2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Dennis Bromley, Samantha Pezzimenti, Marina Skyers
Artists
Dennis Bromley, Samantha Pezzimenti, Marina Skyers
Student, Assistant Teaching Professor of Mathematics, Assistant Teaching Professor of Mathematics
Math Department, Penn State Brandywine
Media, Pennsylvania, USA
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
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.