Math art

There are few people who would associate mathematics with art. So it might come as a surprise to certain people that there are numerous pieces of art that are either influenced or fully constructed by mathematics. Please enjoy the links below, that lead to artworks of a few authors, and the gallery of math art.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

M. C. Escher

By Max Ronnersjö – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19108050

http://www.paolouccello.org/Battle-of-San-Romano-(Battaglia-di-San-Romano).html | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

CC BY 2.5, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8110428

By Tony Robbin – The uploader on Wikimedia Commons received this from the author/copyright holder., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2549880

https://archive.org/details/mathematics_84928305

https://archive.org/details/mathematics_70016004

By watz – http://www.flickr.com/photos/watz/1471094071/, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4073914

 

Birthday Problem

In this post I will be explaining the Birthday Problem. The Birthday Problem asks what are the chances someone shares a birthday within a room. The results are not intuitive to what one would believe. Please let me know what you think about this problem and if there is anything of interest that you would like me to cover next!