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Using groups and graphs to create symmetry patterns

Event Information
Speaker: 
Joseph Gallian (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Event Location: 
GAB 317, 4-5 PM; Refreshments: GAB 472, 3:30 PM
Event Date: 
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 4:00pm

We use video animations to explain how Hamiltonian paths, spanning trees, cosets in groups, and factor groups can be used to create computer generated symmetry patterns in hyperbolic and Euclidean planes. These methods were used to create the image for the 2003 Mathematics Awareness Month poster.