Imagine Math 2: Between Culture and Mathematics [Hardcover]

Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine new worlds, new geometries, new forms.? The new volume in the series Imagine Math is intended to contribute to grasping how much that is interesting and new is happening in the relationships between mathematics, imagination and culture.

The present book begins with the connections between mathematics, numbers, poetry and music, with the latest opera by Italian composer Claudio Ambrosini. Literature and narrative also play an important role here. There is cinema too, with the erotic mathematics films by Edward Frenkel, and the new short Arithm?tique  by? Munari and Rovazzani. The section on applications of mathematics features a study of ants, as well as the refined forms and surfaces generated by algorithms used in the performances by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. Last but not least, in honour of the hundredth anniversary of his birth, a mathematical, literary and theatrical homage to Alan Turing, one of the outstanding figures of the twentieth century.

This book invites the reader to imagine new worlds, new geometries and new forms. The text conveys new relationships between mathematics, imagination and culture, casting in a new perspective past figures and events that can help to explain phenomena of today.Exotic Spheres and John Milnor by M. Abate.- The Solitude of Last Words by C. Ambrosini.- From Pollocks Summertime to Jacksontime by D. Amodio.- Spatial Rhythms in Cinema between the Avant-Garde and Entertainment by G.P. Brunetta.- Myrmedrome: Simulating the life of an Ant Colony byS. Cacace, E. Cristiani, D. DEustacchio.- From Canvas to Music: Mathematics as a Tool for the Composition of Jackson Time by C. de Fabritiis.- G?dels Childhood and Other Algorithms by V. Della Mea.- Lessons in Mathematics, at the Cinema by M. Emmer.- The Fascination of Numbers, between Music and Poetry by M. Emmer.- Numeri Malefici (Evil Numbers): Homage to Fabio MaurlCĪ