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basis for their pieces. Dutch artist M.C. Escher represented
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reflections, Platonic solids, spirals, symmetry, and
the hyperbolic plane in his works.
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visualization of mathematics--origami, computer-generated
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"Triad," by Mehrdad Garousi (Hamadan, Iran)
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Digital print on canvas, 18" x 16", 2009
This work created in TopMod comprises a uniform twisted strip with some ties and joints. The shape containing an evident three-fold rotational symmetry is composed of three similar components connected at two central joints placed back and forth. The outstanding issue is another hidden symmetry, which may not be discovered at a hasty glance. In addition to the former symmetry, condoning back and forth or up and down position of layers, as a flat plane, the whole sculpture has a three-fold mirror symmetry. The reason of such a property is the same one-fold mirror symmetry governing each of the three components. --- Mehrdad Garousi (http://mehrdadart.deviantart.com)
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