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Researchers uncover the mathematical structure behind mesmerizing tiling patterns, linking their visual appeal to the ...

Mathematics and art are generally viewed as very different disciplines – one devoted to abstract thought, the other to feeling. But sometimes the parallels between the two are uncanny. From Islamic ...

A new study by mathematicians at Freie Universität Berlin shows that planar tiling, also known as tessellation, is far more than a decorative ...

Long before anyone wrote down a number, early villagers were painting flowers with a precision that looks suspiciously like ...

Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

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