FACULTY COLLABORATION

Clockwise from top left: Nitan Avivi (fourth-year undergraduate), Constellation I, from the series Constellations of Mathematics, 2020. Digital print on paper. Loan courtesy of the artist.

Gabby Bennett, Constellations of Mathematics 2, 2020. Digital print on paper. Loan courtesy of the artist.

Andy Huchala, The Sand Reckoner, 2020. Digital print on paper. Loan courtesy of the artist.

Cruz Godar, Minotaur’s Paradise, 2020. Digital print on paper. Loan courtesy of the artist.

Martin H. Weissman, 36 Epicycles, 2020. Digital print on paper. Loan courtesy of the artist.

Creativity Counts: Possibilities Shaped by Constraints of Arithmetic

April 10 to July 11, 2021

JSMA’s commitment to academic support includes faculty and students in all disciplines, not just the arts and humanities. E. E. Eischen, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, developed a new undergraduate course offered spring term 2020— “Math and the creative process: A participatory exploration of number theory.” This project-based class immersed students in creative, abstract problem-solving, with an emphasis on developing skills to explore and communicate about pure mathematics. For their final project, students produced twodimensional visualizations of topics related to number theory. The resulting exhibition shared the visual beauty and aesthetically pleasing patterns of abstract mathematics.