Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine new worlds, new geometries, new forms. The new volume in the series “Imagine Math” is intended to contribute to grasping how much that is interesting and new is happening in the relationships between mathematics, imagination and culture.
The present book begins with the connections between mathematics, numbers, poetry and music, with the latest opera by Italian composer Claudio Ambrosini. Literature and narrative also play an important role here. There is cinema too, with the “erotic” mathematics films by Edward Frenkel, and the new short “Arithmétique “ by Munari and Rovazzani. The section on applications of mathematics features a study of ants, as well as the refined forms and surfaces generated by algorithms used in the performances by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. Last but not least, in honour of the hundredth anniversary of his birth, a mathematical, literary and theatrical homage to Alan Turing, one of the outstanding figures of the twentieth century.
Author(s): Michele Emmer (auth.), Michele Emmer (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Mailand
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 262
Tags: Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology; Humanities, general
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
The Fascination of Numbers, between Music and Poetry....Pages 5-10
The Solitude of Last Words....Pages 11-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Gödel’s Childhood and Other Algorithms....Pages 23-30
The Wild Number Problem: Math or Fiction?....Pages 31-38
A Play at Dusk. Mathematics in Literature....Pages 39-48
Mathematics according to Italo Calvino....Pages 49-56
The Mathematical Mind — Iconography of a Tension....Pages 57-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Spatial Rhythms in Cinema between the Avant-Garde and Entertainment....Pages 69-81
Lessons in Mathematics, at the Cinema....Pages 83-91
Mathematics, Love, and Tattoos....Pages 93-100
Arithmétique....Pages 101-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
L’art du Trait est l’attrait de l’Art....Pages 107-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Morphogenesis and Dynamical Systems....Pages 117-126
Empirical Evidence that the World Is Not a Computer....Pages 127-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Numeri Malefici (Evil Numbers): Homage to Fabio Mauri....Pages 139-150
From Pollock’s Summertime to Jacksontime....Pages 151-159
From Canvas to Music: Mathematics as a Tool for the Composition of Jacksontime....Pages 161-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Extracting Information from Chaos: a Case in Climatological Analysis....Pages 173-180
On the Tangible Boundary between Real and Virtual....Pages 181-184
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Fort Marghera and the French and Austrian Plans of Defence....Pages 185-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Myrmedrome: Simulating the Life of an Ant Colony....Pages 201-210
Ants Searching for a Minimum....Pages 211-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Exotic Spheres and John Milnor....Pages 221-229
Cellular Automata: the Game of Life....Pages 231-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Alan M. Turing (1912–1954)....Pages 247-254
Alan Turing and the Poisoned Apple....Pages 255-262
