Escultura representada no calendário da AMS de 2010 (Março)

(reproduzida com permissão do autor)
Figure-8 Knot , de Carlo H. Séquin
Professor of Computer Science, EECS Computer Science Division, University of California
(American Mathematical Society – Mathematical Association of America
Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 5-8, 2009 – Washington, D.C., Exhibition of Mathematical Art. Bronze, 9″ tall, 2007, Second prize)
“ The Figure-8 Knot (*) is the second simplest knot, which can be drawn in the plane with as few as four crossings. When embedded in 3D space it makes a nice constructivist sculpture. “
(*) Link meu
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Sobre o figure-eight knot:
William P. Thurston, The Geometry and Topology of Three-Manifolds – Chapter Geometry and three-manifolds












