Expander Graphs & Cayley Complex • Abstract 3D Math Illustration • 2021

Artistic interpretation of a new kind of graph formed like "a richly interconnected web of booklets".

Artistic interpretation of a new kind of graph formed like "a richly interconnected web of booklets".

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3D, cinematic mathematical illustration. A simple set-up in Cinema 4D: I modeled the "graph" (called a "left-right Cayley complex") and created a custom texture for the front light to give it a warm edge for sunrise-like lighting highlighting this new form. For a 2021 Quanta Magazine article on graph theory, by Mordechai Rorvig: Researchers Defeat Randomness to Create Ideal Code

Read the article: https://tinyurl.com/QMexpander21

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