Math Photo: (Sine) Waves on the Beach

While on vacation, I passed some of my time looking for math on the beach, and I saw a sine wave creeping up the shore.

sine wave in nature

I thought I might be looking too hard for something mathematical, thereby seeing things that weren’t really there.  Thankfully, Geogebra is well-equipped to justify my observations.

wave sine wave equation

Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say that Geogebra helps enable my obsessions.

Found Math, from the MAA

Found Math Slide ShowThis is a beautiful slideshow highlighting 2010 in Found Math, from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).

http://www.maa.org/community/columns/maa-found-math/2010-maa-found-math-gallery

This is a really cool project–catching photos of the math all around us–and there are a lot of really beautiful pictures here.  Keep your cameras on you!

Maybe I’ll submit a few of mine next year; perhaps the shadow tetrahedron, or the parabolic hillside.

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