Tag: mathematicians
Einstein Tile: What is it and how it inspires mathematicians and artists – Knowledge
With a newly discovered type of tile, an area can be covered completely without repeating patterns. How the shape has now inspired mathematicians, artists and Christmas bakers. In March, a…
How the Einstein tiles inspire mathematicians and artists – Knowledge
With a newly discovered type of tile, an area can be covered completely without repeating patterns. How the shape has now inspired mathematicians, artists and Christmas bakers. In March, a…
Statistics: Mathematicians toss a coin exactly 350,757 times – the result is astonishing – knowledge
The coin toss is considered the epitome of a random event: there are two possible outcomes, heads and tails, and both occur with a probability of 50 percent. At least…
New proof: Four mathematicians renovate a bathroom
For decades, researchers have been looking for a tile that covers the floor without repeating the pattern. Now it seems to have been found – the form is amazingly simple.…