With my father, Arnis Peterson (right), and my uncles Arturs Zosens (second from right) and Voldemars Zosens (left), New Year's Eve, Melbourne, Australia, 1979.
See also "McKenzie Island."
December 31, 2018
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Sky Way
Revolutions by Michel de Broin. Montreal, Quebec, 2010.
See "Knotted Staircase."
Photo by I. Peterson
December 20, 2018
Garden Pyramid
Four-Sided Pyramid by Sol LeWitt. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2008.
See also "LeWitt's Pyramid."
Photo by I. Peterson
December 19, 2018
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December 16, 2018
Wright Window
Window by Frank Lloyd Wright. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 2016.
Photo by I. Peterson
December 15, 2018
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December 11, 2018
Arikidea
Arikidea by Mark di Suvero. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2010.
Photo by I. Peterson
December 10, 2018
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December 8, 2018
December 7, 2018
Winterfall
Tuckerman Ravine Trail, White Mountain National Forest, Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, 2018.
Photo by I. Peterson
December 6, 2018
Crystal Cascade
Crystal Cascade, Tuckerman Ravine Trail, White Mountain National Forest, Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, 2018.
Photo by I. Peterson
December 5, 2018
Flaky Fractal Fir
Tuckerman Ravine Trail, White Mountain National Forest, Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, 2018.
Photo by I. Peterson
December 4, 2018
Mount Monroe
View toward Boott Spur and Mount Monroe. Appalachian Mountain Club Joe Dodge Lodge, Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, 2018.
Photos by I. Peterson
December 3, 2018
Moebius Splits
Wood sculpture featuring a split Moebius strip by Larry Frazier. Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011.
See also "Split Strips."
Photo by I. Peterson
December 2, 2018
December 1, 2018
Confining Infinity
Limits of Infinity III by John Safer. George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 2000.
"I carved the interior shape while groping for a shape which would seem fulfilling, internally harmonious, and perhaps inspiring," John Safer explained. "When that part of the sculpture was complete, I realized that it was a three-dimensional rendition of the symbol for infinity. Safer chose to orient his sculpture vertically rather than horizontally and mounted it within an elliptical frame--in effect, confining infinity.
See also "Limits of Infinity."
Photo by I. Peterson
November 30, 2018
Knot Shadow
Knot sculpture by Nat Friedman. Albany, New York, 2000.
The continuous loop of a three-dimensional mathematical knot constructed from copper tubing casts a shadow that can vary greatly in appearance and complexity, depending on the viewpoint and light direction.
Photo by I. Peterson
November 29, 2018
Ten Tetrahedra
Solar System by Eve Torrence. Exhibition of Mathematical Art, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, California, 2010.
Photo by I. Peterson
November 28, 2018
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November 25, 2018
Granny Pillow
Dihedral Granny Pillow by Andrea Heald. Gallery of Mathematical Art, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012.
Photo by I. Peterson
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Ptolemy and Regiomontanus
This frontispiece from Epitoma in Almagestum Ptolemaei, published in 1496, shows its author, Regiomontanus, and a crowned Ptolemy.
Reproduced from the collections of the Library of Congress.
