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Wednesday, 12 August 2015
quote [ Joy as mathematicians discover a new type of pentagon that can cover the plane leaving no gaps and with no overlaps. It becomes only the 15th type of pentagon known that can do this, and the first discovered in 30 years ]
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Bleb said @ 12:30am GMT on 13th Aug
[Score:1 Underrated]
MC ESCHER LOVES THIS STUFF
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rhesusmonkey said @ 5:09am GMT on 13th Aug
MC ESCHER LOVES THIS STUFF
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MFDork said @ 5:23am GMT on 13th Aug
MC ESCHER LOVES THIS STUFF
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mechavolt said @ 11:57pm GMT on 12th Aug
I feel like some of these are "cheating". Like the one where you stick two pentagons together to make a hexagon, and then tile the plane with that. Still pretty damn cool.
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Bleb said @ 12:32am GMT on 13th Aug
[Score:1 Insightful]
With only 15 known combinations in total it's more incidental than cheating.
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papango said @ 12:17am GMT on 13th Aug
Finally!
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midden said @ 1:16am GMT on 13th Aug
A rare example of this sort of thing put to use in real life.
Helsinki Maths Mystery - Penrose tiles |
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