Horror Vacui, Amor Infiniti

Eli Maor
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Eli Maor: Oakland University, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Chapter 20 in To Infinity and Beyond, 1987, pp 155-163 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We now arrive at one of the most beautiful applications of mathematics to art—a study of the various possibilities of filling the plane with infinite repetitions of a single artistic design. Such infinite patterns have captured the imagination of artists and craftsmen since the earliest recorded time and have provided the framework for the exquisite abstract art of the Moslems. It is in these designs that the interplay between geometry and art reaches its supreme level.

Keywords: Symmetry Group; Versus Versus Versus; Symmetry Operation; Symmetry Element; Entire Pattern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5394-5_20

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