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: Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to 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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