Playing with some shadows, and non-shadows, falling on my carpet, I caught this:
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Playing with some shadows, and non-shadows, falling on my carpet, I caught this:
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Wow, is this fun: a graph theory-based game called Planarity.
Given a set of vertices and edges, your job is to untangle the graph so that no two edges intersect. In essence, you are proving that the given graph is indeed a planar graph.
If it takes you a long time to succeed, just tell your friends you got caught up thinking about questions like “How can I prove it’s always possible to untangle this graph?” and “I wonder how many more edges I could add while keeping this puzzle solvable?” That’s what I tell people.
More inspiration from the terrific MoMath talk by Erik Demaine on Math and Origami: during some explorations of the one-cut problem, a student produced this, which we all agreed was beautiful.
This isn’t the only accidental paper art we discovered.
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This is a mind-blowing set of math/art projects by Daniel Walsh.
http://danielwalsh.tumblr.com/
At the right is a visualization of the magnetic field created by a small triangle of buckyball magnets.
There are only a few posts here, but they are fascinating and stunningly beautiful. I hope there are more coming!
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