Indra's Pearls: The Vision of Felix Klein

Category: Mathematics

Author: David Mumford, Caroline Series, David Wright

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by nabla9 2017-09-04

Mathematician Felix Klein (famous for Klein bottle) used Hindu concept of Indra's Net as a inspiration for developing algebra for infinite reflections. It produces nice fractals.

https://www.amazon.com/Indras-Pearls-Vision-Felix-Klein/dp/1...

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2017-09-04