Craig S. Kaplan
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Craig S. Kaplan
@isohedral.ca
Mathematics, Computer Science, Art, Design, Music, Soup, Pedantry. he/him/anything

Mainly over at @[email protected], but happy to follow people here and might check in occasionally.
That's right. Equilateral triangles, squares, and hexagons are the only regular polygons that tile the plane (on their own). No convex polygon with more than six sides can tile. But here's an example of a house-shaped, convex, equilateral pentagon that tiles.
November 30, 2024 at 8:09 PM