Mathematical Collection

Fractal geometry showing Mandelbrot Set
Fractal geometry: computer graphics representation of the Mandelbrot Set, plotted from complex number coordinates. A number is described as complex when it is made up of two parts

Title pages of Pacciolis Summa de Arithmetica
^BMathematics book.^b Title page of a medieval book on mathematics. Image taken from the 1523 edition of ^ISumma de Arithmetica, geometria

19th Century Moroccan wall feature. Photographed in the the Marrakech Museum, Dar Menebhi Palace, Morocco

Fibonacci spiral, artwork
Fibonacci spiral. Computer artwork of a spiral within squares whose sides decrease in length by a factor of 0.168. This number (phi) is derived from the golden ratio Phi (1.618)

Part of manuscript written by Evariste Galois
Part of a manuscript written by the French mathematician Evariste Galois (1811-1832). Galois worked on the problem of finding general solutions for equations of degree n

Calabai-yau manifolds
Calabi-yau manifolds. Computer artwork of calabi- yau manifolds. These six-dimensional shapes are thought to be the location of the extra six dimensions (on top of the four known to exist)

Richard Feynman, caricature C015 / 6715
Richard Feynman (1918-1988). Caricature of the American theoretical physicist Richard Phillips Feynman. As a young man, Feynman worked on the American atomic bomb project at Los Alamos

Ludwig Wittgenstein, caricature
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Caricature of the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889-1951). Wittgenstein is considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th

Particle physics equations

Mandelbrot fractal. Computer artwork of a part of the Mandelbrot Set, a pattern generated using a simple repeating mathematical process

Logarithm table. Rows and columns of logarithms. These are numerical values used in mathematics to aid multiplication and division

John Venn, caricature C013 / 7595
John Venn (1834-1923). Caricature of the British logician and philosopher John Venn. Venn is best known for introducing the Venn diagram, which is used in many fields, including set theory

Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher
Plato (427-347 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher. Platos spirit of rational inquiry led to todays scientific method. His writings shaped and continue to have a profound influence on Western thought

Andrei Kolmogorov, Soviet mathematician
Andrei Kolmogorov (1903-1987), Soviet mathematician. Kolmogorov is widely considered one of the most prominent mathematicians of the 20th century

Rubiks cube, artwork
Rubiks cube, computer artwork

Mathematical series, 18th century

Penrose stairs, artwork
Penrose stairs, computer artwork. This is an impossible figure created by the physicist Roger Penrose and used by M C Escher in his illustration Ascending and Descending

Alan Turing, British mathematician
Alan Turing. Caricature of the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-54). In 1937 Turing described a theoretical computer (a Turing machine) in rigorous mathematical terms

Plato, caricature
Plato. Caricature of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato (427-347 BC). Platos spirit of rational inquiry led to todays scientific method

Spiral fractal, computer artwork

Particle physics equations

Quasicrystal. Computer model of a quasicrystal pattern. The crystals are a type of solid structure where there is long-range order with five-fold symmetry, which results in a non- repeating pattern

Dragon tail fractal, computer artwork

Mandelbrot fractal F008 / 4436
Mandelbrot fractal. Computer graphic showing a fractal image derived from the Mandelbrot Set. Fractals geometry is used to derive complex shapes as often occur in nature

Fractal, artwork
Fractal, computer artwork

Mandelbrot fractal F008 / 4429
Mandelbrot fractal. Computer graphic showing a fractal image derived from the Mandelbrot Set. Fractals geometry is used to derive complex shapes as often occur in nature

Rene Descartes, French mathematician
Rene Descartes (1596-1650), French mathematician and philosopher, also known as Renatus Cartesius. Descartes most important scientific works were in mathematics

Henri Poincare, French mathematician
Henri Poincare (1854-1912), French mathematician. Poincare is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. He worked on celestial mechanics, topology

Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), Russian mathematician. Kovalevskaya was the first female member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Maze, artwork
Maze, computer artwork

Impossible triangle, artwork
Impossible triangle, computer artwork. This is an impossible figure created by the physicist Roger Penrose. Impossible figures are objects that can be drawn but not created

Penrose stairs, artwork
Penrose stairs. Computer artwork of Einstein characters climbing a set of Penrose stairs. This is an impossible figure created by the physicist Roger Penrose

Sunflower seed head (Helianthus annuus). The spiral arrangement of the seeds describe a Fibonacci mathematical series, one in which each number is the sum of the two previous numbers

Fibonacci spiral and Phi, artwork
Fibonacci spiral and Phi, computer artwork. The constant Phi, written to 866 decimal places, is calculated as (1 + square root of five, divided by 2)

Infinity symbol, computer artwork

Bernouilli Brothers
Brothers Jakob I and Johann I Bernoulli working on a problem of geometry

Mandelbrot fractal F008 / 4427
Mandelbrot fractal. Computer graphic showing a fractal image derived from the Mandelbrot Set. Fractals geometry is used to derive complex shapes as often occur in nature

Isaac Newton, caricature C013 / 7593
Isaac Newton (1642-1727). Caricature of the English physicist, mathematician and alchemist Sir Isaac Newton, holding a rainbow

Pierre de Fermat, caricature C015 / 6714
Pierre de Fermat, caricature

Leonard Euler, caricature C015 / 6711
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). Caricature of the Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler. Euler made discoveries in a wide range of fields, including geometry, infinitesimal calculus

Augustin Cauchy, caricature C015 / 6700
Augustin Cauchy (1789-1857). Caricature of the French mathematician Augustin Cauchy. Cauchy was a pioneer of analysis and the theory of permutation groups

Infinity symbol and black hole
Black hole, abstract computer artwork. Matter is spiralling into the black hole, dragged by the immense gravitational forces. This causes the matter to give off high-energy X-rays

Maze, computer artwork

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, c1550 BC
Detail of the Rhind mathematical papyrus, showing mathematical problems, from Thebes, Egypt, End of the Second Intermediate Period, c1550 BC

Issac Newton, English physicist
Isaac Newton. Engraving of the English physicist, mathematician and alchemist Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727). As a mathematician Newton discovered the binomial theorem and developed differential

Henri Poincare, caricature C015 / 6708
Henri Poincare, caricature

Evolution of the yardstick. The oldest yardstick is at bottom, becoming more modern towards the top. Henry VII (1485-1509) and Elizabeth I (1533- 1603)

Ivan Vinogradov, Soviet mathematician
Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov (1891-1983), Soviet mathematician. Vinogradov was one of the founders of modern analytic number theory

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