Use the pen to select a colour and a symmetry type, then start drawing. Your drawing is repeated according to the chosen symmetry type. There are exactly 17 “wallpaper symmetry types”, as a rather difficult mathematical theorem states. All of these occur in islamic art.
The computer program offers an “analysis” part that supports determining the symmetry type of a given wallpaper. This is, however, difficult even with this help.
Erlebnisland Mathematik
Technischen Sammlungen Dresden
Junghansstraße 1-3
01277 Dresden
Visitors Service
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The Adventureland Mathematics is part of a municipal technology museum: Technische Sammlungen Dresden.
The museum can easily be reached by car as well as by public transport, i.e., bus and tram. For the latter, the tram lines 4 and 10 and the bus line 61 are suitable. For further information you may want to consult the website of Dresden's public transportation DVB (currenly in German only). The bus and tram stops closest to the venue are named Pohlandplatz, Technische Sammlungen.
Tuesday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 17 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and feast day: 10 a.m. - 18 p.m.
Ticket prices: 5 Euro / cut 4 Euro