Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭Dec 12, 2023

I love the creativity of people applying an abstract mathematical concept to real-world arts, crafts, and food!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/science/mathematics-tiling-einstein.html

#maths #mathematics #EinsteinTile

What Can You Do With an Einstein?

Earlier this year, mathematicians discovered a unique shape. Now do-it-yourselfers have found ingenious ways to put it to use.

The New York Times
Paul J WegeMay 16, 2023
This toy is not so bad 😄 (and it has lots of interesting math) #monotile #einsteintile #math #puzzle
Jennifer GrinsteadApr 11, 2023
#EinsteinTile #QuantumMagazine #Hobbyists https://www.quantamagazine.org/hobbyist-finds-maths-elusive-einstein-tile-20230404
Hobbyist Finds Math’s Elusive ‘Einstein’ Tile | Quanta Magazine

The surprisingly simple tile is the first single, connected tile that can fill the entire plane in a pattern that never repeats — and can’t be made to fill it in a repeating way.

Quanta Magazine
Daniel BruceMar 31, 2023

If you have been looking for that Einstein Tile – look no further.

I've even included a guide on how to draw your own.

https://www.figma.com/community/file/1223637293043088516

#math #einsteintile #shape

The Einstein Tile – an Aperiodic Monotile | Figma Community

Figma Community file - The tile and how to draw it.

Figma
AndresMar 27, 2023

Gonna tell everyone that it's named after the shape of his head. #EinsteinTile

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mathematicians-discovered-einstein-tile

Mathematicians have finally discovered an elusive ‘einstein’ tile

After half a century, mathematicians succeed in finding an ‘einstein,’ a shape that forms a tiled pattern that never repeats.

Science News
Jason YipMar 24, 2023

Mathematicians have finally discovered an elusive #EinsteinTile

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mathematicians-discovered-einstein-tile

Mathematicians have finally discovered an elusive ‘einstein’ tile

After half a century, mathematicians succeed in finding an ‘einstein,’ a shape that forms a tiled pattern that never repeats.

Science News