{"id":1332,"date":"2012-12-20T17:27:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T01:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Math-mazing-Snowflakes\/ba-p\/335049"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:07:11","slug":"math-mazing-snowflakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/math-mazing-snowflakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Math-mazing Snowflakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-14191 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/math-mazing-snowflakes\/snowflake\/\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14191\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2012\/12\/snowflake-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"math and snowflakes\" width=\"430\" height=\"574\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-14191 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/math-mazing-snowflakes\/snowflake\/\"><\/A>For you student and real-life engineers who want some inspiration beyond <A href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/calendar\/maya-world-end.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mayan math<\/A> today, I thought I\u2019d share the latest in mathematician Vihart\u2019s fun and educational videos. Check out <A href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8EmhGOQ-DNQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Snowflakes, Starflakes and Swirlflakes<\/A>.<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8EmhGOQ-DNQ\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>Vihart makes math concepts like rotational symmetry and prime factorization more fun.<BR \/><BR \/>BTW, I am not responsible for any lost productivity that may result from your engagement with this video ;-).<BR \/><BR \/>I say that because in my last parent teacher conference, my son\u2019s teacher noted he was doodling all over his papers. I could have blamed it on his active imagination or his love of drawing. But truth is \u2013 it was my \u2013 I mean <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshmings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Josh Ming<\/A>\u2019s and <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solidmuse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Anna Wood<\/A>\u2019s fault. One day I saw their tweets on <A href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VIVIegSt81k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Vihart\u2019s hexaflexagon video<\/A>. The boys and I have been hooked on hexing and flexing and <A href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v-pyuaThp-c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">doodling<\/A> like a mathematician ever since.<BR \/><BR \/>If you need more snowflake inspiration, check out <A href=\"http:\/\/www.its.caltech.edu\/~atomic\/snowcrystals\/class\/class.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Cal Tech\u2019s guide to snowflakes<\/A> \u2013 they cover the gamut from stellar plates to radiating dendrites.<BR \/><BR \/>Happy Holidays all!<BR \/><BR \/>&#8211; Dora<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For you student and real-life engineers who want some inspiration beyond Mayan math today, I thought I\u2019d share the latest in mathematician Vihart\u2019s fun and educational videos. 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