Started by Kate Lindqvist (@concrete_kate) ·
a hobbyist found the 'einstein' tile
David Smith, a retired print technician who liked playing with shapes, found the 'hat' in late 2022 and got in touch with mathematicians. A few months later came the 'spectre', which doesn't even need mirror images of itself. 'Einstein' here is German for 'one stone'.
5 sources · 35 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “einstein tile hat aperiodic monotile”
- Ended at
- “aperiodic monotile hat”
The Trail
- “einstein tile hat aperiodic monotile” (google.com)
- Einstein problem (en.wikipedia.org)
- Aperiodic tiling (en.wikipedia.org)
- Penrose tiling (en.wikipedia.org)
needs two shapes. the big question was whether one could ever do it
- “aperiodic monotile hat” (hn.algolia.com)
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