1 March 2026
February 2026 posts on the aesthetics of mathematics
Each day of February 2026, I posted here and on Mastodon a short interesting story/image/fact/anecdote related to the aesthetics of mathematics.
28 February 2026
An exemplar of mathematical beauty in physical law.
27 February 2026
A typology of beauty by the writer François Le Lionnais.
26 February 2026
Herbert Spencer and Monge’s theorem
Beauty born of mathematical ignorance?
25 February 2026
The mathematical theory of linkages
An area once thought beautiful and now comparatively unknown.
24 February 2026
Schiller, Gauss, Archimedes, Goethe, Lagrange
Poetry and the motivation for mathematics.
23 February 2026
Lagrange and beauty in solid geometry
Examples of mathematical beauty Lagrange saw in solid geometry.
22 February 2026
The beginnings of modern aesthetics
When modern aesthetics emerged, many of the early thinkers thought it natural to consider mathematical beauty.
21 February 2026
The idea that the golden ratio has (or should have) an aesthetic role has a relatively short history.
20 February 2026
For Leonhard Euler, both proven and unproven results could be beautiful.