“geek” tattoos

I’m unlikely ever to get a tattoo, but if I did, I incline to the armband type; and I just got an idea for one: a ‘Mercator projection’ of Escher’s hyperbolic fish. Instead of a circle, the horizon would be two parallel lines, with one straight line of fish through the middle.

Later: See also.

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One Response to “geek” tattoos

  1. Anton says:

    The prominent white arcs in that print are not hyperbolic straight lines but equidistant curves. One such arc could become a straight line along the Mercator band, but off-center.

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