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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 app
roximation theory\nby Nikolai Andreev (Laboratory of Popularization an
d Promotion of Mathematics at the Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russia
n Academy of Science) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOn Ma
y 16\, 2021 mathematical community will celebrate 200 years since the bir
th of a great Russian mathematician Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev. The talk i
s dedicated to the kinematic mechanisms invented by the famous mathematici
an. We will look at the elegance of the first ever walking machines\, the
ingenuity of the mechanisms that approximate segments of lines and circle
s\, and follow the birth of the theory of approximation.\n\n The projec
t «Mechanisms by Tchebyshev» https://en.tcheb.ru/ (with the original Fre
nch spelling of the mathematician’s name) by the Laboratory of Populariz
ation and Promotion of Mathematics presents all mechanisms invented by Che
byshev. Some of the original mechanisms are still preserved in the museum
s\, for others only photos or verbal descriptions are left.\n
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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 Arithmetics\nby André Rangel (Universidado do Porto/CITAR/) as
part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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 Unive
rsity) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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 Art Institute) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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 model
s in Paris\nby François Apéry (University of Upper-Alsace in Mulhous
e) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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 S
teve Goddard (Spencer Museum of Art\, University of Kansas) as part of Art
and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis presentation reconsiders the 2012 ex
hibition at the Spencer Museum of Art: Cryptograph: An Exhibition For Alan
Turing. The exhibition\, held on the centenary of Turing’s birth\, was
a thought experiment that asked\,”if Alan Turing were to visit our muse
um\, what works of art would we entertain him with\, and what questions wo
uld be raised by him?” Now\, nearly ten years later\, we can summarize t
he exhibition and consider what we might add if we were to stage it again
today.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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\nAbstract\nThroughout my teaching career\, I have taken an opportunity
to use art as the medium to engage students in doing mathematics. Studen
ts’ active engagement in the “doing of mathematics” in the classroom
is achieved through carefully crafted inquiry activities\, class projects
\, and meaningful assessments. Undergraduate research and community engage
ment provide opportunities for students to showcase their math-art work ou
tside of the classroom. I will share examples of art as a medium for mathe
matics in a variety of classes in the undergraduate curriculum\, in differ
ent parts 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://stable.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-p
uzzle and the effects of holonomy\nby Henry Segerman (Oklahoma State U
niversity) as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMathematical dic
e design: Robert Fathauer and I started making injection molded dice as "
the dice lab" in 2014\, and have since produced over 30 different dice des
igns. I'll talk about the mathematical\, functional\, and aesthetic aspect
s of our work.\n\nVariants of the 15-puzzle and the effects of holonomy:
I'll discuss some variants of the classic sliding tile "15 puzzle" that in
volve holonomy - the phenomenon of traveling around a loop in a curved sur
face and coming back rotated. I'll demonstrate physical puzzle designs wit
h positive and with negative curvature\, and discuss design considerations
and consequences.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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 Semi
nar\n\n\nAbstract\nMy geometrical puppetshow will be an elaboration on the
wordplay "mathARTmath"\, with lots of examples drawn from my own efforts
to make mathematical art and artistic mathematics. Math art is a genre\,
like landscape art or pop art\, where mathematical phenomena inspire the a
rtist. Art-in-math refers to aesthetic aspects of figures and animations
which illustrate theorems. And math-for-art plays an enabling role\, as wh
en renaissance artists invented perspective as a tool for realism. Four ce
nturies later\, Felix Klein declared projective geometry to be the very b
asis of geometry itself. I like to think of our own as a second era in whi
ch art precedes math\, this time\, by way of computer graphics.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/9/
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SUMMARY:Diogo Pereira Henriques
DTSTART:20220224T180000Z
DTEND:20220224T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Creativity and Math as a Common Language\nby Diogo Pereira
Henriques as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this talk\, I
will present an ongoing study about the influences of artistic creativity
in the field of mathematics. Following a historical and critical approach
\, I will discuss several personalities in the history of European arts an
d mathematics\, widely known not only in the fields of arts and mathematic
s but also in other fields and popular culture. For example\, many people
will recognize the watercolor portrait of Ada Lovelace\, possibly painted
in 1840 by Alfred Edward Chalon. For another example\, most of my colleagu
es have seen some of the impossible perspective drawings by Maurits Cornel
is Escher\, possibly inspired by the work of Roger Penrose. For yet anothe
r example\, the adoption by the popular culture of the computer-generated
images of the Mandelbrot set\, named in recognition of Benoit Mandelbrot.
Why have certain works from Ada Lovelace\, M.C. Escher\, and Benoit Mandel
brot become part of our collectively shared imagination? Can we develop cr
eativity and mathematics as a common language across different cultures an
d scientific disciplines? Can art and science collaborations be a key to s
olving the complex societal and climate crisis facing humanity in the 21st
century?\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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 Vi
ana as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nApproaching geometric c
oncepts of three-dimensional space without the proper tools to visualize t
hem is a known reason to undermine\, not only their understanding\, but ho
w mathematics may be understood and appreciated. Branko Grünbaum expresse
d his hope that\, in a near future\, the development of computers would im
prove the methods of presentation of mathematical concepts which\, by the
end of the 20th century\, were acceptable for not much more than the simpl
est situations. Nowadays\, we have highly effective tools at our disposal
that allow us to solve such problems and may be used to improve STEAM in h
igher education. \n\nGeometry and visualization have always been areas of
interest for me\, not only for my academic background in arts and descript
ive geometry\, but because I am a visual learner. My will to explore digit
al technology and visual computing grew alongside my enthusiasm for polyhe
dral geometry and\, in this presentation\, I will show some of these explo
rations.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/11/
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SUMMARY:Diana Davis
DTSTART:20221006T170000Z
DTEND:20221006T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Illustrating mathematics\nby Diana Davis as part of Art an
d Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nTraditionally\, mathematicians transmit thei
r mathematical understanding to each other in three ways: words\, equation
s and line drawings. Read just about any math paper and you'll see what I
mean. But we can illustrate our understanding with so many other materials
-- for example\, folded paper\, knitting\, animation\, video\, virtual re
ality\, 3D printing\, and mechanical constructions. It turns out that crea
ting mathematical illustrations can lead beyond exposition\, to opening up
new directions of mathematical inquiry. I'll show lots of pictures from t
he book I edited\, Illustrating Mathematics\, and I'll tell some stories a
bout innovative mathematical illustrations\, both mine and other people's.
\nTraditionally\, mathematicians transmit their mathematical understanding
to each other in three ways: words\, equations and line drawings. Read ju
st about any math paper and you'll see what I mean. But we can illustrate
our understanding with so many other materials -- for example\, folded pap
er\, knitting\, animation\, video\, virtual reality\, 3D printing\, and me
chanical constructions. It turns out that creating mathematical illustrati
ons can lead beyond exposition\, to opening up new directions of mathemati
cal inquiry. I'll show lots of pictures from the book I edited\, Illustrat
ing Mathematics\, and I'll tell some stories about innovative mathematical
illustrations\, both mine and other people's.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.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 t
his talk\, we will explain what modern square dancing is and explore some
of the fascinating underlying mathematical structures in this wonderful da
nce form.\n\nKeywords: `BOW TO YOUR PARTNER\, DOSADO\, ALLEMANDE LEFT'\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/13/
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SUMMARY:Laurent Di Menza
DTSTART:20221201T180000Z
DTEND:20221201T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: The Mathematics of Juggling: about Balls and Braids\nby La
urent Di Menza as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this talk
\, I will give a connection between juggling patterns and a specific langu
age referred as siteswap\, consisting in finite sequences of numbers\, in
the case of asynchronous juggling. This way of coding enables to understan
d the structure of the corresponding patterns. I will give some basic exam
ples of siteswaps as well as classical juggling tricks. No mathematical or
juggling experience is required for attending this presentation.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/14/
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SUMMARY:Jason Webb
DTSTART:20230309T180000Z
DTEND:20230309T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:by Jason Webb as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstract: TBA
\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/15/
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SUMMARY:Frank Farris
DTSTART:20230413T170000Z
DTEND:20230413T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Lovely Tangles: Fourier Series for Mathematical Art\nby Fr
ank Farris as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nA folk theorem s
ays that “Everything is a superposition of waves.” By waves\, we mean
the familiar sine and cosine functions\, with their pleasing undulations.
In an engineering/physics class\, we decompose sounds or shapes into their
fundamental frequencies in order to predict how they move into the future
. That’s very practical\; those in search of pure mathematical beauty ca
n exploit the flexibility of waves to make mathematical art. A Fourier ser
ies is just a sum of scaled sine and cosine functions and it turns out the
y’re enough to make any shape\, roughly speaking. This talk tells how to
make various kinds of patterns with Fourier series\, like the lovely tang
les in the image shown.\n\nMore info: \nhttps://www.math.ksu.edu/research/
artmathfiles/23s_frank_farris.html\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/16/
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SUMMARY:Aurélien Alvarez
DTSTART:20230427T170000Z
DTEND:20230427T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:by Aurélien Alvarez as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstra
ct: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/17/
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SUMMARY:Antony Jeevarajan
DTSTART:20231012T170000Z
DTEND:20231012T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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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\nAbou
t the speaker:\n\nAntony Jeevarajan Antony Jeevarajan currently serves as
Deputy Division Chief\, Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences Div
ision at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Antony received his Ph.D. in Ph
ysical Chemistry from the Radiation Laboratory of University of Notre Dame
and completed his post-doctoral work at the University of Alabama. He se
rved at Bhabha Atomic Research Center and was Assistant Professor at the C
hemistry Dept. of Loyola College. He did M.Sc. at Loyola College\, B.Sc.
at Kamaraj College\, Schooling at St. Xavier’s High School and Holy Cros
s Elementary School\, Thoothukudi\, India. He has worked in the areas of
radiation\, photochemistry and electrochemistry of antioxidants. He develo
ped sensing systems for bioreactors involved in tissue engineering in spac
e and has studied the activity of Lunar dust samples. He has received NASA
Exceptional Service Medal.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/18/
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SUMMARY:Neil J. A. Sloane
DTSTART:20231102T170000Z
DTEND:20231102T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Pictures from 50 Years of the OEIS\nby Neil J. A. Sloane a
s part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe integer sequences databa
se (now called the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences\, OEIS) has pr
oduced many spectacular illustrations. I'll show examples that look like s
tained glass windows\, magic carpets\, Christmas trees\, geysers\, nasty v
iruses\, and some very scary graphs. Many recent pictures arose from our m
otto: if you can't solve it\, make art.\n\nAbout the speaker: \n\nNeil Slo
ane started what is now the OEIS in 1964 while a graduate student at Corne
ll. 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 Engi
neering\, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales\, an American Mathemati
cal Society Fellow\, an AT&T Fellow\, and an IEEE Fellow. He has received
the IEEE Hamming Medal\, the MAA Chauvenet Prize\, the David Robbins Prize
\, and the Pólya Award. He was an invited speaker at the International Co
ngress of Mathematicians in 1998. He has written 12 books and over 350 pap
ers with 160 coauthors. He has also published 22 Numberphile videos on You
Tube with Brady Haran\, with a combined 8 million views.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/19/
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SUMMARY:Natasha Rozhkovskaya
DTSTART:20231109T180000Z
DTEND:20231109T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Historical and Mathematical Influences in the Works of Nakamur
a\, Asawa\, and Obata\nby Natasha Rozhkovskaya as part of Art and Math
Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAbstract: Kazuo Nakamura\, Ruth Asawa and Gyo Obat
a — two artists and an architect — whose lives were shaped by the 1942
Executive Order of Internment. Uniting them in a different way is a threa
d of math influence on their work. Join us to discover these artists and e
xplore 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://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/20/
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SUMMARY:Sergei Tabachnikov
DTSTART:20231116T180000Z
DTEND:20231116T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Billiards in Conics\nby Sergei Tabachnikov as part of Art
and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOptical properties of conics have been kno
wn since the classical antiquity. The reflection in an ideal mirror is als
o known as the billiard reflection. The interior of an ellipse is foliated
by confocal ellipses that are its caustics: a ray of light tangent to a c
austic remains tangent to it after reflection (“caustic” means burning
in Greek). I shall present these classic results and some of their geomet
ric consequences\, including the Poncelet Porism\, a famous theorem of pr
ojective geometry that has recently celebrated its bicentennial\, and desi
gns of traps for parallel beams of light.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/21/
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SUMMARY:Asli Agirbas
DTSTART:20240208T180000Z
DTEND:20240208T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: The Geometry of Muqarnas\nby Asli Agirbas as part of Art a
nd Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nMuqarnas can be defined as a three-dimensio
nal ornamental element mainly used in traditional Islamic architecture. Th
is element can be found in various building parts such as main gates\, col
umn heads\, mihrabs\, lower parts of minaret balconies\, and dome transiti
on elements. Although this building ornamental element appears to have a c
omplex pattern when viewed from the outside\, it is actually shaped by var
ious three dimensional geometrical cells. The star patterns\, which are al
so seen in the ornaments called Islamic geometric patterns\, can be found
on the layouts of the muqarnas projection plans. In this talk\, we will di
scuss 2D and 3D geometrical features of muqarnas geometry trough the build
ings of Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan (Architect Sinan).\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/22/
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SUMMARY:Kristóf Fenyvesi
DTSTART:20240308T180000Z
DTEND:20240308T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:by Kristóf Fenyvesi as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstra
ct: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/23/
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SUMMARY:Xavier Gràcia (Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).)
DTSTART:20240425T170000Z
DTEND:20240425T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Musical scales\, a never-ending story\nby Xavier Gràcia (
Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).) as part of Art and Math Seminar\
n\n\nAbstract\nThe theory of musical scales is at least 26 centuries old\,
when the Pythagoreans noticed that two similar strings sounding together
are more pleasant when their lengths are in small integer ratios. Many yea
rs later it was discovered that the harmonic spectrum of a sounding\nstrin
g explains that consonance. How can we construct a musical scale with enou
gh pleasant intervals? What happens if the spectrum is not\nharmonic? In
this talk we will try to give some answers to these questions.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/25/
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SUMMARY:Ingrid Daubechies
DTSTART:20241003T170000Z
DTEND:20241003T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Art and Mathematics: interconnected in manifold ways\nby I
ngrid Daubechies as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nPeople who
love mathematics talk about it in the same way others describe impactful
art: beautiful\, overwhelming\, awe-inspiring. Mathematical algorithms hel
p art historians and art conservators tease out information that can be es
sential to the understanding of an artwork's backstory\, or to its conserv
ation. Mathematical models help articulate or clarify intuitive insights.
These are but a few of the many different ways in which mathematics and ar
t are linked\, and on which the presentation will touch\, illustrated by e
xamples drawn from the speaker's own work as well as that of others.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/26/
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SUMMARY:Alex Kasman
DTSTART:20241015T170000Z
DTEND:20241015T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Mathematical Fiction\nby Alex Kasman as part of Art and Ma
th Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAfter reading the novel “Cryptonomicon” in 1
999\, I became interested in the idea of keeping track of the appearances
of mathematicians and mathematics in works of fiction. I have so far catal
ogued more than one thousand novels\, plays\, short stories\, films\, and
comic books featuring math or mathematicians in some significant way. Some
of them can lead readers to a better understanding or appreciation of mat
hematics. Others reveal negative stereotypes or misunderstandings about ma
th. Special treats include “Fictional Math” and best of all are those
works of fiction weaving math and human emotion together in the same way t
hat an artist can create a beautiful sculpture out of mixed media.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/27/
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SUMMARY:John Hatch
DTSTART:20241114T180000Z
DTEND:20241114T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Do Numbers Count in the Visual Arts: A look at some modern exa
mples where they might\nby John Hatch as part of Art and Math Seminar\
n\n\nAbstract\nThe meeting is jointly co-hosted with Nature Collab https:
//www.naturecollab.org/\n\n\n\nAbstract: Rarely does one meet an artist wh
o has a love for mathematics. In fact\, quite a few became artists because
they hated the subject in high school or\, put more simply and honestly\,
they just weren’t good at it. As with everything\, there are exceptions
. I’ll be looking at some examples of modern artists who were fascinated
by the role mathematics and its products could play in art. Their interes
ts will range from non-Euclidean geometries\, space-time formulations\, ir
rational and imaginary numbers\, 3-D mathematical models\, and sequences s
uch as the Fibonacci numbers. In many cases\, the results were highly inno
vative even if the understanding was rudimentary and occasionally wrong.\n
\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. John G. Hatch is associate professor of art hi
story in the Department of Visual Arts at Western University in London Ont
ario where he teaches modern art and design. He received his doctorate fro
m the University of Essex (U.K.) in art history and theory. Dr. Hatch’s
research has frequently examined the points of convergence between art and
science. His articles have looked at a range of topics including the geom
etry of ancient Greek temple design\, the influence of Keplerian cosmology
on Italian Baroque architecture\, entropy’s role in the earthworks of R
obert Smithson\, and most recently the impact of relativistic theories on
De Stijl architecture and design. The sciences are also a key focal point
in the monographs Dr. Hatch has written on the Canadian landscape painters
Paterson Ewen and Kazuo Nakamura.\n\nWebpage of John Hatch: https://www.u
wo.ca/visarts/about/facultypages/hatch_j.html\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/28/
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SUMMARY:Richard Schwartz (Brown University)
DTSTART:20250130T180000Z
DTEND:20250130T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Geometry in motion\nby Richard Schwartz (Brown University)
as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nIn this talk I will show o
ff some pictures and animations that come from some of my math research.
I'll concentrate on three topics which all fit roughly under the umbrella
of geometric dynamics and which I have been thinking about lately. The fir
st topic is about the action of the pentagram map on spaces of non-convex
polygons. The second topic is about the iteration of Pappus's Theorem. T
he third topic is about stochastic evolution processes for minimal spannin
g trees in the plane. The first two topics have connections to many thing
s in mathematics and the third is kind of a playful topic that I have bee
n experimenting with but don't much of a theory about.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/29/
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SUMMARY:Anna Felikson
DTSTART:20250227T180000Z
DTEND:20250227T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Music of the spheres\nby Anna Felikson as part of Art and
Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nAbstract: We will discuss Euler's Tonnetz (emb
edding 24 tonalities into a torus)\, some attempts of its generalization t
o other surfaces and some other ideas concerning sounds on the surfaces an
d concerning geometry of the spheres.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/30/
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SUMMARY:Jessica Wynne
DTSTART:20250501T163000Z
DTEND:20250501T173000Z
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UID:artmath2021/31
DESCRIPTION:Title: Do Not Erase\nby Jessica Wynne as part of Art and Math Sem
inar\n\n\nAbstract\nJessica Wynne is an American photographer\, born in 19
72. She received an MFA from Yale University School of Art in 1999 and a B
FA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1994.\n\nWynne’s first monogr
aph Do Not Erase\, was published by Princeton University Press in June of
2021. And in 2023 Do Not Erase was translated and published in Korea\, Jap
an\, Germany and China. Her work is also included in several other books:
Turn Shake Flip: Celebrate Contemporary Art\, Eyestorm Books (2001) and 25
and Under: Photographers\, W.W. Norton & The Center for Documentary Studi
es at Duke University (1996). Her work is in the permanent collections of
the Morgan Library & Museum\, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, and
the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art.\n\nWynne's photographs have
been exhibited at The Morgan Library and Museum\, The Triennale di Milano\
, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion\, The Museum of Contempor
ary Art\, Cleveland\, Edwynn Houk Gallery\, The Armory Show and Art Basel.
She is a 2022 MacDowell Fellow\, a 2023 Prix Pictet nominee\, and her wor
k has been featured in The New York Times\, Fortune Magazine\, The New Yor
ker\, National Geographic\, Scientific American among many others.\n\nWynn
e currently lives and works in New York City. She is a professor at the Fa
shion Institute of Technology and is represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/31/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Edmund Harriss
DTSTART:20250918T170000Z
DTEND:20250918T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
UID:artmath2021/32
DESCRIPTION:Title: Genuine Pretending: Philosophies for mathematics and art\n
by Edmund Harriss as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nOne of th
e challenges of doing mathematical art is that it seems to fit into a soci
etal blind spot\, the popular perception of both subjects appearing to hav
e little intersection. How did that come about? More importantly how can u
nderstanding those origins help us make better mathematical art? In this t
alk I will discuss joint work with the late Roger Antonssen\, applying the
notion of Genuine Pretending (based on the work of Hans Georg Moeller) to
mathematical art. I will present several examples of my own work to bring
these theoretical considerations into practice\, in particular how ideas
from differential geometry can be both used to control digital machines to
make art\, and be explored themselves as the content of artwork.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/32/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Kevin Bernstein (Kansas State University)
DTSTART:20251120T180000Z
DTEND:20251120T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
UID:artmath2021/34
DESCRIPTION:Title: Between Perception and Structure: Seeing Math Through Art and
Nature\nby Kevin Bernstein (Kansas State University) as part of Art an
d Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nWhen we look closely—at a leaf\, light thr
ough water\, or the surface of a painting—there is a sense of order that
feels mathematical\, even when we cannot describe it in numbers. While ma
thematics could explain that order\, my way of knowing it comes through ob
servation and making—through rhythm\, symmetry\, and the relationships t
hat emerge in process. This talk reflects on how art and nature allow us t
o experience structure as something felt rather than solved. Through my p
aintings and work with Nature Collab\, I explore how curiosity becomes a b
ridge between creative and analytical ways of thinking—between what feel
s like math and what we call wonder. Mathematics here is not calculation\;
it is a way of noticing\, a quiet conversation between perception and und
erstanding.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/34/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Daniel Bourgault
DTSTART:20260305T180000Z
DTEND:20260305T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
UID:artmath2021/35
DESCRIPTION:Title: If van Gogh’s The Starry Night Depicts Perfect Turbulence\,
So Should Degas’ A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers\nby Daniel
Bourgault as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nA recent study su
ggests that the sky of van Gogh’s The Starry Night accurately depicts th
e intrinsic and complex structure of real\, fully developed turbulent flow
s. This conclusion was reached by comparing the slope of the power spectra
l density of the image to Kolmogorov’s famous −5/3 law of turbulence.
In this essay\, we show that this correspondence is coincidental and anecd
otal and argue that examining the spectral slope alone is not sufficient t
o state whether or not a painting\, or any other type of image\, accuratel
y reflects Kolmogorov-like turbulence. Otherwise\, we would be forced to c
onclude that Degas’ A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers also accurat
ely depicts turbulence.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/35/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Robert Bosch
DTSTART:20260326T170000Z
DTEND:20260326T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
UID:artmath2021/36
DESCRIPTION:Title: Tours of Tours\nby Robert Bosch as part of Art and Math Se
minar\n\n\nAbstract\nWe will demonstrate how to stitch together corner-to-
opposite-near-corner open knight's tours to form arbitrarily large open kn
ight's tours that have mathematical\, artistic\, and cryptological applica
tions.\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/36/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Nathan McClendon
DTSTART:20260409T170000Z
DTEND:20260409T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260404T110653Z
UID:artmath2021/37
DESCRIPTION:by Nathan McClendon as part of Art and Math Seminar\n\nAbstrac
t: TBA\n
LOCATION:https://stable.researchseminars.org/talk/artmath2021/37/
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