A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

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An aperiodic monotile is a shape that can tile the plane, but only in a pattern that has no translational symmetry. The existence of such an object was an open question until a few weeks ago, when Da…

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