Posts tagged mathematics

A kid in math class is asked to prove or disprove that a cat has nine tails…  (My latest cartoon.)

A kid in math class is asked to prove or disprove that a cat has nine tails…  (My latest cartoon.)

OFFICE FIRE! A NEW CARTOON
Messing around on ToonDoo again today.   What do an engineer, a physicist, a mathematician and a statistician do when faced with a fire in the office trash can?

OFFICE FIRE! A NEW CARTOON

Messing around on ToonDoo again today.   What do an engineer, a physicist, a mathematician and a statistician do when faced with a fire in the office trash can?

“The strange and beautiful tie of the rules of mathematics and physics, to the organic wonder and growth of life and nature. “
The Art of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law 

“The strange and beautiful tie of the rules of mathematics and physics, to the organic wonder and growth of life and nature. “

The Art of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law 

The Hopf map is a special transformation invented by Heinz Hopf that maps to each point on the ordinary 3D sphere from a unique circle of points on the 4D sphere. Taken together, these circles form a fiber bundle called a Hopf Fibration.

The Hopf map is a special transformation invented by Heinz Hopf that maps to each point on the ordinary 3D sphere from a unique circle of points on the 4D sphere. Taken together, these circles form a fiber bundle called a Hopf Fibration.

Another silly math cartoon I made :).  Proof of Love…

Another silly math cartoon I made :).  Proof of Love…

Moebius Transformations Revealed

A short film depicting the beauty of Moebius Transformations in mathematics. The movie shows how moving to a higher dimension can make the transformations easier to understand.

The full version is available at http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/moebius/

The background music (from Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Op. 15, I) is performed by Donald Betts and available at http://www.musopen.com.

This is a plot of an iterated function system.

This is a plot of an iterated function system.

A Fibonacci/Golden Spiral on top of Hurricane Irene.

A Fibonacci/Golden Spiral on top of Hurricane Irene.

Math Mom—Another silly cartoon I made. :)

Math Mom—Another silly cartoon I made. :)

ONE PLUS ONE? AN ENGINEERING CARTOON
I was playing around with the cartoon creator, ToonDoo, again today and made this cartoon.   A mathematician, a physicist and an engineer answer the question:  1 + 1 = ?

ONE PLUS ONE? AN ENGINEERING CARTOON

I was playing around with the cartoon creator, ToonDoo, again today and made this cartoon.   A mathematician, a physicist and an engineer answer the question:  1 + 1 = ?