Beautiful Maths Exhibition

Mathematics is often perceived as a dry and obscure discipline. Many remember hours spent trying to decipher incomprehensible symbols or understand abstruse formulas. Yet maths have so much to offer! Those who embark on their discovery have the opportunity to see that they are not only fascinating and exciting, but also… beautiful.

This exhibition presented below proposes you to discover “beautiful maths”.

You will find in this exhibition nine posters, each one including an image proposed by a mathematician and the reason why this image is beautiful to them. To play a bit and test your memory, each poster ends with a short question. Have fun! And for the most curious, you can discover an explanation of the math behind each poster as well as a Lexicon.

Visit the online exhibition

For permission to use the exhibition please contact our Exhibition Coordinator Joana Mailler and be sure to credit the authors.

Author Credit Poster

Exhibition curators

Elise Raphael (SwissMAP Science Officer)

Joana Mailler (SwissMAP Mathscope & Exhibition Coordinator)

Shaula Fiorelli (SwissMAP Outreach Officer)

Scientific Content

Felix Günther, Dmitry Krachun, Adrien Laurent, Gaëtan Kuhn, Samuel Monnier, Jan Pulmann, Amanda Turner

Beautiful Maths was part of the 19th Colloque Wright - The Art of Maths (2-6 Nov 2020)