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30th October 2014: Pumpkin Geometry
Guardian article about Saul Schleimer and Henry Segerman
On October 30th the work of Saul Schleimer and Henry Segerman was featured in an on-line article in the Guardian, written by Alex Bellos. The title of the article, "Pumpkin geometry", combines a seasonal reference, to Halloween, and a mathematical reference to the concept of stereographic projection. In a sequence of 3D prints Schleimer and Segerman show how to use stereographic projection, via light and shadow, to transform spherical geometry (the "pumpkin") into euclidean and hyperbolic geometry.
Photo Courtesy of Henry Segerman