Thursday, January 9, 2025

Geometry Links - January 10, 2025

 Mathematicians discover new universal class of shapes to explain complex biological forms

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-09-12-mathematicians-discover-new-universal-class-shapes-explain-complex-biological-forms
The paper itself:  Soft cells and the geometry of seashells
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/9/pgae311/7754698?login=false
hat tip boingboing.net

Structural modeling kit - magnets and springs
https://molamodel.com/
https://www.core77.com/posts/133959/Architecture-Student-Develops-Structural-Modeling-Kit-Now-Sells-Them-Worldwide

The Geometry of Concepts: Sparse Autoencoder Feature Structure - geometric structure in LLM-learned concepts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19750

First coherent picture of atomic nucleus made of quarks and gluons
https://press.ifj.edu.pl/en/news/2024/10/15/

Online collection of plaid patterns
https://plaid-patterns.com/
hat tip boingboing.net

Kelli Anderson’s imaginative pop-up books
https://www.kellianderson.com/books/

Geometry of tides and rivers
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAEvhs1ynYD/
More at https://www.instagram.com/geometriasagrada.en/
hat tip:  boingboing.net

Alhambra Palace and Crystallographic Groups
https://structures.uni-heidelberg.de/blog/posts/2023_01_palace_crystallographic/index.php
hat tip Howard Rheingold

The vault organelle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_(organelle)
hat tip Massimo @Rainmaker1973

"The Steampunk Whirling Wonder Fidget (Gear Ball)” 
https://www.grynalor.com/products/the-steampunk-whirling-wonder-fidget-gear-ball

Maze Generator
https://mazegenerator.net/
hat tip kk.org/cooltools

Moving Geometry from Vera Viana
https://veraviana.net/