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Kites and Darts
My wife and I just bought a house. As part of the move, I decided to give our daughter’s room a more interesting paint job. We finally agreed on a Penrose tiling in purple and pink. It turned out rather … Continue reading
Fractal Music(?)
In the past, I have treated fractals visually. For instance, in my treatment of the Mandelbrot set, I chose points in the complex plane to represent pixels in an image, applied the iterative function \(z_{n+1} = z_{n}^2 + z_0\) to … Continue reading
Black Moon
I finished my masters a little more than a year ago and am starting a Ph.D. in two months. In the intervening year, I have done a little research, some teaching, and made the (very) occasional post here. I have … Continue reading
Office Decoration
My office is housed in the Davidson Math and Science Building at UNR. The building is relatively new, and has some design quirks, some of which are a bit annoying. For instance, next to the doorway of each office, there … Continue reading
Hello, IndieInkers!
To anyone visiting today from IndieInk, greetings. If you are curious about the image that appeared today, some further explanation can be found in a series of posts on the Mandelbrot set, and a description of the specific image can … Continue reading
Ode to the Infinite
From time to time, I participate in the weekly Indie Ink writing challenge. I had not yet published a response on this website, as my previous challenges did not lend themselves to the general theme that I have in my … Continue reading
Spring Flowers on Indie Ink
“Spring Flowers,” one of my images of the Mandelbrot set has been selected for publication on the site Indie Ink. Indie Ink is a nifty website that encourages people to produce words and images in an environment that fosters creativity … Continue reading
Vi Hart: Mathemusician
Today, I came across something—or, more appropriately, somone—that I can only describe as extraordinary: the charismatic and charming “mathamusician” Vi Hart. Vi is a musician with an interest in recreational mathematics (i.e. math done for fun). Of special note are … Continue reading
Nature by Numbers
Today, I would like to share one of my favorite things: a short film by the very talented Cristóbal Vila called Nature by Numbers. The film melds the beautiful composition “Often a Bird” by minimalist composer Wim Mertens with some … Continue reading
Mathemagic
I love magic. A friend of mine, who works as a professional magician, introduces one of her tricks by explaining that she was trained as a dancer. In dance, she says, the performers want the audience to see everything that … Continue reading