2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings

Dennis Bromley, Samantha Pezzimenti, Marina Skyers

Artists

Dennis Bromley

Actuarial Science Student

Penn State University, Brandywine

Media, Pennsylvania, USA

djb6951@psu.edu

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Marina Skyers

Associate Teaching Professor of Mathematics

Penn State Brandywine

Media, Pennsylvania, USA

mus61@psu.edu

brandywine.psu.edu

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Samantha Pezzimenti

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

smpezzimenti@widener.edu

spezzimenti.wixsite.com

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Statement

Samantha Pezzimenti and Marina Skyers teach mathematics at Penn State Brandywine. They are interested in the ways artistic representations and physical models can help students understand abstract mathematical concepts. Dennis Bromley is an Actuarial Science student at Penn State Brandywine and a long-time crocheter. He enjoys exploring ways that mathematical properties can be represented through crochet and can always be counted on to bring the whimsical ideas of his professors to fruition.

Artworks

Image for entry 'A Tale of Three Sequences'

A Tale of Three Sequences

53 x 33 x 30 cm

Acrylic Yarn, Beads

2022

These three pieces each represent a different sequence of numbers. Each color represents a digit (0=Purple, 1=Pink, 2=Red, 3=Orange, 4=Gold, 5=Light Green, 6=Dark Green, 7=Aqua, 8=Blue, 9=Teal). The sphere contains digits of $\pi$; the shape chosen due to $\pi$’s relevance in the sphere’s geometry. The trumpet-shape contains digits of the number $e$; the shape chosen to represent exponential growth. The rectangle contains digits of the golden ratio, $\phi$; the dimensions of squares making up the rectangle follow the Fibonacci sequence, whose digits limit to the golden ratio.