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      Bridging the Gap Between Math and Art [Slide Show]

      Annual conference shines a spotlight on mathematical art and artistic mathematics

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      • "Dual Half 120- and 600-Cells," by Henry Segerman Segerman used 3-D printing to create these representations of regular four-dimensional polytopes, the four-dimensional analogues of three-dimensional polyhedrons—geometric solids with polygons as faces... Henry Segerman
      • "Pythagorean Proof," by Donna Loraine Contractor This tapestry shows a proof of a special case of the  Pythagorean theorem . The blue and gray squares touching the short sides of the multicolored center triangle can be rearranged to create the square touching the triangle's long side... Donna Loraine Contractor
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      • "Mitered Fractal Tree I," by Koos Verhoeff and Anton Bakker (This sculpture was awarded Best of Show at the Bridges conference.) " Mitered Fractal Tree (designed late 1980s, first executed in wood), constructed from a beam with a rectangular cross section in the ratio 1:√2... Koos Verhoeff (design) and Anton Bakker (construction). Copyright Stichting Wiskunst Koos Verhoeff. Used with permission.
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      • "Pythagorean Proof," by Donna Loraine Contractor
      • "Simple as the Number Nine," by Kerry Mitchell
      • "Loopy Love," by Barry Cipra
      • "Mitered Fractal Tree I," by Koos Verhoeff and Anton Bakker
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