Conferencia “The Magic Theorem” Chaim Goodman-Strauss en la UNAM

Resumen:

We are surrounded by an amazing variety of  geometric repeating patterns, on our clothes, floors, buildings -- where there is a surface, people will decorate it. To a mathematician, though, there are only a few ways patterns are put together. In this presentation we'll learn how the Magic Theorem sorts out the possible symmetry types, using only a simple arithmetic count. We'll apply the Magic Theorem to recognize the mathematical type of repeating patterns -- and then we'll explore new methods of creating patterns using paper-and-scissors topology.

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