Not to get into another discussion about lacemakers and mathematics, BUT -- I'm a bobbin-lace maker, and I immediately started thinking about how the pendulum patterns might be related. I didn't get anywhere except in the periodicity that someone else noted. However, there IS another branch of mathematics (topology) that is clearly related to bobbin lace, although I'm still working on how to make any use of the formalization of lace patterns mathematically. :-) All that said, I also found the video endlessly fascinating (must have played it a dozen times), as did my Dad (an engineer), and found the dance of the pendulums to be like the dance of the lace threads and bobbins. Thanks Clay! Nancy normally in Ashford CT USA, but currently in Ohio, where it is WAY TOO HOT!!
From: Jean Nathan <[email protected]> >To: Lace <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:37 AM >Subject: [lace] Interesting to see and read about! > >... but I can't see a lacemaker even wanting to consider it to be anything to do with maths... - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
