Show HN: Interactive Wallpaper animated art tool (symmetry groups)
I&#x27;ve been wondering for a long time how it is that symmetry groups are used in science, and I was thinking about it some more while looking at this.<p>Is the idea that when analyzing some natural phenomenon there&#x27;s a bunch of complexity, but in certain cases (where we can use symmetry groups) the complexity follows a pattern. If we recognize the pattern, then in order to get at the heart of the matter we only need to look at <i>one element</i> of the pattern for the next stages of our analysis (rather than considering all of its repetitions).<p>And then maybe the next thing is that often times the patterns occur in abstract mathematical spaces rather than being literal physical patterns.<p>Can anyone comment on the accuracy of that interpretation?