M.C. Escher’s Use of the Poincaré Models of Hyper- bolic Geometry
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The artist M.C. Escher was the first artist to create patterns in the hyperbolic plane. He used both the Poincaré disk model and the Poincaré half-plane model of hyperbolic geometry. We discuss some of the theory of hyperbolic patterns and show Escher-inspired designs in both of these models.
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