by oliver | Aug 29, 2012 | Math Objects
As some prefer tiny models, others larger ones, we started to group our models into different sizes. In our Sculpture Shop you may now choose the appropriate section to browse only those models which belong to a certain size. Size-XS: about 3-5cm (1-2in) and usually...
by oliver | Aug 27, 2012 | cubic, Math Objects, MO-Labs, Sculpture, singularities, surface
Models of cubic surfaces belong to the most classical math objects. Besides the revolutionary insights dating back to the years after 1849 the geometers had started to use models of these both for their teaching and for research. Our series of 45 types of cubic...
by oliver | Aug 21, 2012 | Featured Math Objects, Math Objects, Sculpture, singularities, surface
The shape of the M in the MO-Labs-Logo is quite special and closely related to the subject of this blog. It belongs to a surface with a so-called cusp singularity, sometimes also called A4-singularity. Singularities of surfaces are very special points. In most parts...
by oliver | Aug 19, 2012 | Featured Math Objects, quartic, Sculpture, surface
Kummer surfaces belong to the most famous mathematical surfaces. E.E. Kummer studied them starting in 1864. They have 16 singularities which make its shape quite unstable so that we only sell it as a laser-in-glass Math Object. Our sculpture is thus a smoothed version...
by oliver | Aug 19, 2012 | cubic, Featured Math Objects, Math Objects, Sculpture, surface
The Clebsch Diagonal Surface is certainly one of the most famous surfaces in mathematics. It was described by Alfred Clebsch in 1871. It is a very special example of the so-called cubic surfaces which is highly symmetric and on which there are 27 lines in a very...
