Making Mathematics with Needlework

Ten Papers and Ten Projects
Herausgeber: Belcastro, Sarah-Marie; Yackel, Carolyn

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Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on the relationship between mathematics and the fiber arts. Each chapter in this work starts with an overview of the mathematics and the needlework, followed by technical sections discussing the mathematics, how to introduce the mathematics in the classroom through needlework, and how to make the needlework project.

Produktdetails

• AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9781568813318
• ISBN-10: 1568813317
• Artikelnr.: 26723425

Autorenporträt

sarah-marie belcastro and Carolyn Yackel earned their Ph.D.s in mathematics from the University of Michigan. Carolyn Yackel is an Associate Professor in the mathematics department at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, specializing in connections between mathematics and art. sarah-marie belcastro is a Research Associate at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: An Overview of Mathematics and Fiber Arts
1 Quilted Mobius Band
2 Picking Up Stitches and Diophantine Equations
3 The Sierpinski Variations: Self-Similar Crochet
4 Only Two Knit Stitches Can Create a Torus
5 Symmetry Patterns in Cross-Stitch
6 Socks with Algebraic Structure
7 Fortunatus's Purse
8 (K)Not Cables
Braids
9 The Graph Theory of Blackwork Embroidery
10 Stop Those Pants!
About the Contributors
Credits
Index