Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2014 in Berlin
On May 10 the "Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften" took place at Berlin's universities.
- Date: 14.05.2014, 12:48
The SFB/TRR 109 "Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics" participated at TU Berlin in the following events:
Presentations
Projektive Geometrie: Paradoxe, Polaritäten, Perspektiven
by Charles Gunn
For Information about the talk and projective geometry in general click on one of the images:
Borromäische Ringe
by John M. Sullivan
The following short mathematical films were shown during the presentation:
How to build a flying carpet from glass and steel?
by Dr. Thilo Rörig
We presented different applications of the mathematics to modern free form architecture: The first example was the new roof of the Cours Visconti in the Louvre in Paris designed by Ricciotti & Bellini (see Image). Hidden between two layers of golden metal mesh there is a glass/steel construction that was optimized by interesting mathematical methods. Further we illustrated how conformal maps can be used to map patterns onto free form surfaces for panelization like the roof of the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court of the British Museum in London. Finally we showed how free form surfaces can be approximated by planar and curved panels based on curvature lines on the surface.
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MatheMagie
We present some card tricks to the visitors.
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Mathematical Games and Puzzles
Nim Game
We introduced the visitors to this mathematical strategic game and showed them how to win with optimal play.
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Tangram
The visitors could try their skills at Tangram puzzles of various levels of difficulty.
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