August 28, 2002
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Escher and the Droste effect - Universiteit Leiden
A number of Mathematicians managed to visualize the mathematical structure behind Escher's Print Gallery.
They also 'solved the white spot that was in Escher original (due to a mathematical problem he couldn't solve...

Comments (4)
Ah, Escher. I once did a report on him for school. The fact that he does math for fun....scares me.
Have not the brain for this but the eyes run onto another world looking at the display! Esher has an element that gets into my inner ear!~
makes my mind dizzy!
Finally I managed to write a comment here, there's something wrong with Xanga and my computer. Last week I sent you a mail, but it bounced back (basically saying: yes, my non-Xanga site will continue).
I heard Escher made a mistake in his painting and the scientists managed to correct it. I'm glad you posted it, since I'd forgotten on which site you could find it. See, Xanga can be handy.
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