Homepage of Konrad Polthier

Articles Articles and other Publications	Books 2. Aufl. von Bilder der Mathematik / English edition in August	Events Ausstellung: Symmetrie - Spiele mit Spiegeln Playing with Mirrors	Images New Surfaces, Calendars, and Covers

Projects Active Research Projects on Applied Geometry	Software Interactive Software for 3D Geometry + Visualization	Teaching Courses, Seminars, and School Activities	Videos Video MESH: Eine Reise durch die diskrete Geometrie / A journey through discrete geometry

Just heard ...

Workshop with Zometools

On September 12, we have a workshop Bauen von geometrischen Körpern with Paul Hildebrandt, founder and inventor of Zometools. Especially for school pupils and teachers.

News from SGP2011

Best Paper Award (1st Prize) with Klaus Hildebrandt for the paper.

Latest on QuadCover

QuadCover project wins Exist funding, more to come ...

Biggie built at KaDeWe,
has arrived at FU

Largest Zometool ever built in Germany: Biggie (omni-truncated 600-cell) shown at KaDeWe in July. On August 1, the Biggie was moved to our institute and found its home.

Mathematical Picture Book

English translation ready to print middle of August. French and Italian versions in translation.

Symmetry Exhibition

Exhibition "Symmetriy - Playing with Mirrors" attracted more than 6000 school pupils at the institute of mathematics in early 2011.

Me - inspecting the Biggie

About Me

I am MATHEON-Professor and head of the Mathematical Geometry Processing group at the Institute of Mathematics at FU Berlin. I am full professor of Mathematics with research interests in the areas mathematical geometry processing, discrete differential geometry and mathematical visualization.

As chair of the Berlin Mathematical Society, one of my side-activities is the public mathematics plattform math.berlin.

Further links: Mathematical Geometry Processing - Institute of Mathematics - FU Berlin - Matheon - Berlin Mathematical School - Berliner Mathematische Gesellschaft / Berlin Mathematical Society.

Portrait of Konrad Polthier

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Video MESH

An educational video on discrete geometry. MESH won awards at Festivals in Sydney, New York, Rio de Janeiro, ...

Javaview v5.0

3D geometry and visualization software for research, education and industrial applications, new major version 5.0 ahead.

MathFilm Festival

International Film Festival on Mathematics in the Year of Mathematics. New films available at vismath.de

Media Platform new

Mathematics platform and shop vismath.de offers mathematics related products. Need math films for a school event?

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VisColl	Berlin Colloquium on Scientific Visualization
EG-Models	Certified geometry models. EG-Models is an online journal for reviewed electronic geometry models
Stereolithography Models	3D models produced with stereo lithography process
Plus Magazine	"The best science site on the web" is winner of the webby award. Watch out the column Imaging Maths.
Tom Noddy	Bubble Magic, Soap Films and Minimal Surfaces ... Some time ago the bubble man Tom Noddy was guest of my course "Visualization and Mathematics"
Geometry Unheard	Geometry Unheard Of - a project funded by Volkswagen-Stiftung with Schools about Geometry and Music