Persian Architecture and Mathematics: An Overview

Abstract

NNJ Guest Editor Reza Sarhangi introduces the Editorial Committee for this issue: Carol Bier, B. Lynn Bodner, Douglas Dunham, Mohammad Gharipour, and Hooman Koliji, and the papers dedicated to Persian Architecture and Mathematics in NNJ vol. 14, no. 2 (Autumn 2012).

Reza Sarhangi is a professor of mathematics at Towson University, Maryland, USA. He teaches graduate courses in the study of patterns and mathematical designs, and supervises student research projects in this field. He is the founder and president of the Bridges Organization, which oversees the annual international conference series “Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science” (www.BridgesMathArt.Org). Sarhangi was a mathematics educator, graphic art designer, drama teacher, playwright, theater director, and scene designer in Iran before moving to the US in 1986. After completing a doctoral degree in mathematics he taught at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas (1994–2000), before moving to Towson University. In addition to writing many articles in mathematics and design, Sarhangi is the editor/coeditor of fourteen Bridges peerreviewed proceedings books. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, published by Taylor & Francis in London.