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Modeling the Newly Discovered Aperiodic Monotile with Geometiles

The world of tilings has recently had a breakthrough discovery: for the first time a single shape has been found ...
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The Geometiles Klein Bottle

Delighting mathematicians, artists, and children alike, the Klein Bottle is a whimsical and perplexing surface that was discovered by the ...
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Pi Day 2022: a regular 30 sided polygon.

Several years ago, I explored approximating Pi with polygons made of Geometiles. I described my findings in this blog. Fast ...
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Introducing Mobies!

This story started with our desire to expand the capability of the Geometiles® to make transformable hinged constructions. In particular, ...
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Art With a Mathematical Bent at the Japanese Friendship Garden

I recently had the honor of having my mathematical art exhibited in a non-mathematical setting for the first time. The ...
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Campanus’ Sphere

In these very uncertain times, I find it comforting to look at something eternal and classical. It’s even better if ...
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NYC Math festival 2020, online

This was the 5th time that the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) hosted its annual math festival. Last year, the ...
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Viral Geometry

For the past several months, our lives have been essentially ruled by a virus. As a result, virology is a ...
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For the LOVE of Math

This past Valentine's Day I decided to build a Geometiles version of Robert Indiana's iconic Love sculpture. I wanted to ...
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Joint Mathematics Meetings 2020, Denver, Colorado

Being an exhibitor at the Joint Mathematics Meetings gives one a unique perspective on the event. People stop by our ...
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The Right Rose

I recently participated in my first collaborative art project with Bjoern Muetzel, Ph.D.  We had so much fun working together ...
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Archimedean Billiards

Several months ago, Bjoern Muetzel, Ph.D., had the idea to glue plastic mirrors to the inside faces of a dodecahedron ...
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