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The Black Widow Tessellation
The black polygons in this radial tessellation are regular decagons. The red figures are hourglass-shaped equilateral hexagons, which remind me of the distinctive red markings found on many black widow spiders.
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Tagged Mathematics, geometry, tessellation, decagon, hourglass, black widow
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Another Tessellation of Octagons
Several tessellations of octagons have been published in this space in the past. Here’s the latest in this occasional series.
Floral Shield #2
This is one of the aperiodic tilings made famous by Roger Penrose.
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Tagged aperiodic, geometry, Mathematics, Penrose, tessellation, tiling
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Tessellation of Blue Triangles and Yellow Concave Pentagons
Alternately, this can be seen as a tessellation of blue diconcave hexagons and yellow triconcave enneagons. Which do you see?
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Tagged enneagon, geometry, hexagon, Mathematics, nonagon, pentagon, tessellation, triangle
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