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reflections, Platonic solids, spirals, symmetry, and
the hyperbolic plane in his works.
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"Creamy Blocks," by Anne Burns (Long Island University, Brookville, NY)
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12 " X 16", Digital print, 2011
I began life as an art major. Much later I became interested in mathematics. When I bought my first computer I found that I could combine my love of art with my love of mathematics. The possibilities are endless. Here, attached to each point in a sequence of points along the lines y = ±x is a vector whose length and direction are determined by a complex function h(x+iy). The color and transparency of the vector are functions of arctan(Im(h)/Re(h)). --- Anne Burns (Long Island University, Brookville, NY http://www.anneburns.net/)
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