|
Explore the world of mathematics and art, share an e-postcard, and bookmark this page to see new featured works..
Home > Thomas Hull :: The mathematics of origami
|
| Last additions - Thomas Hull :: The mathematics of origami |
Five Intersecting TetrahedraThis is a version of the Ow-Hull "Five Intersecting Tetrahedra." The visually stunning object should be a familiar sight to those who frequent the landscapes of M.C. Escher or like to thumb through geometry textbooks. Read about the object and how it is constructed on the Origami Gallery.
--- Thomas Hull. Photograph by Nancy Rose Marshall.Mar 28, 2006
|
|
Nested Hexogonal CollapseThis model is a series of concentric hexagons with "zig-zag" creases coming from the center-most hexagon out to the midpoints of the paper's sides. It can be collapsed in many different ways and twisted into interesting shapes, as done here. See more geometrics and tesselations on the Origami Gallery.
--- Thomas Hull. Photograph by Nancy Rose Marshall.Mar 28, 2006
|
|
Spiked Rhombic EnneacontahedronThis structure was conceived by taking a 90-sided polyhedron, whose faces are made from two types of rhombi, and placing a pyramid on each face. The construction uses 180 small squares of paper, all folded and interlocked together without glue. See more models on the Origami Gallery.
--- Thomas Hull. Photograph by Nancy Rose Marshall.Mar 28, 2006
|
|
Professor Tom HullTom Hull took his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Rhode Island in 1997. His dissertation was on list coloring bipartite graphs, now he mostly studies the mathematics of origami (paper folding).
Tom Hull is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA.Mar 13, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
The connection between mathematics and
art goes back thousands of years. Mathematics has been
used in the design of Gothic cathedrals, Rose windows,
oriental rugs, mosaics and tilings. Geometric forms were
fundamental to the cubists and many abstract expressionists,
and award-winning sculptors have used topology as the
basis for their pieces. Dutch artist M.C. Escher represented
infinity, Möbius bands, tessellations, deformations,
reflections, Platonic solids, spirals, symmetry, and
the hyperbolic plane in his works.