Honorable Mention, 2015

Zeta functions are used in math and physics to capture geometric information. They provide a way to establish relations between physical and numerical properties. This image shows the zeta function for a ring-shaped structure with symmetrical, bell-curve-like features. It helps explain how certain energies behave in a vacuum in ways that can create particles out of empty space.

Credit:
Pedro Fernando Morales-Almazan, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics