2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Henry Segerman
Artists
Henry Segerman
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Statement
Henry Segerman is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Oklahoma State University. His mathematical research is in 3-dimensional geometry and topology, and concepts from those areas often appear in his work. Other artistic interests involve procedural generation, self reference, ambigrams and puzzles.
Artworks
Stereographic projection (grid)
10 x 9 x 9 cm
3D printed nylon plastic, lamp
2014
The light rays from the lamp are partly blocked by the shrinking design on the sphere; the resulting shadow is a regular tiling of the plane by squares. This illustrates how stereographic projection transforms the sphere, minus the north pole, into the plane. Note how shapes are slightly distorted near the south pole, and dramatically distorted near the north pole.