Do you see anything mathematical in this figure?

[kaleidoscope]

Is this mathematical art? What kind of mathematical concepts can you see or illustrate with this figure or its elements?

I see patterns, geometry, sets & algorithms. what do you see?

http://www.galasdeguatemala.com/data/media/159/DSCF4310.jpg
Mayan weavings from Guatemala

(image should be oriented 90° ccw)

[lm_aquarius]

From a mathematical point of view, I see combinatorics and periodic discrete functions.
On the other hand, I appreciate the colours, that give me some sort of comfort feel. :)

[Mentallic]

I see addition and multiplication :wink:

[Dembadon]

I see infinity.

[SSmills]

Some sysmbols look like multiplications symbols and less than and greater than signs. On the other hand i could be overthinking this

[rohit63]

there are symbols like greater, lesser than, multiplication, infinity, similar (or negation), flower braces, minus, first one may be 'belongs to' ..

[Dickfore]

I see a piece of cloth with some ornamental patterns woven onto it. It's purple.

[HallsofIvy]

Let's not forget symmetry, a fundamental mathematical concept.

[Gerenuk]

True. If there is a single answer, then it's probably translational symmetry (apart from colour :) )

[willem2]

Is this mathematical art? What kind of mathematical concepts can you see or illustrate with this figure or its elements?



I see several examples of those. (if you leave out the rather irregular colours)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze_group