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  2. Mathematics and art - Wikipedia

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    The art critic Gladys Fabre observes that two progressions are at work in the painting, namely the growing black squares and the alternating backgrounds. [133] The mathematics of tessellation, polyhedra, shaping of space, and self-reference provided the graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898—1972) with a lifetime's worth of materials for his woodcuts.

  3. 2D computer graphics - Wikipedia

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    Many libraries and cards provide color gradients, which are handy for the generation of smoothly-varying backgrounds, shadow effects, etc. (See also Gouraud shading ). The pixel colors can also be taken from a texture, e.g. a digital image (thus emulating rub-on screentones and the fabled checker paint which used to be available only in cartoons ).

  4. Image (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, for a function :, the image of an input value is the single output value produced by when passed .The preimage of an output value is the set of input values that produce .

  5. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.

  6. Clip art - Wikipedia

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    Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.

  7. Mathematical beauty - Wikipedia

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    In a general Math Circle lesson, students use pattern finding, observation, and exploration to make their own mathematical discoveries. For example, mathematical beauty arises in a Math Circle activity on symmetry designed for 2nd and 3rd graders, where students create their own snowflakes by folding a square piece of paper and cutting out ...

  8. Cuisenaire rods - Wikipedia

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    Cuisenaire rods illustrating the factors of ten A demonstration the first pair of amicable numbers, (220,284). Cuisenaire rods are mathematics learning aids for pupils that provide an interactive, hands-on [1] way to explore mathematics and learn mathematical concepts, such as the four basic arithmetical operations, working with fractions and finding divisors.

  9. Table of mathematical symbols by introduction date - Wikipedia

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    RapidTables: Math Symbols List; Jeff Miller: Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols This page was last edited on 22 December 2024, at 17 ...