Week2: Math + Arts
This week's materials give me an insight that mathematics actually intertwines arts and science in a complex way. Mathematic can be employed to enhance the understanding of arts and science, and verse visa. For example, when I studied the multiple integration of irregular shapes under non-horizontal planes, I realized the importance of drawing the corresponding graphs. In the picture below, it could be comparatively different to deduce the meaning of formula by itself. The figures, however, give more intuitive understanding of calculate the volume under the plane. Among those artists, I am mostly intrigued by Robert J. Lang's Origami, which combines the beauty of arts and the techniques of math. Lang uses mathematical theory and code to design Origami states. For example, TreeMaker utilizes many algorithms for the origami design, incorporated a powerful numerical optimization code. The mathematical theories of symmetry lays the foundation of the code to build the Tr...