Education, The science
Mirror symmetry and a sense of beauty
As we know from the school course of geometry, symmetry can be one of three types: central, axial and symmetry with respect to a plane. Central is the symmetry of an object with respect to a point (the simplest example is any circle), the axial symmetry is relative to a straight line, and the last kind of proportionality (relative to the plane) is known to us also as mirror symmetry.
Even the ancient Greeks drew attention to the fact that symmetrical objects are inherent in harmony and beauty. The German mathematician G. Weil once wrote the work "Studies on symmetry", in which he argues that symmetry and beauty are closely interrelated. According to him, what is considered to be symmetrical has a good proportion of proportions, and symmetry itself is a special type of consistency of parts of the whole.
Mirror symmetry is very common in architecture. It is present in all the buildings of Ancient Egypt and temples of ancient Greece, amphitheatres, basilicas and triumphal arches of the Romans, churches and palaces of the Renaissance, as well as in many works of modern architecture.
In nature, mirror symmetry is characteristic of animals and plants that move or grow parallel to the earth's surface, and is also often found in the form of a reflection of the terrain in the water surface of a river, lake, etc. A vivid example of this are the colorful butterfly wings, the pattern on which is surprisingly exactly the same.
The result dispelled all doubts. The experiment confirmed that the mirror symmetry of the body has a direct effect on the beauty of man. And this is true for both men and women.
Which of this can be inferred? Ideals of beauty vary, but at the same time remain the same - the reason for attractiveness lies in symmetry. And this is true for everything that surrounds us in this wonderful world.
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