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A square can tile a plane but can form a repeating pattern. Is there a single shape that can tile but never repeats? That’s what’s called the “einstein problem”.

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In 2010, the first never-repeating tile was discovered: the Socolar-Taylor tile. But it’s a bit weird, having several separated, disconnected bits.

In 2022, “The Hat” (shown in pic) was discovered, and it’s a lot less weird. It only has 13 sides and nice angles that are multiples of 30°.

  • bitfucker
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    7 days ago

    You know what? If you want to be a prick you could hire a contractor to tesselate it lol. “Hey, I already have the tile, can you assemble it for me?”

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      they’ll be smart and figure out a mathematical tool to efficiently predict where the next tile goes. and win the fields medal award