This textbook provides an elementary introduction to hypergeometric functions, which generalize the usual elementary functions. Since the presented functions are limited to hypergeometric functions of a real variable, the only prerequisites are the basics of real analysis.
The main objective of the book is to teach how to practically construct periodic tessellations with stars and rosettes using an Interactive Geometry Software (IGS). Stars and rosettes are among the most characteristic geometric ornamental motifs of Islamic art.
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[His] enthusiasm for mathematics jumps off the page and sweeps his reader along on a joyous intellectual ride.” - Linda McGuire, Muhlenberg College“As the book’s title promises, unexpected results abound.