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Making Upper-Level Math Accessible To A Younger Audience, Allyson Roller
Making Upper-Level Math Accessible To A Younger Audience, Allyson Roller
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Symmetry is all around us. It appears on fabrics and on the buildings that surround us. Believe it or not, there is actually quite a bit of math that goes into generating these patterns, which are known as the seven frieze patterns. In my work, I explain how each unique pattern is generated using different types of symmetries. I also created a PDF of a children’s book about frieze patterns to ensure that people of all ages have the opportunity to learn about seemingly complex patterns.
Perceiving Mathematics And Art, Edmund Harriss
Perceiving Mathematics And Art, Edmund Harriss
Mic Lectures
Mathematics and art provide powerful lenses to perceive and understand the world, part of an ancient tradition whether it starts in the South Pacific with tapa cloth and wave maps for navigation or in Iceland with knitting patterns and sunstones. Edmund Harriss, an artist and assistant clinical professor of mathematics in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, explores these connections in his Honors College Mic lecture.
A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out Of Our Most Fascinating And Imaginative Art Form (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma
A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out Of Our Most Fascinating And Imaginative Art Form (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma
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Reviewed Title: A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form by Paul Lockhart. New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2009. 144 pp. ISBN: 9781934137178.
Mathematics In Contemporary Society Chapter 1, Patrick J. Wallach
Mathematics In Contemporary Society Chapter 1, Patrick J. Wallach
Open Educational Resources
Mathematics in Contemporary Society is the textbook that corresponds to MA-321, the course of the same name. The course is designed to provide students with mathematical ideas and methods found in the social sciences, the arts, and in business. Topics will include fundamentals of statistics, scatterplots, graphics in the media, problem solving strategies, dimensional analysis, mathematics in music and art, and mathematical modeling. EXCEL is used to explore real world applications.
The textbook was posted in weekly installments:
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
Letters To Joel, David J. Stucki, Joel M. Stucki
Letters To Joel, David J. Stucki, Joel M. Stucki
Mathematics Faculty Scholarship
A professor and his students answer his brother’s question: Is mathematics art?
Methods In Visual Mathematics: Reductionism In Researching Mathematical Principles In Art, Lauren N. Colie
Methods In Visual Mathematics: Reductionism In Researching Mathematical Principles In Art, Lauren N. Colie
AUCTUS: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship
People traditionally rely on visual arts as an effective communication tool and medium of self-expression for when words fail to convey abstract concepts. Thera Mjaaland, anthropologist and professional photographer, writes, “Art is capable of negotiating conceptual gaps caused by a dichotomized epistemology” (393). In essence, Mjaaland asserts that art helps relate different modes of thinking by illustrating the abstract and difficult to grasp—privileging the communicative value of an image over that of text. Within this method of communication is a collection of works acknowledged by public consensus to be of an elevated status or value. The art world is deeply …