Think along and read about the maths behind the IMAGINARY exhibits and subjects. You will find below different types of texts: some with many images or with many equations, some more philosophical, more general or more specific. There are the catalogues of the exhibits, there is material for schools and we hope there is something for you – to dive further into mathematical theories and thoughts. Please let us know if you have background material you recommend to be listed here!
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Worksheets for Schools
Maria Alberich Jordi Buendía Ferran Dachs Anna Sabater Emilio José Sánchez Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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A collection of IMAGINARY worksheets for school children. The worksheets are of different levels of difficulty, aimed at children and teenagers aged between 5 and 17 years. The material has been developed for the IMAGINARY exhibitions in Spain and was awarded with a prize of the Initiative “Ciencia en Acción” 2012. For more information, visit http://imaginary. fme. upc.edu. |
Catalan, Spanish, English |
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A Different Way to Read Off the Time – a New Idea for a Binary Clock
Jörg Pretz Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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A new idea for a binary clock is presented: It displays the time using a triangular array of 15 bits. |
English |
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Didactical Guide Zaragoza
Alexander Aginagalde Nafarrate Pedro Alegría Ezquerra Raúl Ibáñez Torres Álvaro Lozano Rojo Marta Macho Stadler Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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Didactical guide to the IMAGINARY exhibition |
Spanish |
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School Taskbook: From 5 to 15
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold
Victor Goryunov Sabir Gusein-Zade Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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The taskbook for school students by renowned Russian mathematician Prof. Vladimir Igorevich Arnold. You can find the original Russian version as well as an English translation. |
Russian, English |
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Didactical Guide Bilbao
Alexander Aginagalde Nafarrate Pedro Alegría Ezquerra Raúl Ibáñez Torres Álvaro Lozano Rojo Marta Macho Stadler Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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Didactical guide to the IMAGINARY exhibition |
Euskera, Spanish |
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Planet, Mathematical and Population Dynamics
Philippe Etchecopar Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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Different models of population dynamics |
French, English |
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The Art of an Algebraic Surface
Andreas Daniel Matt Anna Hartkopf Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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A short paper to present the artistic side of algebraic surfaces made with the SURFER program. Article written for the VISMATH Book, Hungary 2012. |
English |
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Parallax Measurement
Tine Golez Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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An introduction to parallax measurement |
English |
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SURFER – Some Ideas for the Classroom
Andreas Daniel Matt Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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Some ideas how to use SURFER at school |
German |
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Resolution of Singularities
Herwig Hauser Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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A short introduction to singularity theory for everybody - without equations. |
German |
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Solid Möbius Strips as Algebraic Surfaces
Stephan Klaus Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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How to make a Möbius strip with SURFER. |
English |
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Glances at Infinity
Jürgen Richter-Gebert Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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Survey article on symmetries and chaos |
German |
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Solid Trefoil Knot as an Algebraic Surface
Stephan Klaus Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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How to make the trefoil knot with SURFER |
English |
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World record surfaces
Oliver Labs Licence CC BY-NC-SA |
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Introduction to surfaces with many singularities |
German |
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