Math In Art

136.102, Spring 2003

A tree (fractal)

For the time being, click here to access the first handout, containing the course outline and course schedule.

Here is a link to the webMathematica page for this course. The meaning of the scripts will be explained as we go.

And, one more link, leading to the Discussion Board.

And finally, the Animation Gallery that I made five years ago may even show some usefulness.

(Textbook - soon to be seen in the bookstore: here is the title page)

For your perusal I post here the Final Exam Spring 2003 and one more old, modified final exam (for you to practice). Both files are in pdf format (you need the free Acrobat Reader to see them).

Lectures

Lecture 1 : Overview

Lecture 2 : Some basic ruler-and-compass constructions.

Lecture 3 : The Golden Section

Lecture 4 : The Golden Section and Fibonacci numbers (the sunflowers story)

Lecture 5 : Symmetries

Lecture 6 : Symmetries, Tilings Similarities

Lecture 7 : Symmetries

Lecture 8 : Midterm Review

Lecture 9 : Fractals

Lecture 10: Pespective

Lecture 11: Polyhedra and conic sections

Lecture 12: Hyperbolic Geometry

Lecture 13: Hyperbolic Geometry (2)

Lecture 14: Topology

Here are the (unofficial) midterm results for the students registered for this course through the faculty of science.

And here are the (unofficial) midterm results for the students registered for this course through the faculty of art.

Here are the solutions to the midterm exam problems (and the statements of the problems).

Old Midterm exam solutions

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