Matematika eta Euskal Dantzak

  1. Osane Oruetxebarria 1
  2. Judith Rivas 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Journal:
Ekaia: Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko zientzi eta teknologi aldizkaria

ISSN: 0214-9001

Year of publication: 2021

Issue: 39

Pages: 229-255

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1387/EKAIA.21529 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Mathematics and dance may be thought as disciplines very far away one from each other and it may seem that finding links between them is impossible, but in this paper we will show that this is not true. Wearing mathematical glasses, we will easily find basic geometrical concepts. On one hand, we will see that dancers, when organized in groups, form circumferences, rectangles and other polygons; on the other hand, we will describe symmetries among dancers’ positions, by means of rotations, translations and reflections. We will also describe other dances making use of deeper and less obvious concepts, such as permutations and combinations from combinatorics and braid theory from topology.

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