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Tessellations Recreations Math
Tessellations Recreations Math
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- Tessellation software. 11 rosette, all 7 frieze and all 17 wallpaper groups included.
- Links in the Geometry Junkyard.
- Images and links by Peter Raedschelders.
- Software for Macintosh and SGI to create and manipulate tessellations of the sphere, Euclidean plane and hyperbolic plane, and to see how the Platonic solids are related to tessellations.
- Tiling from the mathematical and historical viewpoint by Steve Edwards. Provides a number of examples of various types of tiles that tile the plane and includes periodic tiling plus Penrose's aperiodic tiles.
- Tilings of Squared Squares and Squared Rectangles, constructed using javascript.
- Original tessellating desktop wallpaper tiles.
- A company selling foam puzzles, many based on planar tessellations (tilings) and fractals.
- A study for the endless possibilities of tessellating the plane based on the work of Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.
- Includes: Symmetric icons and fractals; Quilts and planar repeating patterns; Colored wallpaper patterns.
- Compiled by Yoshiaki Araki.
- Hans Kuiper's work. Tessellations and optical art. Also tessellation software with the 17 wallpaper groups.
- By Marjorie Rice. Pentagons that tile the plane: details and links.
- Web text by Ana Kozomara.
- Activities to create patterns using simple resources, such as making equilateral triangle from a circle. Suitable for upper primary and lower secondary ages.
- A program for drawing symmetrical patterns based on any of the 17 wallpaper groups, as well as several frieze and rosette groups.
- Constructed with Geometer's Sketchpad by Allan Bergmann Jensen.
- A collection of links.
- Andrew Crompton's tiling and tessellation images.
- Description of a class project.
- Escher-like tessellations.
- Tessellation images and software.
- Compiled by Suzanne Alejandre for the Math Forum.
- Wallpaper patterns and symmetry groups.
- Tutorials and templates for making tessellations using ClarisWorks, the Geometer's Sketchpad, HyperCard, HyperStudio, and straightedge and compass, including step-by-step instructions for classroom activities.
- With interactive demos using Geometer's Sketchpad (requires Macintosh).
- University of Houston. Graphics and resources in symmetry and tiling.
- Pictures of some concrete tilings.
- Known solutions and a new recipe.
- Explanations and graphics.
- A summary of the history behind the Penrose tiling in the math department at Miami university.
- Images and descriptions of the 17 plane symmetry groups.
- An introduction to tessellations explaining the basic underlying mathematics, and with many examples from real life.
- This chaotic tiling consists of two equilateral pentagons, with angles (80, 160, 60, 140, 100) and (40, 200, 60, 100, 140). Sets are for sale.
- Links to activities and other resources.
- Definitions and images.
- Adobe Illustrator plug-in that automates creation of surface designs and ornaments based on seventeen wallpaper groups. On-line purchase.
- Art of Kenneth Landry. Tessellations, polyhedra and polyhedra decorated with tessellations.
- Applying principles of computer graphics to the creation of geometric ornament, as a continuation of the tradition of ornamental design using modern tools and algorithms.
- Graphics.
- Examples and source code.
- Java applet drawing repeated patterns with selected symmetry.
- Graphics and references.
- Examples in traditional Japanese patterns.
- A Java applet for experimenting with kites and darts.
- Resources compiled by the Math Forum.
- Artist Eleni Mylonas uses tilings.
- From the article "One Corona is Enough for the Euclidean Plane" by Doris Schattschneider and Nikolai Dolbilin.
- Examples and Java applets.
- Compiled by Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College.
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