Authors:
- Well-presented film about conformal maps and their applications in geodesy, computer graphics, and architecture
- Winner of Berlin Short Film Festival 2015
- Mathematical Film addressed at everybody interested in mathematics
- Multilingual version – English, French, German, Italian and Russian
Part of the book series: Springer VideoMATH (VIDEOMATH)
About this book
How can you make good flat maps of the round earth? Our story begins with Mercator's world map of 1569, the first angle-preserving (or conformal) world map. His idea fell on fruitful soil, from which a new branch of mathematics has developed. This movie shows some of the highlights of this development, yielding a series of elegant visual forms which arise as conformal maps on a variety of surfaces in 2- and 3-D. Featuring non-technical language, a simple aesthetic, compelling animation, and an original score, the movie builds an accessible bridge from everyday experience to a beautiful but little-known mathematical theory that continues to bear technological fruit today in fields such as computer graphics and architecture.
Keywords
- conformal maps
- mathematical video
- cartography
- visualization
- winner of Berlin Short Film Festival 2015
Authors and Affiliations
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Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Alexander I. Bobenko
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Institute of Mathematics, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Charles Gunn
About the authors
Alexander I. Bobenko is a professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. His fields of interest include geometry, mathematical physics and applications - in particular differential geometry, discrete differential geometry, integrable systems, Riemann surfaces, and geometry processing.
Charles G. Gunn's creative activities combine - in varying proportions - mathematical research, 3D graphics, software development, teaching, and movie-making. He lives near Berlin with his family.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: conform!
Authors: Alexander I. Bobenko, Charles Gunn
Series Title: Springer VideoMATH
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Series ISSN: 1613-1053
Edition Number: 1
Additional Information: DVD-Video NTSC, 15 minutes