Anne Burns

Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics Department, Long Island University
Brookville, NY 11548

I began my studies as an art major and later became fascinated with mathematics. Computer programming allowed me to combine my two passions and to explore the visual beauty of mathematics.

Complex Flow II
Complex Flow II
12" x 12"
Digital print
2010

This flow diagram was Inspired by the vector field of the complex-valued function f(z)= z^11 along three circles centered at the origin .

Complex Flow I
Complex Flow I
12" X 12"
Digital print
2010

Vectors whose length and direction are determined by a complex analytic function and whose color is a function of the slope of the vector are plotted along a path y = f(x) and then reflected and rotated.

Complex Flow III
Complex Flow III
12" x 12"
Digital print
2010

Vectors whose length and direction are determined by a complex analytic function and whose color is a function of the slope of the vector are plotted along a path y = f(x) and then reflected and rotated.