Symmetry
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pageWatch those wheels
Have you ever noticed the patterns in car wheel trims? These questions will make you look at car wheels in a different way! -
pageLafayette
What mathematical words can be used to describe this floor covering? How many different shapes can you see inside this photograph? -
articlePaint rollers for frieze patterns
Proofs that there are only seven frieze patterns involve complicated group theory. The symmetries of a cylinder provide an easier approach.
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articleDancing with maths
An article for students and teachers on symmetry and square dancing. What do the symmetries of the square have to do with a dos-e-dos or a swing? Find out more? -
articlePattern power
Mathematics is the study of patterns. Studying pattern is an opportunity to observe, hypothesise, experiment, discover and create. -
articleFriezes
Some local pupils lost a geometric opportunity recently as they surveyed the cars in the car park. Did you know that car tyres, and the wheels that they on, are a rich source of geometry? -
articleTournament scheduling
Scheduling games is a little more challenging than one might desire. Here are some tournament formats that sport schedulers use. -
articleThe frieze tree
Patterns that repeat in a line are strangely interesting. How many types are there and how do you tell one type from another? -
articleFrieze patterns in cast iron
A gallery of beautiful photos of cast ironwork friezes in Australia with a mathematical discussion of the classification of frieze patterns.