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The three regular polygons that can tessellate in a plane are equilateral triangles, squares, and regular hexagons. These shapes can fill a space without any gaps or overlaps because their interior angles are divisors of 360 degrees. Equilateral triangles have angles of 60 degrees, squares have angles of 90 degrees, and regular hexagons have angles of 120 degrees, all of which allow for complete tiling of the plane.
When two triangles can form a square, it is often referred to as "triangular tiling" or "triangular decomposition." This concept is commonly seen in geometry, where right triangles can be arranged in such a way that their combined area equals that of a square. In particular, if the triangles are right triangles, they can be arranged to fit perfectly within the square's boundaries.
Triangles and squares tessellate together because their angles can fit together perfectly without leaving any gaps. A triangle has angles that can combine with the right angles of a square to fill a plane completely. For example, the 60-degree angles of an equilateral triangle can pair with the 90-degree angles of a square in various arrangements, allowing for seamless tiling. This compatibility in angles and the ability to repeat shapes indefinitely enables tessellation.
Tesselation (or tiling) generally implies translational symmetry, because you can generally move one part of a tiling over another a specific distance away and get an exact match (ie the tesselation is periodic). A counterexample (possibly the only one) is Penrose tiling, which is non-periodic. There is certainly no need for a tesselating shape to have either bilateral or rotational symmetry: all triangles and all parallelograms (including squares and rectangles) will tessellate. I'm afraid this is a rather superficial answer to this very interesting question; a deeper one will have to come from someone with a knowledge of group theory.
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Because they can tessellate
Equilateral triangles can tile a plane, but regular heptagons cannot; nor can they tile the plan together. Where vertices meet (at a point on the plane) there is a complete turn of 360°. Each vertex of an equilateral triangle is 60°; 360° ÷ 60° = 6, a whole number of times, so a whole number of equilateral triangles can meet at a vertex of the tiling. Each vertex of a regular heptagon is 128 4/7°; 360° ÷ 128 4/7° = 2 4/5 which is not a whole number, so a whole number of regular heptagons cannot meet at a vertex of the tiling, so there will be gaps. With one regular heptagon there are 360° - 128 4/7° = 232 3/7°, but this cannot be divided by 60° a whole number of times, so one regular heptagon and some equilateral triangles cannot meet at a vertex of the tiling without gaps. With two regular heptagons there are 360° - 2 x 128 4/7° = 102 6/7°, but this cannot be divided by 60° a whole number of times, so two regular heptagons and some equilateral triangles cannot meet at a vertex of the tiling without gaps. With three or more regular heptagons, they will overlap when trying to place them on a plane around a point - leaving no space for any equilateral triangles.
The three regular polygons that can tessellate in a plane are equilateral triangles, squares, and regular hexagons. These shapes can fill a space without any gaps or overlaps because their interior angles are divisors of 360 degrees. Equilateral triangles have angles of 60 degrees, squares have angles of 90 degrees, and regular hexagons have angles of 120 degrees, all of which allow for complete tiling of the plane.
When two triangles can form a square, it is often referred to as "triangular tiling" or "triangular decomposition." This concept is commonly seen in geometry, where right triangles can be arranged in such a way that their combined area equals that of a square. In particular, if the triangles are right triangles, they can be arranged to fit perfectly within the square's boundaries.
Tessellations are interesting and make for an interesting piece of art. There main types are normal tiling, monohedral tiling, isohedral tiling, penrose tiling, and voronoi tiling.
Tessellations are interesting and make for an interesting piece of art. There main types are normal tiling, monohedral tiling, isohedral tiling, penrose tiling, and voronoi tiling.
to measure tiling with a mesuring tape
The result of tiling is the covering of a roof
the name for a tiling pattern is a TPattern.
Reinhold Tiling was born in 1893.
Reinhold Tiling died in 1933.