on building patterns interview and portrait by RACHEL CHANDLER Mathematician Edward Frenkel, author of the best-selling book Love and Math, and painter Terry Winters — well known for his biomorphic abstrac- tions — met as a result of a common interest in theoretical concepts and geometric patterns. They talk about the connections between mathematics and art and their upcoming book, to appear in November on the occasion of Winters’s exhibition at The National Exemplar Gallery in New York City. RACHEL CHANDLER — How did you meet? TERRY WINTERS — How did we meet… EDWARD FRENKEL — I guess, as a mathematician, I’m the one who has to remember the details. TERRY WINTERS — I remember — we met at the Guggenheim some time after Edward published his book Love and Math. EDWARD FRENKEL — That’s right. We were introduced by our common friend Eneas Capalbo. I went to see…