The Art of Mathematics
The Art of Mathematics
Carol Jacoby
Symmetry, Shapes and Groups
19 minutes Posted Aug 14, 2021 at 5:13 am.
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We are all born with an intuitive attraction to symmetry, through human faces and heartbeats. Joseph Bennish, of California State University Long Beach, explores the mathematical meaning of symmetry, what it means for one shape to be more symmetric than another, how symmetries form mathematical groups and groups form symmetries, and hints at implications for Fourier analysis, astronomy and relativity.