IMAGINARY is your place for open and interactive mathematics. You can explore great programs, enjoy beautiful picture galleries and create hands-on math exhibits. Share your own ideas and modules. Stage your own exhibitions.

Inform yourself about the different exhibitions in the explore section. Here you will also find all related content for download. 
The interact section is the place to share your ideas: Upload your own galleries or programs, see what others are contributing and get in touch with the community.
The think section provides interesting background material on different mathematical topics – for beginners and experts.

Imaginary News

MPE and IMAGINARY Platform: Launch in Paris
Feb. 10, 2013
MPE Logo

On March 5, 2013 the new exhbition “Mathematics of Planet Earth” (MPE) and the new IMAGINARY platform will be launched oficially at the MPE UNESCO day. The platform will host the open source exhibition, which will be physically displayed for the first time at UNESCO and remain there until March 8. The venue is the...Read more

Opening of the MoMath
Dec. 12, 2012
The Formula Morph exhibit at the MoMath, New York

The new Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) will open its doors in Manhattan, New York. “Mathematics illuminates the patterns and structures all around us. Our dynamic exhibits and programs will stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity, and reveal the wonders of mathematics. The Museum will have its grand opening on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11 East 26th Street in Manhattan.”

IMAGINARY is present with one...Read more

MPE2013 is launched!
Dec. 7, 2012

MPE2013 is launched internationally!

Citation from Irena Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO:
“UNESCO strongly supports this extraordinary collaboration of mathematicians around the world to advance research on fundamental questions about planet Earth, to nurture a better understanding of global issues, to help inform the public, and to enrich the...Read more

IMAGINARY in Springer Book
Sep. 11, 2012
Cover of the Book

IMAGINARY is part of the new book “Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics” by Springer: in the article “Mathematics Between Research, Applications, and Communication” by Gert-Martin Greuel and in the article “IMAGINARY and the Open Source Math Exhibition Platform” by Andreas Matt. It is also mentioned in several articles, as for example in the article on the website mathematik.de or in the...Read more

The Morenaments Room
Aug. 26, 2012
The Morenaments Room at Tecnopolis

In Tecopólis, a huge science&technology fair in Buenos Aires, a 4 x 4 x 3 meter proyected and interactive Morenaments Room invites all visitors to play and create own wallpapers! See this video for some details on the IMAGINARY installation at Tecnópolis: https://www. youtube.com/watch?feature=...Read more

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Imaginary Exhibitions

Mathematics of Planet Earth

Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 (MPE2013) is an initiative of mathematical sciences organizations around the world designed to showcase the ways in which the mathematical sciences can be useful in tackling our world’s problems. The exhibition “Mathematics of Planet Earth” was created by the community through a competition: The winning modules are now part of this open source exhibition, staged in 2013 and onwards!

IMAGINARY – through the eyes of mathematics

“IMAGINARY – through the eyes of mathematics” is an interactive travelling exhibition by the Mathematischen Forschungsinstituts Oberwolfach originally developed for the Year of Mathematics 2008 in Germany. Its intention is to display visualizations, interactive installations, virtual realities, 3D objects and their theoretical background in algebraic geometry and in singularity theory in an attracting and understandable manner. It’s a unique science experience!

Latest Exhibits

Algebraic soundscapes
Uploaded by: surfer invaders

A bundle of opensource software for “playing music” on algebraic surfaces. ...

Free surfaces
Uploaded by: Eleonore Faber

This gallery contains visualizations of so-called free surfaces.

Freeness is an algebraic property, which is not so easy to explain: roughly, it means that a free surface has singular...

Ken Rubenstein Gallery
Uploaded by: Kenneth Neil Ru...

These images are generated through Maple Mathematics software. They are typically rendered in spherical or cylindrical coordinates. I often use several composed number and group theoretic...

Sundials
Uploaded by: Margarida Oliveira

Relationship between mathematics and astronomy goes back in time. An analysis, though superficial, of a few episodes in the history of Mathematics shows how this science is actually fundamental to...

Earthquakes and Structures
Uploaded by: Sérgio Bruno Ma...

Every year several earthquakes occur on planet Earth with severe loss of human lives. During an earthquake most of us already experienced the vibrations at the Earth’s surface due to the...

Events

RSME-IMAGINARY in Santiago de Compostela
Mar. 15, 2013 to May. 16, 2013
Iglesia de la Universidad|Praza da Universidade|Santiago de Compostela|ES
MPE2013 Exhibition in Paris
Mar. 5, 2013 to Mar. 8, 2013
UNESCO|7 Place de Fontenoy|Paris|75007|FR
IMAGINARY in Nowosibirsk
Feb. 5, 2013 to Feb. 17, 2013
House of the Scientist|Morskoj prospekt 23|Nowosibirsk|RU

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Latest user blog entries

Inside work
Feb. 27, 2013
by: Andreas Daniel Matt

At certain moments, very often before deadlines, work is talking over control of life. Or at least it tries to. This means, work (as the bad big monster) with all its chaos, logistics, emergencies is controlling the well prepared master plan and the little of daily life that remains.…Read more

NanoArt21
Feb. 14, 2013
by: Jean Constant

Jean Constant selected for the NanoArt 21 international competition.

NanoArt21TM was founded by artist and scientist Cris Orfescu. Its purpose is to promote Nano technology as a collaborative reflection between Science, Technology and Art.Read more

Science and Culture
Feb. 14, 2013
by: Jean Constant

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