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  2. List of mathematical artists - Wikipedia

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    Fine art: Use of group theory, self-replicating shapes in art [21] [22] Escher, M. C. 1898–1972: Fine art: Exploration of tessellations, hyperbolic geometry, assisted by the geometer H. S. M. Coxeter [19] [23] Farmanfarmaian, Monir: 1922–2019: Fine art: Geometric constructions exploring the infinite, especially mirror mosaics [24] Ferguson ...

  3. Mathemalchemy - Wikipedia

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    Mathemalchemy (French: MathémAlchimie) is a traveling art installation dedicated to a celebration of the intersection of art and mathematics.It is a collaborative work led by Duke University mathematician Ingrid Daubechies [6] and fiber artist Dominique Ehrmann. [7]

  4. Mathematics and art - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics and art are related in a variety of ways. Mathematics has itself been described as an art motivated by beauty. Mathematics can be discerned in arts such as music, dance, painting, architecture, sculpture, and textiles. This article focuses, however, on mathematics in the visual arts. Mathematics and art have a long historical ...

  5. Mathematical beauty - Wikipedia

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    An example of "beauty in method"—a simple and elegant visual descriptor of the Pythagorean theorem.. Mathematical beauty is the aesthetic pleasure derived from the abstractness, purity, simplicity, depth or orderliness of mathematics.

  6. 6-year-old provides the most genius answer to his math problem

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    Sometimes the way kids respond to math tests are incredibly funny and even smarter than the answers their teachers expect. While everyone hates taking tests, some students are creative enough to ...

  7. Eugenia Cheng - Wikipedia

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    Her mathematical interests include higher category theory, and as a pianist she specialises in lieder and art song. [5] She is also known for explaining mathematics to non-mathematicians to combat math phobia, often using analogies with food and baking. [6] Cheng is a scientist-in-residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [7] [8] [9]

  8. Aristotle's theory of universals - Wikipedia

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    In Aristotle's view, universals can be instantiated multiple times. He states that one and the same universal, such as applehood, appears in every real apple.A common sense challenge would be to inquire what remains exactly the same in all these different things, since the theory is claiming that something remains the same.

  9. Ethnomathematics - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics education, ethnomathematics is the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture. [1] Often associated with "cultures without written expression", [2] it may also be defined as "the mathematics which is practised among identifiable cultural groups". [3]