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Mapping the world ST PAUL’S GEOMETRY MASTERCLASS III

Who are we? Mairi Walker  Final year maths PhD student at The Open University  Studying links between geometry and numbers  Also interested in the history of maths David Martí Pete  Second year PhD student at The Open University  Studying complex dynamics

What are we doing? We have organised a series of workshops to show you what it’s like to study maths at university. We’ve based the themes on aspects of our own research, and some of our favourite topics! The workshops are:  From polygons to polyhedra and beyond  Fractals everywhere  Mapping the world

Our world Today we are going to be looking at how can we make maps of the world from the mathematical point of view!

The first maps Until around 500 BC the Earth was believed to be flat !

Flatland How would it be to live in a 2-dimensional world? Book “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” by Edwin A. Abbott

Further developments…

Coordinates A point on the surface of the Earth can be determined by two numbers (angles): Longitude : from 0º to 180º E/W Latitude : from 0º to 90º N/S Parallels have constant latitude The 0º parallel is the equator Meridians have constant longitude The 0º meridian passes through Greenwich

Maps are projections A projection is any mathematical function transforming coordinates from the curved surface (our sphere) to the plane. How can we achieve this?

Mercator’s world map (1569)

How is it made?

Mercator’s projection

How to measure the distortion? Mathematicians use a tool called Tissot’s indicatrix !

Stereographic projection This is an example of another conformal projection, this means that it maps circles to circles or, in other words, it preserves angles

Other projections

Gauss’s Theorema Egregium This implies that maps cannot preserve both area and angles at the same time! If a surface is developed upon any other surface whatever, the measure of curvature at each point remains unchanged!

Geodesics A geodesic is the shortest path to go from a point A to a point B on a mathematical surface! In the case of a sphere, geodesics correspond to great circles (those who have maximum diameter)

How do they look on a map?

That’s all folks! You will find all the material and more links to related things in our websites:

Thanks to David Martí Pete website: users.mct.open.ac.uk/dmp387 Mairi Walker website: