Editing M. C. Escher (section)

=== In mathematics and science ===

[[File:Leeuwarden - Tegeltableau Escher.jpg|thumb|Wall tableau of one of Escher's bird tessellations at the [[Princessehof Ceramics Museum]] in Leeuwarden]]

[[Doris Schattschneider]] identifies eleven strands of mathematical and scientific research anticipated or directly inspired by Escher. These are the classification of regular tilings using the edge relationships of tiles: two-color and two-motif tilings ([[Dichromatic symmetry|counterchange symmetry or antisymmetry]]); color symmetry (in [[crystallography]]); metamorphosis or [[topology|topological]] change; covering surfaces with symmetric patterns; Escher's algorithm (for generating patterns using decorated squares); creating tile shapes; local versus global definitions of regularity; symmetry of a tiling induced by the symmetry of a tile; orderliness not induced by symmetry groups; the filling of the central void in Escher's lithograph ''[[Print Gallery (M. C. Escher)|Print Gallery]]'' by H. Lenstra and B. de Smit.<ref name=MathSide />

The [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1980 | title=The Prizes | year=1980 | publisher=Pulitzer}}</ref> 1979 book ''[[Gödel, Escher, Bach]]'' by [[Douglas Hofstadter]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Hofstadter | first=Douglas R. |author-link=Douglas Hofstadter | title=Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid | publisher=Basic Books | year=1999 | orig-year=1979 | isbn=978-0-465-02656-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/gdelescherbachet00hofs }}</ref> discusses the ideas of self-reference and [[strange loop]]s expressed in Escher's art. The [[asteroid]] [[4444 Escher]] was named in Escher's honor in 1985.<ref name="Schmadel2012">{{cite book |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D.|title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg=PA359 |year=2012 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-642-29718-2 |page=359}}</ref>