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Tile-Makers and Semi-Tile-Makers.
- Source :
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American Mathematical Monthly . Aug/Sep2007, Vol. 114 Issue 7, p602-609. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The article discusses various developments of a convex polyhedron using tilings. By cutting the surface of the polyhedron, a plane figure will result and that these cuts need not be bounded to edges but can also be made through faces. A plane figure is said to tile the plane if copies of the figure cover the plane with no gaps nor overlaps when placed end to end. A convex polyhedron P is a tile-maker if every development of P tiles the plane while P is said to be a semi-tile-maker if every edge-development of P tiles the plane. Several convex polyhedra that are considered tile-makers and a hypothesis about the convex polyhedra that could possibly be semi-tile-makers are discussed. In addition, the definition of dihedron and almost regular tetrahedron are also included.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029890
- Volume :
- 114
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Mathematical Monthly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26209809
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2007.11920450