Class 4 Slides

Here is the link to the fourth and final class slides.

Class 4 Demonstrations

Here are the Demonstrations for our last class. This is a mix of artistic styles.
Go through them and find a few that appeal to you. Write down the parameter settings and the demonstration. I would like to look at them in class. You can also snap a photo by doing a screen shot if you know how to do it. Use Snip it on a PC or command-shift-4 on a Mac.

Click on the links below and download the demonstrations to your computer.

1. Abstract Art
2. Art of Tangent Circles
3. Peruvian Textiles
4. Rotating Spiral Array
5. Line Art 1
6. Line Art 2
7. Line Art 3
8. Lissajous Art
9. Maurer Rose Chords
10. Op Art
11. Orbits of Martins Map
12. PowersOfComplexPoints
13. Crystal Art
14  One last one  Arc Form Design

Class 3 Slides

Here is link to the Class 3 Slides.

Class 3 Demonstrations

This week we will look further at the Mathematical Art of Escher that highlights
impossible objects. We will also look at Mathematical Art (some of it Escher's) that
is generated by recursion. Bring some paper to class to draw on.

Click on the following links. Then click on  Download Live Version and save.

1. Penrose Triangle
2. Light on Impossible Object.
3. Length Width and Height of Impossible Object
4. Recursive I
5. Recursive II
6. Recursive III
7. Recursive IV
8. Recursive V
9. Recursive VII
10. Recursive VIII
11. Hilbert Moore Space Filling
12. Recursive Tilings
13.Penrose Tiles

Class 2 Slides

Here  is the link to the slide show on Tessellations    

Class 2 Tessellations

Download the following Mathematica Demonstrations for investigation this week.

Click on the link below and then click on Download Live Demonstation and save it to a folder on your disk marked Class 2.

1. Any Triangle Can Tile
2. Any Quadrilateral Can Tile
3. Pentagon Tilings
4. Escher 1
5.Complement Tiling
6. Ancient Aleppo Tiling
7. Ammann Tilings

Class 1 Fractals (All Slides)

Here are the Keynote (Power Point) slides
which you can view online.

Click on Fractal Slides

Class 1: Fractal Demonstrations

The following is a list of Mathematica Demonstrations we will investigate at our first class.
It would help if you were able to download these demonstrations now onto the laptop you plan to bring to class.

Don't worry if you don't have a laptop, at least half of the class will have one and we can share.

Make sure your laptop is charged before coming to class so we don't have to plug it it in. Most laptops can hold a charge for 1.5 hours which is all we will need at most.

Click on the following links and then click on Download Live Version (in orange). Store the Demonstration on your desktop or in a folder marked Class 1.

1. Fun with Koch Snowflakes

2. Sierpenski Sieve

3. Sierpenski Carpet

4. Fractal Tree

5. Pythagoras Tree

6. Fractal Right Triangle

7. Flower Fractals

8. Iterates for the Mandelbrot Set

9. Magnified Views of the Mandelbrot Set

Presentation of Mathematical Art

Here is the link to the slide show I made about Mathematical Art for ILR.

I will be posting all of the class presentations is a similar format once we begin.

You should click on this link and see if you can view the slide show.

http://public.iwork.com/document/?d=Mathematical_Art_1.key&a=p1368371301

Getting Mathematica Player

The first thing I would like you all to do is download Mathematica Player to your computer. I have provided a link below for instructions on how to do it. This product is a free download which we will use in our class to explore various kinds of Mathematical Art.

click on  Mathermatica Player

You can read what Mathematica Player is all about and then click on the red (download now) bottom. You will be asked for some information, asked to select your computer platform (windows or MAC or Linux), then a simple math problem, then press download.

You will see the license agreement which you need to agree.

Your computer may warn you about downloading this product. It is safe so go ahead.

Now it will take a few minutes to download Mathematica player 7.

You may need to double click on the downloaded icon to install the software.

On a Mac you drag the Mathematica Player  icon to the applications folder to install it.

Clicking on the program icon brings up the player.

You can stop here or go exploring on your own. This is where we will begin in class.

Let me know of any problems by posting a comment to this blog. When I say blog think class discussion since that is what it is.

I will personally come to your home if you fail to get Mathematica Player up and running after a few tries. Post a comment if you have a problem.

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Good Luck!!!!