3d math artist author former teacher @dansmath@mathstodon.xyz

bay area northern california
Joined April 2007
Awww it’s 10/24/26. The last Pythagorean Day of this century. Celebrate by standing in the corner.
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How crowded can 1080 vectors get? This moving TNB frame is snapshotted every degree.
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How squirmy can you get with 1080 vectors along a curve? Tangent, normal, and binormal vectors at 1-degree intervals:
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Would love it if anyone in Boston at #MathFest has photos of the Art Exhibition to share @ me! My art looks like these:
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If anyone sees my art at #MathFest please post a photo! Here’s what it looked like a couple of weeks ago!
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Some 3D work in the the art exhibition at the Bridges Conference in Galway, Ireland
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Over 5,500 mathematical artworks can now be browsed in an attractive new gallery-wall layout on the Bridges website, thanks to the efforts of Nathan Selikoff: gallery.bridgesmathart.org/g…
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New #mathart - “Geometric Magic Square” by Dan Bach - Each row, column, and main diagonal adds up to 15, which fits perfectly in a 3 x 5 rectangle! #polyominoes
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Putting the finishing touches on the new Mathematical Art Catalog for #JMM2026. It should be available in a couple of days so watch for a LuluLink!
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Taking a break from all the beautiful math by going to the Wizards game!
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Lenticular hologram fractals by Caleb Madrigal in the exhibition of mathematical art at the joint mathematics meetings.
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Wow that’s one impressive Apple Store, downtown DC. I had no luck finding an iPhone 17 mini. 😩
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People are digging my art this week! Here are some fans (attendees consent to photos):
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Here in the nation’s capital for #JMM2026 with my new art! Giving a talk on Wednesday (4pm room 143A) “Four, Fourier, Fouriest” 😉
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dan bach retweeted
Who wore it better? 👻
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The online gallery for 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings Exhibition of Mathematical Art is now live: gallery.bridgesmathart.org/e….
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Happy 110th birthday to Martin Gardner! When I was a kid I used to go to Castro’s Books in Berkeley to get back issues of Scientific American for 25c, just for the Mathematical Games columns. Flexagons, Game of Life, magic squares, etc. kept me off the streets!
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Supercomposite Gaussian Integers are the tall stacks, and Gaussian Primes are the yellow balls. The origin is left center, and the back right is 20+20i.
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Submissions are now being accepted for the Exhibition of Mathematical Art to be held as part of the Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC, in January of 2026. Apply online through October 15 at gallery.bridgesmathart.org/.
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