The butterflies and roses fill the hyperbolic space according to the pattern "truncated order-5 square tiling". Each pair of butterflies (from a truncated square) touches 4 yellow roses (from a pentagon) and each yellow rose touches 4 butterflies. The squares are rotated randomly so that a rose touches a blue left wing, a blue right wing, a yellow left wing or a yellow right wing: a total of 1024 possibilities. Can you find a configuration where a yellow rose touches only blue wings or only yellow wings?
My training as a mathematician and my experience as a software programmer are the basic elements for designing my works of art. Since my retirement in 2019 I have started creating digital art with a mathematical slant. The works of M.C. Escher are a source of inspiration. Thanks to programs.. Read more…