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From Quilt Blocks to the Mathieu Group M24 Diamonds (a traditional quilt block): Octads: Click on illustrations for details. The connection: The four-diamond figure is related to…
Exquisite Geometries "By far the most important structure in design theory is the Steiner system S(5, 8, 24)." — "Block Designs," 1995, by Andries E. Brouwer "The Steiner…
Steiner Systems "Music, mathematics, and chess are in vital respects dynamic acts of location. Symbolic counters are arranged in significant rows. Solutions, be they of a discord,…
Annual Tribute to The Eight Other knight figures: Click on the SpringerLink knight for a free copy (pdf, 1.2 mb) of the following paper dealing with the geometry…
A Wealth of Algebraic Structure A 1987 article by R. T. Curtis on the geometry of his Miracle Octad Generator (MOG) as it relates to the geometry of…
Kindergarten Geometry Preview of a Tom Stoppard play presented at Town Hall in Manhattan on March 14, 2008 (Pi Day and Einstein's birthday): The play's title, "Every Good…
MoMA Goes to Kindergarten "… the startling thesis of Mr. Brosterman's new book, 'Inventing Kindergarten' (Harry N. Abrams, $39.95): that everything the giants of modern art and architecture…
Space-Time and a Finite Model Notes by Steven H. Cullinane May 28, 2007 Part I: A Model of Space-Time The following paper includes a figure illustrating Penrose's model…
Elements of Geometry The title of Euclid’s Elements is, in Greek, Stoicheia. From Lectures on the Science of Language, by Max Muller, fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. New York: Charles Scribner’s…
Sylvester's Birthday The following figure from a June 11, 1986, note illustrates Sylvester's "duads" and "synthemes" using the concept of an "inscape" (part B of the figure). As R….