Pentagon Spiral Tiling

A beautiful little shape related to Penrose rhombs that tiles the plane aperiodically. Can you find a pattern that will fill the plane with no gaps and overlaps? All three tools make the same pentagon, but starting with two different points.

 

John Golden —

 
Materialtyp
Aktivität
Tags
exploration  pentagon  polygons  polygrin  spiral  tessellation 
Zielgruppe (Alter)
11 – 14
Sprache
English
 
 
 
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