For my research today I was investigating Euler's Characteristic. This is a formula that is used to describe every platonic solid as well as 2 dimensional lines. The formula is v+e-f=2. V is vertices, e is edges, and f is faces. If you were to count this out on a cube for instance you would find 8 vertices, 12 edges, and 6 faces. 8-12+6=2. This characteristic relates to my research inquiry because art can be influenced by mathematical equations like this. The image included is a prototype of what I could do with this particular equation. It looks like an abstract art piece and is interesting to look at but every line follows the formula. The world is incredibly complex but I think a lot of it (if not all of it) can be described with simple mathematical equations like this one. That's really the message of this piece -- reality looks incredibly complex but we can make sense of it through math and science. This piece looks really complex and overwhelming when you first look at it but it was constructed with a single equation.
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