The Mathematics of Wallpaper

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 10.04.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Objectives
  3. Rationale
  4. Activities
  5. Endnotes
  6. Bibliography
  7. Websites
  8. Materials List
  9. Standards/Appendices

Math and Design

Rosemary Schmitt

Published September 2010

Tools for this Unit:

Websites

http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze_group

http://euler.slu.edu/escher/index.php/Frieze_Patterns

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=168

http://mathdl.maa.org/images/upload_library/4/vol1/architecture/Math/seven.htm

http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/symsusan.html

Comments:

Sheila Marie Neville

January 11, 2011 at 11:17 am

Math Design

I must say congradulation. I have been teaching students for some years how to find the symmetry and how to make designs using symmetry. My students work have turned into works of art. I did not know that I need Yale for this.

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