2020 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Regina Bittencourt
Artists
Regina Bittencourt
Mathematical Artist
MuArt Mujeres en el Arte; APECh; ESMA
Santiago, Chile
Statement
Even though our culture has two separate disciplines for mathematics and art, I feel that mathematics is of unique intrinsic beauty. And it is what I wanted to show when doing each artwork: to express the beauty of a curve, the game of algorithms and how the organization of numbers can form algebraic surfaces. I want to discover the beauty of mathematics.
Artworks
A Colorful World and a Shared Future
48 x 48 cm
Giclée on museum canvas
2018
Image rendered using 5 polynomial equations. Each one displays different algebraic surfaces: 3 of them are the ribbons that surround the sphere. And the star is a Barth Sextic surface.
The polynomial equations are:
x^3+y^3+z^3+1-0.5*a*(x+y+z+1)^3=0
x^2+y^2+z^2-50=0
x^2-y^2-z*a=0 and
x^3*y+y^3*z+z^3*x=0
The image represents our world on the infinite of the universe. Harmony in diversity, beauty, good fortune, wealth, fertility and hope, surround our world in colored ribbons. The beautiful star is our shared bright golden future.