Bridging the Gap Between Math and Art [Slide Show]

Annual conference shines a spotlight on mathematical art and artistic mathematics

"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
"Simple as the Number Nine," by Kerry Mitchell "This image presents a linear combination of four chaotic orbits of boundary points of the Mandelbrot set [one of the most famous fractals]. The individual orbits were weighted so as to approximate the first derivative of the orbit... Kerry Mitchell
"Loopy Love," by Barry Cipra "The story, a dialogue presenting both sides (or is there only one side?) of a twisting love–hate relationship between two characters named Daniel and Danielle, was letterpress printed by Red Dragonfly Press in Red Wing, Minn., on Fabriano paper using the font FF Quadraat... Barry Cipra
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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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