In 1937, mathematician Victor Thébault found that squares constructed on a parallelogram’s sides yield a square when their centers are connected.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9bault’s_theorem
Thébault’s Theorem
Fibonacci Zoetropes
The Fibonacci Zoetropes are sculptures by John Edmark. The spirals in the sculptures follow the Fibonacci sequence. When filmed at 24 frames per second and spun at 550 revolutions per minute, each frame represents a 137.5 degree rotation, which is equivalent to the Golden Angle.
Analog Binary-to-Decimal Converter
This is a simple linkage-mechanism for converting binary numbers to decimal numbers.
Ghost Colors
This is one of my earliest color optical illusions. There is no yellow or green in the diamond shapes, just vertical black lines! (If you don’t believe it, use a eyedropper tool to check it.)
Possible Impossible Cube
Is it possible to 3D print an impossible cube ? Here is a way to do it… After all, it’s all about perspective!
Source: Wolfram Community
A Neat Geometrical Illusion: The Scintillating Starburst
As you maybe know, I am an expert in optical illusions… So, I would like to show you one of my oldest illusions I created in the 90s. In the picture you may see ghost-like dark radial beams. This illusion is a variant of the Herman’s scintillating grid illusion. I designed this illusion just by turning 45 degrees the Herman grid and then by applying a polar transformation.
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Exterior Angles
In a polygon, an exterior angle is formed by a side and an extension of an adjacent side. The sum of exterior angles in any convex polygon always adds up to 360 degrees, as shown in the 2 visual proofs below. Therefore, for all equiangular polygons, the measure of one exterior angle is equal to 360 divided by the number of sides in the polygon.
Shortest Path on a Cube
The regular hexagon hidden in a cube unfolds to a straight line on a net of the cube.
Source: https://twitter.com/panlepan/status/1138686590216298497?s=20 by @panlepan
Impossible Structure
Perpetual Escher’s waterfall
Six Points on a Circle
Take 6 points on a circle such that every second edge (green chords) has length equal to the radius of the circle. Then the midpoints of the other three sides of the cyclic hexagon form an equilateral triangle.
Read more: https://www.archimedes-lab.org/2-Sunday_puzzle_43.html