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Title
Programming Tips: Automating Escher's Combinatorial Patterns
Authors
R. Mabry
Stan Wagon
Organization:
Macalester College
Department:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
URL:
http://www.stanwagon.com/
D. Schattschneider
Journal / Anthology
Mathematica in Education and Research
Year:
1996
Volume:
5
Issue:
4
Page range:
38-52
Description
The use of replacement rules to implement transformations of the plane equation-solving to determine colors allows the automation of some early tiling techniques of M.C. Escher.
Subjects
Arts and Humanities
>
Visual Art
Mathematics
>
Discrete Mathematics
>
Combinatorics
Mathematics
>
Geometry
>
Plane Geometry
Mathematics
>
Geometry
>
Tiling