Monday, May 17, 2010

Mathematical Ambigrams


On the site QED Cat, you can find a very nice article written by Burkard Polster on the subject of mathematical ambigrams.  One of my favorites from the article is a 2x2 determinant written using Roman numerals:




As you see it written here you get the equation:  X·I-II·IV=II (10x1-2x4=2).  If you flip it as a mirror image you get the equation:  II=VI·II-I·X (2=6x2-1x10).

What other mathematical ambigrams do you know of?



Be sure to check out some of B. Polster's books on mathematics:

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