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The Mathematics Behind Illusion, Kouassi Adou May 2020

The Mathematics Behind Illusion, Kouassi Adou

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Historically, research on optical, or visual illusions has belonged mainly to the field of psychology. However, in the 1980s, Professor Kokichi Sugihara, Meiji University, Japan, introduced a mathematical approach to design and classify 3-dimensional optical illusions. This presentation provides a sample of the mathematics behind some types of visual illusions.