PassedOut Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 As a math major in college I liked to draw images to help me visualize the concepts I learned. My wife, Constance, also a math major in college, liked to knit. She gave me the link to this article to emphasize the superiority of her approach: New math tricks: knitting and crocheting. Together, Yackel and Belcastro have co-edited a new book "Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects." In it, they use the knitting of a baby’s pants to show how, in certain types of mathematics, an octagon can be folded into a two-holed donut. Using their math, if one crocheted a stop sign, it could be folded into a pair of pants.FWIW, I think it's interesting to watch Constance knit socks, going around the bend to make a perfect heel. Even that seems, to me, a non-trivial exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Darn, this 'thread' didnt have people in stitches huh ? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Yesterday I saw the hyperbolic crochet reef in the Royal Festival Hall. It's quite cute. See http://www.theiff.org/reef/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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