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  2. Symmetry - Wikipedia

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    For example, symmetry can be detected with presentations between 100 and 150 milliseconds. [30] More recent neuroimaging studies have documented which brain regions are active during perception of symmetry. Sasaki et al. [31] used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare responses for patterns with symmetrical or random dots. A ...

  3. Symmetry (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    For example. a square has four axes of symmetry, because there are four different ways to fold it and have the edges match each other. Another example would be that of a circle, which has infinitely many axes of symmetry passing through its center for the same reason. [10] If the letter T is reflected along a vertical axis, it appears the same.

  4. Patterns in nature - Wikipedia

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    Visible patterns in nature are governed by physical laws; for example, meanders can be explained using fluid dynamics. In biology , natural selection can cause the development of patterns in living things for several reasons, including camouflage , [ 26 ] sexual selection , [ 26 ] and different kinds of signalling, including mimicry [ 27 ] and ...

  5. Symmetry in biology - Wikipedia

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    For example, the face of a human being has a plane of symmetry down its centre, or a pine cone displays a clear symmetrical spiral pattern. Internal features can also show symmetry, for example the tubes in the human body (responsible for transporting gases, nutrients, and waste products) which are cylindrical and have several planes of symmetry.

  6. Symmetries of Culture: Theory and Practice of Plane Pattern ...

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    The book is extensively illustrated with carvings, textiles, basketry, tiles, and pottery, which are used as examples of various symmetry patterns." [5] Dwight W. Read in Antiquity: "Symmetries of Culture is an impressive book - both in terms of its physical appearance and its content. [...] will undoubtedly become the major reference on the ...

  7. Wallpaper group - Wikipedia

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    Example of an Egyptian design with wallpaper group p4m. A wallpaper group (or plane symmetry group or plane crystallographic group) is a mathematical classification of a two-dimensional repetitive pattern, based on the symmetries in the pattern. Such patterns occur frequently in architecture and decorative art, especially in textiles, tiles ...

  8. Symmetry in mathematics - Wikipedia

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    This can occur in many ways; for example, if X is a set with no additional structure, a symmetry is a bijective map from the set to itself, giving rise to permutation groups. If the object X is a set of points in the plane with its metric structure or any other metric space , a symmetry is a bijection of the set to itself which preserves the ...

  9. Chiastic structure - Wikipedia

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    Chiastic structure, or chiastic pattern, is a literary technique in narrative motifs and other textual passages. An example of chiastic structure would be two ideas, A and B, together with variants A' and B', being presented as A,B,B',A'. Chiastic structures that involve more components are sometimes called "ring structures" or "ring compositions".