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| Fractals - patterns that repeat themselves on smaller scales - can be seen frequently in nature, like in snowflakes. Photo: Unsplash. |
It can help explain the way galaxies spiral, a seashell curves, patterns replicate, and rivers bend.
Even subjective emotions, like what we find beautiful, can have mathematic explanations.
"Maths is not only seen as beautiful—beauty is also mathematical," says Dr. Thomas Britz, a lecturer in UNSW Science's School of Mathematics & Statistics. "The two are intertwined."
Dr. Britz works in combinatorics, a field focused on complex counting and puzzle solving. While combinatorics sits within pure mathematics, Dr. Britz has always been drawn to the philosophical questions about mathematics.
Here, Dr. Britz shares some of his favorite connections between maths and beauty.
Source: Phys.org
