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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · 18h

So great!

Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · 2d

The Geometiles pumpkin a patch. #mathsky

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · 4d

This is an entry for the 3rd day of #mathober2025 (polyhedron) and also the 1st day (link). It is a variation on a rhombicuboctahedron with a projection of the Borromean Rings. #mathober #mathsky

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Sophia (she/her) @fractalkitty.com · 7d

Is everyone ready for #mathober? #mathober2025
I am looking forward to everyones takes, art, musing, jokes, etc.

Mathober has no rules - do 1 day or 35-or just follow along.

Blog: www.fractalkitty.com/mathober-2025/

Just the prompts: mathober.com

#indieweb

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Day 1: Link
Day 2: Deviation
Day 3: Polyhedron
Day 4: Strongly
Day 5: Digraph Sink
Day 6: Partial Sum
Day 7: Notation
Day 8: Octagonal Heptagonal
Day 9: Chi
Day 10: Stellations
Day 11: Orthogonal Polynomial
Day 12: Monotonic
Day 13: Sporadic Group
Day 14: Augmented Matrix
Day 15: Chord
Day 16: Faithful
Day 17: Wheel
Day 18: Primitive
Day 19: Domain
Day 20: Reye Configuration
Day 21: Sawtooth
Day 22: Odious
Day 23: Jacobian
Day 24: Number Field
Day 25: Wedge
Day 26: Amalgamation
Day 27: Bidiminished
Day 28: Recursion
Day 29: Hexyl
Day 30: Minor
Day 31: Central

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · 23d

Beautiful and cozy!

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · 25d

This was a fun build. See YouTube caption for link to the blog about it. #mathsky #mathart

Building a tetrahelix in three different ways

YouTube video by Geometiles

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · 25d

A fun cube dissection. #mathsky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Jul 3

This jumbo size dandelion is called a salsify, to the best of my knowledge. The tiny broom is a single seed. The “heart” has Fibonacci spirals. Could the spherical looking flower be a spherical Fibonacci mapping? Seen in North Rim, Grand Canyon NP. #mathsky #Fibonacci

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Jun 13

A visit to a Caltech building that merits its own blog: geometiles.com/pi-lights-an... #mathart #mathematicalart #mathsky

Pi-lights and other (ner)delights - Geometiles®

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · May 6

Some piñata inspired polyhedra for #CincoDeMayo2025 ! #mathart #mathematicalart #mathsky

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Apr 20

Look what the #easteregghunt turned up! #mathsky #edusky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Apr 18

My most recent homage to #eggs— the bottom is half of an icosidodecahedron, and the top is part of a rhombicosidodecahedron. #mathsky #edusky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Apr 1

Bon appetit! 🍳
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#AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #mathsky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Mar 28

It's #NationalQuiltingMonth ! What better time to incorporate math teaching and quilting.
Read our new blog:https://geometiles.com/quilting-blocks-and-geometiles-old-meets-new #mathsky #edusky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Mar 23

Day 22 of #mathartmarch inspired me to make this section of a torus with a #hexagon shaped cross section. #mathsky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Mar 17

Day 17 of #mathartmarch entry: symmetry. This pattern is called “Night Sky” and was designed by Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts. #mathsky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Mar 17

Celebrating #nationalquiltingmonth with two classic quilting blocks: the Sawtooth Star and Dutchman’s Puzzle. Geometiles allow you to create these patterns quickly so that you can focus on their geometry even if you don’t know how to sew. See Geometiles.com/quilts for examples. #mathsky #edusky

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Mar 13

Celebrating this year’s Pi(e) Day with this fluted number! It comes with its own pie stand, made for the occasion. Watch video to see how two flat surfaces come together to make the pie— or should I say PIElyhedron?? Mobies make the thin pedestal of the pie stand possible. #mathsky #piday2025

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Mar 3

Wait for it… this 7 yr old is discovering a new way to play with Geometiles. He’s treating the chain of rectangles as a multi-hinge system, and he finds it “satisfying” to experience the system unfold from a triangle to various other shapes under the effect of gravity. #edusky #mathsky #iteachmath

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Mar 3

Yesterday at the @mathhappens.bsky.social
booth at the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering
with @nhoskee.bsky.social
and blocks by @triangleman.bsky.social
and @mathforlove.bsky.social
#iteachmath #edusky #mathsky app2.ricoh360.com/viewer/30903...

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Feb 18

This #BlackHistoryMonth I’ve been looking at the origins of African American crafts. The pattern in the first picture is inspired by Kente cloth. The cube design is based on the zigzag pattern often seen in African art. #mathsky #mathart #mathematicalart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Feb 10

Jim, it’s at the UTC mall.

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Feb 10

Mirrored triacontahedron (30-faces) at the @byltbasics.bsky.social store at the local mall. This solid was discovered by Johannes Kepler. It is dual to the icosidodecahedron. #mathsky #mathart

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thanks very much! All the shops I could think of are already listed on your page.

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Geometiles @geometiles.bsky.social · Feb 3

Want a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for the person in your life who likes math and/or building things and/or hearts? Check these out. Geometiles.com/product-cate... .$27 including shipping in US.♥️🤍💙 #mathsky #edusky #iteachmath #valentinesday2025 #valentinesgift

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