by Salman Hameed
Back in 2007 I had posted about the discovery of a particularly complex mathematical pattern (quasi-crystalline Penrose patterns) in 15th century tiles in Isfahan, Iran (see Islamic Tiles and Modern Mathematics). Actually the discovery is indeed quite stunning!
Here is a lecture on this topic by one of the original authors of the study, Peter Lu (tip from 3quarksdaily):
Back in 2007 I had posted about the discovery of a particularly complex mathematical pattern (quasi-crystalline Penrose patterns) in 15th century tiles in Isfahan, Iran (see Islamic Tiles and Modern Mathematics). Actually the discovery is indeed quite stunning!
Here is a lecture on this topic by one of the original authors of the study, Peter Lu (tip from 3quarksdaily):
2 comments:
Salman, 1:45 in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gVDIXqILqSM#t=105
Is that you?
Ha! No - but that guy can definitely pass off as my double…
I just heard about the video and it is well done. At the same time, it is unfortunate that we still have to show people that Muslims are more than their angry stereotypes…
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