chris martens (they/them) on Nostr: i wonder how many mathematical structures have been inadvertently invented by artists ...
i wonder how many mathematical structures have been inadvertently invented by artists — e.g. the trefoil knot, the simplest nontrivial knot topologically, is found in the form of a trefoil or valknut in early Celtic and Germanic symbology. See also Islamic tilings.
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