
MathematicsNovember 27, 2023
An Ancient Art Form Topples Assumptions about Mathematics
The sand drawings of Vanuatu follow principles from a branch of mathematics known as graph theory
Alban Da Silva is an ethnomathematician. He is also an associate professor of mathematics, a historian and philosopher of science, a teacher of preparatory classes in the French territory of New Caledonia and an associate researcher at the SPHERE laboratory at Paris City University.

An Ancient Art Form Topples Assumptions about Mathematics
The sand drawings of Vanuatu follow principles from a branch of mathematics known as graph theory