May 26, 2005

• The Changing

  The previous entry dealt with a transformation
  of the diamond figure
  from Plato’s Meno
  into a visual proof of the Pythagorean theorem:

  

  Here is a transformation of Plato’s diamond
  into the “gyronny” pattern of heraldry:

  
  Viking Heraldry

  

  For the mathematics dealing with
  this sort of transformation, see
  The Diamond 16 Puzzle and Diamond Theory.

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