Igor Mineyev's UnderGround

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I am a mathematician. This page is meant to be a playground for some of my secret creative mathematical projects revealed here only to you. It will be updated according to whims of creativity. So the next time life is treating you harshly, come again for piece of mind.

Meditative math art – SpiroGraph
Meditation. Fun tranquility. Inspired by classical spirograph curves, this online SpiroGraph game explores a wide range of patterns, producing an amazing variety of pretty-wild curves. Press the "random" button to discover new shapes. Explore the settings, create your own designs, download the pictures you like, or run it as a screensaver. Click below to watch a fun video based on this SpiroGraph game:
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Here is another meditative math video you can enjoy. Make it full-screen and watch to the end. It is based on a particular function introduced in 1859. Can you guess the function?

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... you could not direct the wind, but you could trim your sail so as to propel your vessel as you pleased, no matter which way the wind blew.
– Cora L. V. Hatch, in that same year of 1859

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