LOOKING TOWARDS THE SPACES OF
THE THIRD DIMENSION
THE THIRD DIMENSION
The Exhibition opens on 22 January, in the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences, in São Cristovão, RJ.
A success in France, the exhibition "Looking Towards the Spaces of the Third Dimension" uses images, animations, and interactive installations to allow the public feel immersed in tridimensional environments.
After being successfully presented in important institutions in France, including the University of Paris, the exhibition "Looking Towards the Spaces of the Third Dimension" is reaching Brazil with the aim of revealing the beauty contained in some revolutionary concepts of maths, especially in the field of geometrization. For this art and interactivity are combined in installations which provide the public with the feeling of really being immersed in tridimensional ambients. The notions of mathematics are described without formulas and with a minimum of text.
The holding of the exhibition is the fruit of the collaboration of a multidisciplinary group, formed by Brazilian and French researchers from important institutions, such as the National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (França), the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (MAST) and Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).
In addition, the project is part of a high level scientific investigation in mathematics which, through the exhibition, seeks to present the general public with the results of the work of Grigori Perelman. In 2002, the Russian mathematician resolved the famous Poincaré Conjecture, a mathematical problem which had not been solved since 1904. Perelman also proved the theorem of the American mathematician Willian Thurston, about the classification of 3D spaces. In the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to see, for the first time in the history of mathematics, visualizations of all eight of Thurston's geometries. During the visit, the public can familiarize themselves with these concepts and understanding better the nature of tridimensional spaces.
A success in France, the exhibition "Looking Towards the Spaces of the Third Dimension" uses images, animations, and interactive installations to allow the public feel immersed in tridimensional environments.
After being successfully presented in important institutions in France, including the University of Paris, the exhibition "Looking Towards the Spaces of the Third Dimension" is reaching Brazil with the aim of revealing the beauty contained in some revolutionary concepts of maths, especially in the field of geometrization. For this art and interactivity are combined in installations which provide the public with the feeling of really being immersed in tridimensional ambients. The notions of mathematics are described without formulas and with a minimum of text.
The holding of the exhibition is the fruit of the collaboration of a multidisciplinary group, formed by Brazilian and French researchers from important institutions, such as the National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (França), the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (MAST) and Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).
In addition, the project is part of a high level scientific investigation in mathematics which, through the exhibition, seeks to present the general public with the results of the work of Grigori Perelman. In 2002, the Russian mathematician resolved the famous Poincaré Conjecture, a mathematical problem which had not been solved since 1904. Perelman also proved the theorem of the American mathematician Willian Thurston, about the classification of 3D spaces. In the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to see, for the first time in the history of mathematics, visualizations of all eight of Thurston's geometries. During the visit, the public can familiarize themselves with these concepts and understanding better the nature of tridimensional spaces.