cliff@WATSON.IBM.COM ("Cliff Pickover") (05/18/91)
For those of you who have followed the "Mathematics and Beauty Series" of papers, the following might be enjoyable. You can get a free copy by requesting it at the address below. The resemblance of the structures to bone and plant stalks suggest the methods could be used to create simple models of certain complicated natural structures for use in computer graphics. Pickover, C. (1991) Cleopatra's necklace and the aesthetics of osculatory growth. RC 16740 Outside IBM Research Division, order from: ITIRC Attn: Irene Sacco 500 Columbus Avenue Thornwood, NY 10594 Inside IBM Research Division, order from: Distribution Services F11-Stormytown IBM Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
cliff@WATSON.IBM.COM ("Cliff Pickover") (06/07/91)
For those who follow this series of Mathematics and Beauty papers, the following just-published paper may be of interest. It also has relevance to finding patterns in DNA sequneces using graphic methods. Pickover, C., Khorasani, E. (1991) Visualization of the Gleichniszahlen-Reihe, an Unusual Number Theory Sequence, Mathematical Spectrum, 23(4): 113-115. To inquire about how to get a copy of this article, the address is: Mathematical Spectrum, Hicks Building, The University, Sheffield S3 7RH England. Another just-published paper in this series is: Pickover, C. (1991) The Lute of Pythagoras. Algorithm 2(3): 8-9. The address for Algorithm is PO Box 29237, Westmount Postal Outlet, 785 Wonderland Road, London, Ontario, CANADA N6K 1M6 (This newsletter has lot of interesting articles concerning recreational computer programming.)