The Platonic solids as Tiffany lamps, art objects and stepping-stones to higher dimensions.
With Hans Schepker and Carlo Sequin
For two millennia, the regular Platonic polyhedra have fascinated not just mathematicians, but also artists and a good fraction of the general public. When realized in appropriate materials, these shapes yield beautiful art objects.
In
a
more
abstract
way,
they
demonstrate
intriguing
geometrical
relationships,
particularly
when
the
general
idea
underlying
these
objects
is
extended
to
higher
dimensions.
In
this
seminar,
Hans
Schepker
will
present
some
of
his
beautiful
constructions
realized
in
glass
and
metal
and
tell
the
audience
how
he
conceives
of
these
shapes
and
then
realizes
these
artful
sculptures.
Carlo
Sequin
will
analyze
why
there
are
exactly
five
Platonic
solids,
and
then
use
these
insights
to
derive
the
number
of
completely
regular
polytopes
in
4
and
higher
dimensions.
Please register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bridges-public-lecture-series-the-platonic-solids-as-tiffany-lamps-art-objects-and-stepping-stones-tickets-31155413681
For more information and speaker biographies, please visit https://www.sju.ca/platonic-solids-tiffany-lamps-art-objects-and-stepping-stones-higher-dimensions.