Drone in Greenland
Submitted by Guillaume Jouvet on
This 5-min-long film shows how scientists use drones to monitor and model the detachment of icebergs (calving) from the Bowdoin Glacier in Northwest Greenland.
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BatWing
Submitted by Marvin Bratke on
The BatWing sculpture represents a tangible way to approach mathematics. The sculpture, based on a triple periodic minimal surface, physically expresses the forces inside the structure to give visitors an appeal to applied geometry solutions.
MatchTheNet
MatchTheNet est un jeu pour un seul joueur dont les héros sont les polytopes de dimension 3. Vous y rencontrerez les cinq solides platoniques et leurs meilleurs amis.
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Vibrations algébriques
Submitted by Bianca Violet on
Nous approchons et calculons de façon effective différents motifs caractéristiques des vibrations d’un tambour en utilisant des surfaces algébriques.
Katzengold: Pyrite, Plato, and a Polynomial
Submitted by Bianca Violet on
What are the similarities of the mineral pyrite, the dodecahedron as the fifth Platonic solid, and a polynomial of degree 16? This paper explores this connection by using the free software SURFER of the IMAGINARY open mathematics platform, which leads to fascinating pictures displaying transformations from a cube to a dodecahedron, to a rhombic dodecahedron, and to an octahedron, using a single formula. A survey on the ideas and the mathematics behind these visualizations is given.
Future of Glaciers - The Module
Depuis plus d’un siècle, les glaciers alpins reculent. Cette tendance s’amplifiera si le climat se réchauffe davantage. Grâce à des modèles mathématiques, l’évolution future des glaciers peut être estimée.
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Katzengold
Submitted by Bianca Violet on
We visualize simple geometric beauty combined with mathematical content. Please enjoy.
GeCla
GeCla, short for Generator and Classifier, is a program for exploring the symmetries of of patterns/friezes or rosettes in the plane. GeCla allows you to generate a pattern, a frieze or a rosette with a previously chosen kind of symmetry starting from an asymmetric motif. It also allows the classification (with or without help from the program) of the patterns, friezes, rosettes obtained in this manner.
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Glacial Mystery
Submitted by Guillaume Jouvet on
En mai 1926, quatre jeunes hommes ne sont jamais rentrés de leur périple sur le glacier d’Aletsch. C’est seulement en 2012 que leurs corps ont été trouvés. Ce film explique comment les scientifiques ont reconstruit l’accident des alpinistes avec l’aide d’un modèle mathématique décrivant le mouvement de la glace.
The Shape of Space
Submitted by IMAGINARY on
Through computer animations and fly-throughs, The Shape of Space explores the possible shapes of our universe. It suggests the possibility of a finite but boundless shape for our space. Using objects such as spheres, cylinders, and Möbius strips as possible shapes for a two-dimensional universe, The Shape of Space investigates corresponding three-dimensional shapes, and encourages the viewer to imagine how our universe could be formed by one of these.