I have always thought that there
lies an artistic quality within mathematics. It is not
necessarily the geometric or visual application of it, such as
might be found in performing constructions or within the chaotic
beauty of the Mandelbrot set. It is a much more elusive,
indefinable and taunting characteristic that cannot be seen, but
only sensed. My strongest awareness of it occurred while
in graduate school, when I learned the art of creating a proof
by placing the elements of mathematics, symbols, definitions,
and theorems, within the construct of a logical argument.
This required a great amount of imagination and intuition.
It is similar to the process that a painter might follow in
organizing the colors of their palette onto a canvas to create a
cohesive image. In fact, I always felt that QED really
meant "voila".
The inspiration for this page was
my recent trip to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. I was quite
taken with the French Impressionists, and the works of Claude
Monet in particular. The background images of this site
are all created from elements of his paintings.
The music playing in the background is a jazz piece entitled
"Afternoon in Paris".
