Dating back to the early Islamic period, these designs were developed using a set of mathematical principles. Islamic art was characterized by utilizing geometric patterns in a distinct manner owing ...

Geometric analysis of nonlocal interactions and phase patterns investigates the mathematical and physical principles underlying systems in which influences extend beyond immediate contact. This ...

A researcher in the US reports to have found the first examples of perfect quasicrystal patterns in Islamic architecture. Her upcoming paper also describes how the designers were creating these ...