Fotografia matemàtica

Authors

  • David Alonso Asensio
  • Anna Darnaculleta Esteve
  • Francesc Creixell Robert
  • Carles Cubas Garcia
  • Pilar Figueras Mestres
  • Maite Gorriz Farré
  • Santi Vilches Latorre
  • Francisco Moreno Rigall

Abstract

Take a family photograph. How do you know if you have amathematical picture? The Pythagorean argument that «all things are numbers» turns any photograph into mathematics: a selfie is a representation of one, an image of the parents of two... This vision suggests all photographymathematical and devoid ofmeaning. On the other hand, we can look at theworld from a Platonic point of viewand affirmthatmathematics belongs to the world of ideas, ergowe can never perfectly represent the concepts because it is impossible to photograph a point or a straight line. For us, amathematical photography is a didactic tool that facilitates the systematic learning of mathematics:mathematics integrated into our environment, a source of beauty, a well of creativity, and useful in developing a critical vision of society.Mathematical photography should help us to forget our closed vision of barely useful mathematics, and to find surroundings in which to develop amathematics of the people. Also, in our experience, goodmathematical photographymust have an intentionality that can be summarised in a title (essential) that defines the concept to be communicated. It should also be useful from the point of view of didactics, creativity and beauty.

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Published

2018-11-23

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