TITLE

# Looking at Dots

AUTHOR(S)
Glass, Leon
PUB. DATE
September 2002
SOURCE
Mathematical Intelligencer;Fall2002, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p37
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Provides a glimpse at the mathematical underpinnings of the Glass patterns or images produced by superimposing a transparency of dots upon the photocopy of the dots with a slight rotation. Perception of vector fields; Eigenvalues of the linear transformation; Neurophysiology of perception; Possible applications of random dot images.
ACCESSION #
7515637

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