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Aesthetics of mathematics. (portfolio).

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| March 01, 2002 | Moltenbrey, Karen | COPYRIGHT 2002 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Typically, artists are right-brain thinkers, whereas mathematicians tend to be left-brain thinkers. Digital artist Earl Einhorn, however, fits both categories. That's because his works combine Fortran programming with traditional oil painting concepts, resulting in unique, colorful abstract art based on complex mathematical principles. "I never know what the image will look like until it is done," says Einhorn. "The image is generated on the fly."

For decades, Einhorn had been making a living scripting computer programs, while painting as a hobby. At some point, he began drawing mathematical designs by hand, then pasting them together. The designs became so complicated, though, that Einhorn decided to program them on the computer, but was limited by low resolution, a 16-color palette, limited computer memory, and poor printer quality. Later, the ...

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