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423070f5-11d4-4cd4-961d-fa8118321e21

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Iain Wentworth
Apr 10, 2023
1 min read

New shape discovered that can cover an infinite plane with patterns that never repeat


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newfound-mathematical-einstein-shape-creates-a-never-repeating-pattern/


The newly discovered einstein tile. Credit: David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, Chaim Goodman-Strauss

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haley lowy

3 years ago
Lets make an infinite puzzle out of these pieces! You could make a puzzle of the map of the world, and start at any edge, and build across, and then just keep harvesting pieces from one side (top, bottom, left, right, diagonal) and keep shifting it forward
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Pauline Gates

3 years ago
How cool is that?