Math Trek

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    Hyperbolic Five

    Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) devised many highly original schemes in his attempts to capture the concept of infinity visually. One strategy he often employed was to create repeating patterns of interlocking figures. However, although he could imagine how such arrays extended to infinity, the actual pattern he drew represented only a fragment of […]

    By Ivars Peterson
  2. Math

    SET Math

    The card game known as SET® is deceptively simple. Its object is to identify, as quickly as possible, a grouping (SET) of three cards, selected from 12 cards laid out face up on a table. A SET deck has 81 (34) cards. Each card displays a design with four attributes: shape, number, shading, and color.