A Gallery of Gaussian Periods

Year: 2020 Authors: Ellen Eischen; Stephan Ramon Garcia

Core claim

A new app makes large-scale Gaussian period plots efficient enough for art, exploration, and pedagogy while revealing previously unexplained visual structure.

Topics

Gaussian periods, large-scale plotting, coloring schemes, visual symmetry, mathematical aesthetics

Domains

algebraic number theory, roots of unity, cyclotomic polynomials, supercharacter theory, mathematical visualization, algorithmic art, data coloring, image composition

Methods

complex-plane plotting, modular arithmetic coloring, app-based computation, layered rendering

Media

Swift app, Adobe Photoshop, complex-plane images, layered color plots

Source status

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