in collaboration with the Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo del Cnr
 

 
Those who love maths talk about it just like those who describe sensational art: beautiful, moving, forbidding. Mathematical algorithms help art historians and restorers obtain information which can be essential for understanding the history, or the conservation, of a given artwork. Mathematical models help articulate and clarify intuitions. These are just a few of the many ways in which maths and art are interconnected, and which will be explored in this lecture. With case studies taken from the work of the speaker and others.

 

Ingrid Daubechies, Ph.D. in theoretical physics, he has devoted most of his career to the transposition of mathematical techniques and analyses not only into physics, but also into signal processing, brain imaging, geophysics, biological morphology, analysis and preservation of works of art, as well as mathematical research. He is currently a professor at Duke University, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. During the isolation caused by the pandemic, he dedicated part of his time to the realization, together with 23 other mathematicians and artists, of an art installation that seeks to communicate the wonder, beauty and extravagance of mathematics (mathemalchemy.org).

Informazioni

Online meeting on the digital channels of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni