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Reflecting on Kaleidoscopes

Reflecting on Kaleidoscopes

FromThe Art of Mathematics


Reflecting on Kaleidoscopes

FromThe Art of Mathematics

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Dec 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jeanne Lazzarini talks about kaleidoscopes and the mathematics that makes them work. This "beautiful form watcher" uses the laws of reflection to make ever-changing repeated symmetries. The use of more mirrors, rectangles, cylinders or pyramids create even more complex patterns.

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Released:
Dec 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (60)

Conversations, explorations, conjectures solved and unsolved, mathematicians and beautiful mathematics. No math background required.