Shape Computation Lab

The Symmetry Lessons from Froebel Building Gifts

 


Title:

The Symmetry Lessons from Froebel Building Gifts

Author:

Athanassios Economou

Journal:

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volume:

26

Issue:

1

Pages:

75-90

Publisher:

Pion, London

Publication date:

1999

DOI:

10.1068/b260075

Keywords:

Formal composition, Kindergarten Method, Froebel gifts, Symmetry, Polya’s theorem of counting

Abstract:

The symmetry properties of the Froebel building gifts are discussed in detail. A special emphasis is given to the cycle indices of their permutation groups. They are used in the enumeration of n ≤ 3 color assignments on the faces of the building blocks.

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