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07
Jun
Toggled Existence

Toggled Existence

//we are but canvases with centers and symmetry let aCenterOfBeing; //that hold strands - threads of thought let strandsOfThought = []; //separate
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04
Apr
a map made of montile islands or monotislands

Monotīslands

Using the “hat” monotile recently published, I put together over 20 coloring sheets that will hopefully inspire some to make their own maps with this shape. These sheets can be placed together as monotile islands – or Monotīslands. These may be fun to code with, use in classrooms, worldbuilding, sto
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30
Mar
a mandala of jellyfish with overlapping tentacles

1/4 Update

I’ve been busy the last 3 months, so I thought I’d summarize the doodles and musings I’ve been working on that haven’t been posted (like my puffin, ducky, or quilt). A Cantor Set Poem Aperiodic Monotile Doodle This one is in vector drawing (svg) of the aperiodic monotile. Mandalas Puddle of Stars I
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27
Mar
A monotile quilt with yellow and gray patterned tiles on a black bacground

A Quilt to Celebrate a Monotile

An Aperiodic Monotile was published this week (details are here). To celebrate, I made a quilt with my mom with some occasional kitty input. I put together a quick slideshow of the process (not super detailed, but it will give you the gist of it). Preview of it is below:
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28
Feb
one large puffin amongs many small with the costal range in the background and a title and equations of probabilities

An Improbability of Crested Puffins

A collective noun for puffins is an improbability! I live in Oregon with these beautiful Tufted Puffins (also known as crested). It’s pretty probable that improbable things will happen – just look at the perfection of these little birds.
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06
Feb
three crocheted hyperbolic ducks on a mantle with quilt and plans by them

Hyperbolic Ducky

Got a bug in your code? Is there a proof giving you grief? Did you have a bad day? In the midst of a decision? Why not talk with a ducky? I have a hypothesis that these hyperbolic duckies are the best listeners. Creating these ducks isn’t exact, and the instructions reflect that. I don’t […]
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22
Dec
a hedgehog with an orbiting planet and stars

Winter solstice 2022

Happy winter solstice! I doodled a hedgehog:
10
Dec
a woman walking into an enormous wave with cusp catastrophe curves on the corners

pdf – of time and cosmos

Here is a PDF of the Mathober Series – of time and cosmos So, I printed a book for Mathober2022, but it is insanely expensive. If you’d like to flip through this work of art, here is a pdf.
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19
Nov
hyperbolic curves drawn in 4 quadrants very close together - almost like quilling  - black and white

Mathober 2022 Code Doodles

This post is late, but here is the code doodles from mathober2022: Click to change the code below. Or go here for the full page version. See the Pen Mathober2022 by Sophia (@fractalkitty) on CodePen.
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01
Oct
Mathober2022 – Sketches

Mathober2022 – Sketches

This is the collection of 31 pairings for #mathober2022. Day1 – Spindle Day2 – Cubic Day3 – Planar Day4 – Dissection Day5 – Flat Day6 – Hyperbolic Day7 – Harmonic Day8 – Error Day9 – Identity Day10 – Similar Day11 – Fundamental Day12 – Category Day13 – Theory Day14 – Paradox Day15 – Tiling Day16 […]
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