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Science News
February 5, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Knot Divided in Snow Mathematical forms are no longer unusual sights at the annual International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. Mathematician Stan Wagon of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and his team have carved huge blocks of snow into graceful geometric shapes.   |
Science News
July 8, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Mobius and his Band Discovered in a purely mathematical context, the Mobius strip is the best known of the various toys of topology. Since its discovery in the 19th century, it has also achieved a life of its own beyond mathematics---in magic, science, engineering, literature, music, and art... |
Science News
June 9, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Mobius Accordion Artist Susan Happersett of Jersey City, N.J., has come up with a novel twist on the venerable Mobius strip: a playful, eye-catching creation she describes as a Mobius accordion... |
Science News
December 8, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
The Math Hatter and More Looking for a cool gift for someone mathematically inclined? An unusual, conversation-generating token of appreciation? The World Wide Web offers a number of intriguing possibilities -- if you know where to stop and shop... |
Science News
April 5, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Fractured Granite and Fractal Prints A fractured edge of granite tends to show the same degree of roughness at different magnifications. Indeed, nature features many irregular shapes that are self-similar -- that repeat themselves on different scales within the same object. |
Science News
July 28, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: A Twist on the Mobius Band Researchers work out the shape of a paper strip. |
Science News
September 6, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Pennant Races and Magic Numbers It's getting close to the end of the regular baseball season. Fanatic fans track not only which team is in first place or in position for a wild-card berth in the playoffs but also the number of games a team must win to avoid elimination. The calculation of a "magic" number is interesting. |
Science News
November 1, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Strolling Down Mobius Lane The geometry of the Mobius band has great potential as an architectural form -- one that is difficult to investigate even with the aid of digital technologies. |
Science News
November 30, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Fold-and-Cut Magic Accordion folds and judicious cutting can produce a string of paper dolls or a variety of geometric patterns. This activity also suggests a mathematical question. |
Science News
February 22, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
The Tangled Task of Distinguishing Knots Unlike a knotted piece of rope, a mathematical knot has no free ends. In this context, a knot is a one-dimensional curve that winds through itself in three-dimensional space, finally catching its tail to form a closed loop. |
Science News
June 1, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Setting Records Randomly Athletic record-breaking occurs in such small increments that chance factors loom large. Mathematicians and statisticians have sought recently to learn more about the role of randomness in records... |
Science News
December 20, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Sculpting with a Twist Japanese artist Keizo Ushio's fascinating sculptures provide a vivid introduction to the unsuspected intricacies of slicing bagels and cutting Mobius bands. |
Science News
January 4, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Sound-Byte Math Music Swedish composer Daniel Cummerow has created mathematical sound bytes belonging to a category known as algorithmic music. Each musical fragment is determined by a mathematical recipe -- a formula that links digits with musical notes and their duration... |
Science News
September 2, 2000 |
Mobius at Fermilab A description of three-dimensional variants of the Mobius band and mathematical forms in art. |
Science News
May 25, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Crystal Mobius Physicists in Japan have come up with a technique for twisting a crystalline ribbon of niobium selenide into a Mobius strip. |
Science News
September 8, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Waves of Congestion From a physicist's point of view, traffic flow can be regarded as a "many-body system of strongly interacting bodies." Various studies have revealed that such systems can show wavelike behavior and abrupt transitions from one state to another... |
Science News
May 20, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Mobius at the Shopping Mall A shopping mall near Caltech in Pasadena, California, features a giant Mobius strip disguised as a public bench created by conceptual artist and architect Vito Acconci. |
Science News
December 24, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
A Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities New technologies have made it possible to create 3D models of geometric shapes, magically transforming equations into elegant, intriguing miniatures. |
Science News
November 3, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Absolutely Abnormal Identifying the normal (or even the abnormal) in mathematics can pose serious difficulties... |
Science News
July 7, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Acoustic Residues There's a surprising mathematical ingredient in the sound of many performing artists and recording stars. It manifests itself in the form of clusters of panels hanging on the walls of recording studios, concert halls, nightclubs, and other venues... |
Science News
November 17, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: A Video That's Worth a Million Words Award-winning video reveals the simplicity and beauty of an abstract mathematical tool. |
Chemistry World
October 3, 2010
Manisha Lalloo |
DNA origami with a twist Researchers in the US have designed and synthesised a nanoscale Mobius strip out of DNA origami. |
