Mathematics is everywhere

As part of our discussion in this class on the interaction of mathematics with almost any human activities, here are a few extra posts and links.

Feel free to add to the discussion.

Mathematics and Acting

Bangladeshi actress Bipasha Hayat says Acting is like mathematics. Read the full story in her interview with The Daily Star.

Mathematics and Theater

Nina Ekstein wrote an interesting paper titled The metaphors of mathematics in Corneille's theater. In her work she shows how French play writer Corneille used different types of mathematical metaphors to create his dramatic aesthetics.

Mathematics and Counting

Wikipedia describes counting as the action of finding the number of elements in a finite set of objects. The branch of mathematics concerned with the study of counting is called Combinatorics and contrary to common beliefs, counting is a very hard task (and I'm not even talking about errors and other uncertainties issues which are relevant to statistics).

Mathematics and Art

There is a nice article by J.J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson on Mathematics and Art which describes the influence of mathematics on art in western culture.

Mathematics and Music

There is so much to say about this topic that Wikipedia has a dedicated page on Music and Mathematics and it's worth checking out.

Mathematics and Painting

Just think about the huge revolution that descriptive geometry had on painters by giving them better tools to represent 3D on their paintings. Check out the Wikipedia article on Perspective for more information.

Other types of interaction have been identified as well. Have a look at this article by Hendrik J. Jensen on links between mathematics and painting in the work of Kandinsky, Van Gogh, Pollock and Turner. It's a short and interesting read that also contains a bunch of further references to check out.

Mathematics and Food

March 14 is Pi Day through out the world and among other traditions, people bake pies (which are usually sold for $3.14).