Edmund Harriss

Edmund Orme Harriss (born 1976 in Worcester, UK) is a British mathematician,[1] writer[2] and artist.

[6] Harriss earned a Master of Mathematics at the University of Warwick (2000) and then obtained his PhD at Imperial College London (2003) with the dissertation "On Canonical Substitution Tilings" under Jeroen Lamb.

[4] Combining his interest in art and mathematical tilings he is one of 24 mathematicians and artists who make up the Mathemalchemy Team.

But by varying the number of squares and sub-rectangles, we arrive at what Harriss calls "proportion systems".

Harriss applied the same idea to this second case and discovered a new fractal spiral related to the plastic ratio and since named after him.