Channel: PBS Infinite Series

Category: Education

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Description: Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: to.pbs.org/donateinfi When we mathematically abstract a 400 year old drawing tool called the Pantograph, we find that they have an incredible relationship with complex functions. Start your free trial with Squarespace at squarespace.com/infiniteseries and enter offer code “infinite” to get 10% off your first purchase. Tweet at us! @pbsinfinite Facebook: facebook.com/pbsinfinite series Email us! pbsinfiniteseries [at] gmail [dot] com Previous Episode Dissecting Hypercubes with Pascal’s Triangle youtube.com/watch?v=KYaCtHPCARc Written and Hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Produced by Rusty Ward Graphics by Ray Lux Made by Kornhaber Brown (kornhaberbrown.com) Linkages, pantographs and the weird and beautiful geometry of complex functions. Further Resources: math.cornell.edu/~mec/Winter2009/Marshall/TOC.html math.uchicago.edu/~may/VIGRE/VIGRE2009/REUPapers/Mackevicius.pdf math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/People/Eldar/thesis/default.htm math.ucdavis.edu/~kapovich/EPR/link.pdf Giant Drawing Machines by Nick Sayer behance.net/gallery/18833343/Giant-Drawing-Machines Pantographo Legal’s Cartoon Sketches youtube.com/watch?v=Muic3yyhSv8 Thanks to Benjamin Houston-Edwards and Andrew Marshall Comments answered by Kelsey: NotaWalrus youtube.com/watch?v=KYaCtHPCARc&lc=z12nit1j0za0wfqul22cin3qspjmi5hdp Joel Nordstrom youtube.com/watch?v=KYaCtHPCARc&lc=z12yhltz4sfhzlxa304cdtbz0vnsupmpahk Rob Nicolaides youtube.com/watch?v=KYaCtHPCARc&lc=z12yhltz4sfhzlxa304cdtbz0vnsupmpahk