Elusive ‘Einstein’ solves a longstanding math problem
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#3I love that there is still room for a tinkerer to make discoveries like this.
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#4"It's turtles, all the way down!"
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#5Discussion from two weeks ago:
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#6Important to note that the solution uses reflection. It uses the tile and a mirrored version of it. In my book, this means it is rather using two tiles than one.
So the journey is not over. The question if a nonperiodic tiling of the plane is possible with one (non-mirrored) tile is still open.
Re: Elusive ‘Einstein’ solves a longstanding math problem
#7Important to note that the solution uses reflection. It uses the tile and a mirrored version of it. In my book, this means it is rather using two tiles than one. So the journey is not over. The question if a nonperiodic tiling of the plane is possible with one (non-mirrored) tile is still open.
Chirality and handedness maybe?
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#8The more recent Quanta article covers it much better
https://www.quantamagazine.org/hobbyist-finds-maths-elusive-...
Re: Elusive ‘Einstein’ solves a longstanding math problem
#9Important to note that the solution uses reflection. It uses the tile and a mirrored version of it. In my book, this means it is rather using two tiles than one. So the journey is not over. The question if a nonperiodic tiling of the plane is possible with one (non-mirrored) tile is still open.
Chirality and handedness maybe?
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Re: Elusive ‘Einstein’ solves a longstanding math problem
#10Important to note that the solution uses reflection. It uses the tile and a mirrored version of it. In my book, this means it is rather using two tiles than one. So the journey is not over. The question if a nonperiodic tiling of the plane is possible with one (non-mirrored) tile is still open.
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