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In 1813, he began to study astronomy under mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss at the University of Göttingen, while Gauss was the director of the Göttingen Observatory. From there, he went to study with Carl Gauss's instructor, Johann Pfaff , at the University of Halle , where he completed his doctoral thesis The occultation of fixed stars in ...
In 1977, two mathematicians created a conjecture that proposed the minimum size a paper strip needed to be in order to form an embedded strip. Although they proposed an aspect ration of 1.73 (or ...
In mathematics, a Möbius strip, Möbius band, or Möbius loop [a] is a surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist. As a mathematical object, it was discovered by Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Möbius in 1858, but it had already appeared in Roman mosaics from the third century CE.
Ideas from mathematics have been used as inspiration for fiber arts including quilt making, knitting, cross-stitch, crochet, embroidery and weaving. A wide range of mathematical concepts have been used as inspiration including topology, graph theory, number theory and algebra.
Fine art: Equations-inspired mathematical visual art including mathematical structures. [31] [32] Hill, Anthony: 1930– Fine art: Geometric abstraction in Constructivist art [33] [34] Leonardo da Vinci: 1452–1519: Fine art: Mathematically-inspired proportion, including golden ratio (used as golden rectangles) [19] [35] Longhurst, Robert ...
The mathematician Jerry P. King describes mathematics as an art, stating that "the keys to mathematics are beauty and elegance and not dullness and technicality", and that beauty is the motivating force for mathematical research. [91] King cites the mathematician G. H. Hardy's 1940 essay A Mathematician's Apology.
The Möbius function () is a multiplicative function in number theory introduced by the German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius (also transliterated Moebius) in 1832. [i] [ii] [2] It is ubiquitous in elementary and analytic number theory and most often appears as part of its namesake the Möbius inversion formula.
John Robinson (4 May 1935 – 6 April 2007) was a British sculptor and co-founder of the Bradshaw Foundation. [1] Accounts of his work may be seen at the Robinson estate website, [2] the website of the Centre for the Popularisation of Mathematics [3] and the June and July 2007, issues of Hyperseeing. [4]