This video explores the question of whether you can determine the shape of a 3D object by observing a few of its shadows. The results are surprising and beautifully rich!
I created the slides in PowerPoint, and I wrote the music using a trial version of Ableton Live 11.
For more on this topic, here are some resources from Hideki Tsuiki (@hidekitsuiki1551) :
Video showing the 3D prints and their various shadows (Watch This!): • Shadows of Fractal Imaginary Cubes
Imaginary cubes webpage: https://u.kyotou.jp/icube
Imaginary cube sculptures and Latin squares: https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/20...
Imaginary cubes and fractals: https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/20...
Imaginary cubes and packing puzzles: https://www.mdpi.com/19994893/5/2/273
Imaginary cubes and hypercubes: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....
Special thanks to @feynmanschicken for offering feedback during the creation process.
0:00 Introduction
2:48 Imaginary cube patterns
4:32 Latin squares
5:43 The replacement trick
6:22 Fractals
7:44 Further exploration
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