Mathematical Photography
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
This piece is called Euler's Relation. Its description is excerpted below:
You are probably familiar with the famous optical illusion of a painting of an old crony which suddenly changes into a beautiful young woman as your mental perspective changes. Both images are contained within the picture - they are different aspects of the same pattern of lines on a page. All you have to do is alter your internal viewpoint to see the difference.
Euler’s relation is a bit like this famous optical illusion but on a vastly grander scale.
Euler’s relation links five of the most fundamental concepts in mathematics in a simple and elegant formula. It says that when viewed in a particular way, the concepts of one and zero are the same as the concepts of the exponential power (e), the imaginary number (i), and the irrational number (pi).
-WHATEVER THAT MEANS...WHO CARES?...I just like the photograph, okay? JUST JOKING. I think the images and their descriptions are a product of genius!
See more mathematical photography here.
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Everytime i enter your blog there are so much new interesting stuff to see...Bravo Edgar!!!Your blog is getting better and better...have you though submiting your blog to topsites?
By Vasco Coelho, at Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:49:00 PM
By the way,if someday you and your family visit Portugal you'll be very welcomed!
See ya...
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