Bending Hyperbolic Kaleidoscopes

Vladimir Bulatov (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
Bridges (art and mathematics)
Coimbra, Portugal, July 27, 2011


Abstract. We demonstrate different ways to create and visualize tilings made with hyperbolic kaleidoscopes (discrete groups of motion generated by reflection). We start with tiling of the hyperbolic plane and build bended kaleidoscopes in the hyperbolic space.

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