Crocheting chaos: science into stiches
By Heather on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Bristol Centre for Applied Nonlinear Mathematics: “This paper explains how one can crochet the Lorenz manifold, the two-dimensional stable manifold of the origin of the Lorenz system.”
The BBC shows a nice picture of the scientists with their crocheted model. How gorgeous. And there’s even a pattern available!
Crocheted chaos from PhysOrg.com:
The famous Lorenz equations that describe the nature of chaotic systems – such as the weather – have been turned into a beautiful real-life object, by crocheting computer-generated instructions.It is not often that a serious mathematics journal contains a crochet pattern, but the current issue of the Mathematical Intelligencer has instructions on how to crochet your very own model of chaos. It looks like a large Christmas decoration.
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