Here is a chance to create some attractive images by rotating
shapes through multiples of 90 degrees, or 30 degrees, or 72
Here is a chance to create some Celtic knots and explore the mathematics behind them.
In abstract and computer generated art, a real object can be
represented by a simplified set of lines. Can you create a picture
using mathematical instructions?
Anamorphic art is used to create intriguing illusions - can you
work out how it is done?
How can you represent the curvature of a cylinder on a flat piece of paper?
This problem generated concise statements of general rules based on
clearly presented evidence.
Go to last month's problems to see more solutions.
Jennifer Piggott and Steve Hewson write about an area of teaching and learning mathematics that has been engaging their interest recently. As they explain, the word ‘trick’ can be applied to mathematical activity in many ways.
In this article, Rachel Melrose describes what happens when she
mixed mathematics with art.
In this game, try not to colour two adjacent regions the same colour. Can you work out a strategy?