION:Title: Genuine Pretending: Philosophies for mathematics and art\nby Edmu
nd Harriss as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOne of the chall
enges of doing mathematical art is that it seems to fit into a societal bl
ind spot\, the popular perception of both subjects appearing to have littl
e intersection. How did that come about? More importantly how can understa
nding those origins help us make better mathematical art? In this talk I w
ill discuss joint work with the late Roger Antonssen\, applying the notion
of Genuine Pretending (based on the work of Hans Georg Moeller) to mathem
atical art. I will present several examples of my own work to bring these
theoretical considerations into practice\, in particular how ideas from di
fferential geometry can be both used to control digital machines to make a
rt\, and be explored themselves as the content of artwork.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/32/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kevin Bernstein (Kansas State University)
DTSTART:20251120T180000Z
DTEND:20251120T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/34
DESCRIPTION:Title: Between Perception and Structure: Seeing Math Through Art and Nature<
/a>\nby Kevin Bernstein (Kansas State University) as part of Art and Math
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nWhen we look closely—at a leaf\, light through wa
ter\, or the surface of a painting—there is a sense of order that feels
mathematical\, even when we cannot describe it in numbers. While mathemati
cs could explain that order\, my way of knowing it comes through observati
on and making—through rhythm\, symmetry\, and the relationships that eme
rge in process. This talk reflects on how art and nature allow us to exper
ience structure as something felt rather than solved. Through my painting
s and work with Nature Collab\, I explore how curiosity becomes a bridge b
etween creative and analytical ways of thinking—between what feels like
math and what we call wonder. Mathematics here is not calculation\; it is
a way of noticing\, a quiet conversation between perception and understand
ing.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/34/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Daniel Bourgault
DTSTART:20260305T180000Z
DTEND:20260305T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/35
DESCRIPTION:Title: If van Gogh’s The Starry Night Depicts Perfect Turbulence\, So Shou
ld Degas’ A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers\nby Daniel Bourgau
lt as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nA recent study suggests
that the sky of van Gogh’s The Starry Night accurately depicts the intri
nsic and complex structure of real\, fully developed turbulent flows. This
conclusion was reached by comparing the slope of the power spectral densi
ty of the image to Kolmogorov’s famous −5/3 law of turbulence. In this
essay\, we show that this correspondence is coincidental and anecdotal an
d argue that examining the spectral slope alone is not sufficient to state
whether or not a painting\, or any other type of image\, accurately refle
cts Kolmogorov-like turbulence. Otherwise\, we would be forced to conclude
that Degas’ A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers also accurately dep
icts turbulence.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/35/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Robert Bosch
DTSTART:20260326T170000Z
DTEND:20260326T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/36
DESCRIPTION:Title: Tours of Tours\nby Robert Bosch as part of Art and Math Seminar\n
\n\nAbstract\nWe will demonstrate how to stitch together corner-to-opposit
e-near-corner open knight's tours to form arbitrarily large open knight's
tours that have mathematical\, artistic\, and cryptological applications.\
n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/36/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nathan McClendon
DTSTART:20260409T170000Z
DTEND:20260409T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T212707Z
UID:artmath2021/37
DESCRIPTION:by Nathan McClendon as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstrac
t: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/37/
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