The Sculpture!!
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Minimum Gaussian curvature defines this sculpture of black granite.  Look for the mathematics in it.  The pedestal is a plus or times sign.  The base of the sculpture is a sphere, the curving tunnels define the empty space of a handshake, and the top is a sine curve.   Etched into the sculpture are the words, "Symmetry~D4 ... K < 0 negative gaussian curvature ... helaman ferguson, sculptor"  The base has the folowing two etchings, "points, lines, planes…, angles, spheres, surfaces…, and no end in sight…, helaman ferguson, sculptor, 2001 / 0426 / 132"  and  "Commissioned by Glendale Community College Mathematics Department, Dean of Instruction & Evening Student's Government"
 


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