Author Archives: RobertLovesPi

About RobertLovesPi

I go by RobertLovesPi on-line, and am interested in many things, a large portion of which are geometrical. Welcome to my little slice of the Internet. The viewpoints and opinions expressed on this website are my own. They should not be confused with the views of my employer, nor any other organization, nor institution, of any kind.

Twelve Equilateral Triangles

Posted on 10 November 2018

 

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“Feeling Yourself Disintegrate,” by The Flaming Lips, and the Inevitability of Death

Posted on 10 November 2018

I used to have serious ambitions to achieve immortality, first by having my brain transplanted into a cloned body, and then eventually having the information in my brain uploaded into a computer. Basically, I had a severe case of thanatophobia. … Continue reading →

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Tessellation of Rhombi and Star Hexagons

Posted on 4 November 2018
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Star Mandala

Posted on 4 November 2018
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Please Vote, or Don’t . . . Depending . . . .

Posted on 3 November 2018

Please vote, on or before Tuesday, if you oppose Trump and Trumpism. On the other hand, if you’re a fan of Trump, please remember that your vote is statistically meaningless . . . so you might as well stay home.

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A Rhombic Triacontahedron with Faces Which Are Tessellated

Posted on 3 November 2018

I used three programs to make this: Stella 4d, Geometer’s Sketchpad, and MS-Paint. You can try Stella for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

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Another Octagon-Tessellation

Posted on 3 November 2018

I’ve lost count of how many tessellations of octagons have appeared here. This might be the fifth one.

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