Category Archives: Art

The Poincaré homology sphere

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Persiflage

This illusion (from the Chicago museum of illusions, and duplicated, I believe, in other similar museums in other cities) “almost” appears to give a tiling of \(\mathbf{R}^3\) by regular dodecahedra, which for a number of reasons is not possible. (It … Continue reading →

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The distance of the moon

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Persiflage

Having just re-read the delightful Italo Calvino story of this name (which you can read here), I was also entranced by the following animation: Also: my take on the pronunciation of the name of the narrator: the first f is … Continue reading →

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In Brief

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Persiflage

The start of the academic year has a habit of bringing forth distractions, not least of all to someone as disorganized as me. So here are a few remarks in brief. The class number of \(\mathbf{Q}(\zeta_{151})^{+}\) is one. John Miller, … Continue reading →

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