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Image Sampling with Quasicrystals
We investigate the use of quasicrystals in image sampling. Quasicrystals
produce space-filling, non-periodic point sets that are uniformly discrete and
relatively dense, thereby ensuring the sample sites are evenly spread out
throughout the sampled image. Their self-similar structure can be attractive
for creating sampling patterns endowed with a decorative symmetry. We present a
brief general overview of the algebraic theory of cut-and-project quasicrystals
based on the geometry of the golden ratio. To assess the practical utility of
quasicrystal sampling, we evaluate the visual effects of a variety of
non-adaptive image sampling strategies on photorealistic image reconstruction
and non-photorealistic image rendering used in multiresolution image
representations. For computer visualization of point sets used in image
sampling, we introduce a mosaic rendering technique.Comment: For a full resolution version of this paper, along with supplementary
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Tilings, Patterns and Technology
In this paper we discuss various situations where tilings and patterns, with the aid of technology, facilitate the teaching of mathematics and serve as tools in understanding and developing new mathematical ideas. We also illustrate how technology makes possible cultural connections in the study of mathematics using Islamic tilings and patterns
Development and evaluation of a digital tool for virtual reconstruction of historic Islamic geometric patterns
For the purpose of cultural heritage preservation, the task of recording and
reconstructing visually complicated architectural geometrical patterns is facing many
practical challenges. Existing traditional technologies rely heavily on the subjective
nature of our perceptual power in understanding its complexity and depicting its color
differences. This study explores one possible solution, through utilizing digital
techniques for reconstructing detailed historical Islamic geometric patterns. Its main
hypothesis is that digital techniques offer many advantages over the human eye in terms
of recognizing subtle differences in light and color. The objective of the study is to
design, test and evaluate an automatic visual tool for identifying deteriorated or
incomplete archaeological Islamic geometrical patterns captured in digital images, and
then restoring them digitally, for the purpose of producing accurate 2D reconstructed
metric models.
An experimental approach is used to develop, test and evaluate the specialized
software. The goal of the experiment is to analyze the output reconstructed patterns for
the purpose of evaluating the digital tool in respect to reliability and structural accuracy,
from the point of view of the researcher in the context of historic preservation. The
research encapsulates two approaches within its methodology; Qualitative approach is
evident in the process of program design, algorithm selection, and evaluation.
Quantitative approach is manifested through using mathematical knowledge of pattern generation to interpret available data and to simulate the rest based on it. The
reconstruction process involves induction, deduction and analogy.
The proposed method was proven to be successful in capturing the accurate
structural geometry of the deteriorated straight-lines patterns generated based on the
octagon-square basic grid. This research also concluded that it is possible to apply the
same conceptual method to reconstruct all two-dimensional Islamic geometric patterns.
Moreover, the same methodology can be applied to reconstruct many other pattern
systems. The conceptual framework proposed by this study can serve as a platform for
developing professional softwares related to historic documentation. Future research
should be directed more towards developing artificial intelligence and pattern
recognition techniques that have the ability to suplement human power in accomplishing
difficult tasks
Kinship Matters: Structures of Alliance, Indigenous Foragers, and the Austronesian Diaspora
The study of kinship systems has direct relevance for the field of human genetics and the study of microevolution in human populations. Some types of postmarital residence rules—rules requiring a married couple to live with or near relatives of the husband or wife—will have consequences for the distribution of mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome lineages. Rules that proscribe or encourage marriage with close kin will also have consequences for allele frequency. A preference for marrying at a distance, both socially and geographically, creates alliances that can have survival value for individuals and groups in an environment of periodic or unpredictable scarcity. This article considers the nature of early contact between the indigenous foraging populations of the Philippines and Austronesian speaking settlers who began arriving ~4,500–4,000 BP. It argues that when the first Austronesians arrived they brought with them a kinship system based on symmetrical exchange between descent-based groups. It considers why such a system was gradually changed into the bilateral kinship systems that characterize the various peoples of the Philippines today, negrito and non-negrito alike
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