not_IO2d ago

optimal amount of syrup

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/40351950

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Show threadpalmtrees2309
Aren’t Hexagons the bestagon for tiling a plane for most holding capacity while reducing the “walls” than any shape?
Mar 24 at 7:38pmWeb
Show threadZwiebel2d ago
This here is just the best known solution to packing 17 squares specifically
Show threadFishFace2d ago

The honeycomb theorem is actually better than that: there isn’t any way to divide up the plane with equal-area shapes (even if it’s not a tiling in the sense of having any pattern) it won’t be better than hexagons.

But that video can die in a fire!

Show threadLandless20292d ago

This was my first thought.

A circle filled with hexagons!