The twenty-first Virtual Encounter with Outstanding Mathematicians took place on Friday, April 9th, 2021 from 12 pm until 1 pm. as our invited speaker. Ursula Molter, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, was our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
On this twenty-first Encounter, Dr. Ursula Molter shared anecdotes of her personal life and her professional journey as a female mathematician. The speaker also presented on “Fractal Mosaics,” in which she explained what it means to tessellate or to tile. Dr. Ursula Molter then shared tessellations with equilateral triangles, squares, regular hexagons, irregular pentagons and other geometric figures. The speaker also highlighted the works of art of M.C. Escher and explained how we can create our own fractal mosaics.
