The Droste-effect and the exponential transform

Year: 2005 Authors: Bart de Smit

Core claim

A Droste picture can be transformed via the exponential map into a doubly periodic wallpaper picture and then onto a donut-shaped Riemann surface, enabling Dehn-twist interpolations.

Topics

Droste-effect, exponential map, Dehn twist, Escher Print Gallery

Domains

complex analysis, Riemann surfaces, conformal transformations, topology, generative art, visual symmetry, tessellation, image transformation

Methods

pull-back and push-forward, complex exponential transform, periodic identification, continuous animation

Media

plane pictures, wallpaper images, lithograph, computer animation

Source status

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