Math as Art (Part 1)
Mathematics has gotten a bad reputation for being dry, stodgy, and decidedly uncreative – a very left-brained activity. This reputation is undeserved, however. In fact, math is art! A recent article on the Apple Web site highlighted the work of Michael Trott , a pioneer in the effort to popularize the creative/artistic side of pure mathematics and the world’s most advanced Mathematica user. The article begins: “Fifteen years ago, Michael Trott, a theoretical physicist at a small university in Germany, carried his department’s only available computer, a Macintosh IIfx, from his office to the lecture hall every week to share knowledge about Stephen Wolfram’s groundbreaking mathematics application, Mathematica.” Read the full text of the article here: http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/trott/ . You can view examples of some of Trott ’s beautiful mathematical art, and works of other Mathematica users, here: http://www.borlandeducational.com/page10/page10.html . ...