#frieze patterns

[omahasnakes]

Aren’t they all?

Here’s a weird request: is there wallpaper in your home or workplace or whatnot?  I’m looking for pictures of wallpaper “in the wild”.  This is for math purposes.

[fieldmic]

Doodle Music

A visual and musical expression of mathematical symmetry groups. The transformations done to the video are equivalent to the transformations done to the notes.

These type of repeating patterns are called frieze patterns. A couple wallpaper groups are also represented.

(by Vihart)

via Boing Boing

[wrestlethethistles]

"A visual and musical expression of mathematical symmetry groups. The transformations done to the video are equivalent to the transformations done to the notes. These type of repeating patterns are called frieze patterns. A couple wallpaper groups are also represented."

[vimmuse]

Doodle Music (by Vihart)

A visual and musical expression of mathematical symmetry groups. The transformations done to the video are equivalent to the transformations done to the notes. These type of repeating patterns are called frieze patterns. A couple wallpaper groups are also represented.