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 The Dali Dimension

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By

 Thomas Banchoff

 Department of Mathematics, Brown University, On leave at University of Georgia

Friday, April 7, 2006

2 pm H120

 Salvador Dali was fascinated by geometrical ideas, especially the fourth dimension and catastrophe theory, and he loved sharing ideas with scientists and mathematicians.  How can the stories of these interactions provide new appreciation of Dali’s art as well as the mathematics behind it?

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