An Aperiodic Tessellation Featuring Regular Decagons and Regular Pentagons, Along With Concave Pentagons and a Few Rhombi Posted on 28 July 2021 by RobertLovesPi It is not possible to tessellate a plane using only regular pentagons and decagons, but that doesn’t stop me from trying. To get this to work, I had to add rhombi and concave pentagons — but even then, it’s an aperiodic tessellation. Share this: Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on X (Opens in new window) X Like Loading... Related
Following in the footsteps of Kepler who also tried many ways. I like this one: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Kepler_decagon_pentagon_pentagram_tiling.png/497px-Kepler_decagon_pentagon_pentagram_tiling.png LikeLiked by 1 person Reply ↓
Following in the footsteps of Kepler who also tried many ways. I like this one: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Kepler_decagon_pentagon_pentagram_tiling.png/497px-Kepler_decagon_pentagon_pentagram_tiling.png
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