Tilings of the Plane: From Escher Via Möbius to Penrose

by Ehrhard Behrends

The aim of the book is to study symmetries and tesselation, which have long interested artists and mathematicians. Famous examples are the works created by the Arabs in the Alhambra and the paintings of the Dutch painter Maurits Escher. Mathematicians did not take up the subject intensively until the 19th century. In the process, the visualisation of mathematical relationships leads to very appealing images. Three approaches are described in this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3658388099
• ISBN13: 9783658388096
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"