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Symmetric Patterns: The Nature of Mathematics and Mathematics in Nature

The document discusses different types of symmetric patterns including rosette patterns, frieze patterns, and wallpaper patterns. Rosette patterns involve rotating and/or reflecting a motif and can be cyclic or dihedral. Frieeze patterns are infinitely long strips created by repeating a motif and can have different symmetries like translation, rotation, or glide reflection. Wallpaper patterns cover a plane and can be mapped onto themselves by translations in more than one direction. Examples are provided to identify types of patterns.

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Symmetric Patterns: The Nature of Mathematics and Mathematics in Nature

The document discusses different types of symmetric patterns including rosette patterns, frieze patterns, and wallpaper patterns. Rosette patterns involve rotating and/or reflecting a motif and can be cyclic or dihedral. Frieeze patterns are infinitely long strips created by repeating a motif and can have different symmetries like translation, rotation, or glide reflection. Wallpaper patterns cover a plane and can be mapped onto themselves by translations in more than one direction. Examples are provided to identify types of patterns.

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SYMMETRIC PATTERNS The Nature of Mathematics and

Mathematics in Nature
SYMMETRIC PATTERNS
A figure has symmetry if there is a non-trivial transformation that maps the figure
onto itself.
TYPES OF SYMMETRIC PATTERNS
A design is a figure with at least one non-trivial symmetry. A
pattern is a design that has a translation symmetry. A plane pattern
has symmetry if there is an isometry of the plane that preserves it.

TYPES OF SYMMETRIC PATTERNS


ROSETTE PATTERN
FRIEZE PATTERN
WALLPAPER PATTERN
ROSETTE PATTERN
This pattern consist of taking a motif or an element and rotating
and/or reflecting that element.

Types of Rosette pattern: Cyclic –has n fold rotational symmetry


and no reflectional symmetry and Dihedral – has n fold rotational
symmetry and reflectional symmetry
ROSETTE PATTERN
EXAMPLES
Identify what type of Rosette Pattern each figure has.

A B C
EXAMPLES
Identify what type of Rosette Pattern each figure has.

D E F
FRIEZE PATTERN
This pattern is an infinitely long strip imprinted with a design given
by a repeating pattern motif.
7 POSSIBLE FRIEZE PATTERNS
Frieze pattern that has only the translation symmetry.
7 POSSIBLE FRIEZE PATTERNS
Frieze pattern that has only the translation and horizontal symmetry.
7 POSSIBLE FRIEZE PATTERNS
Frieze pattern that has only the translation symmetry and glide
reflection.
7 POSSIBLE FRIEZE PATTERNS
Frieze pattern that has only the translation symmetry and rotation.
7 POSSIBLE FRIEZE PATTERNS
Frieze pattern that has only the translation , horizontal symmetry and
glide reflection.
7 POSSIBLE FRIEZE PATTERNS
Frieze pattern that has only the translation , vertical symmetry,
rotation and glide reflection.
7 POSSIBLE FRIEZE PATTERNS
Frieze pattern that has only the translation , vertical , horizontal
symmetry, rotation and glide reflection.
FIRMING UP
Identify the FRIEZE PATTERN used in each design.
WALLPAPER PATTERN
Whereas a frieze pattern can be mapped onto itself by a horizontal
translation, a wallpaper pattern covers the plan and can be
mapped onto itself by translation in more than one direction
WALLPAPER PATTERN
Whereas a frieze pattern can be mapped onto itself by a horizontal
translation, a wallpaper pattern covers the plan and can be
mapped onto itself by translation in more than one direction

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EXAMPLE
1. Using the motif
2. Reflect the motif vertically to obtain
3. Using the resulting figure rotate 120° and 240° to produce
4. Translate the resulting figure to obtain

5. Glide the resulting pattern downward to produce.


EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES
DEEPENING
1. Explain why a frieze patern can have only 1800 rotation.
2. Use the motif below to draw seven frieze patterns, one with
each symmetry group.

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