Trying to build the 3, 4, 4, 6 tiling by adding polygons around each vertex (indicated with a white dot) in the order triangle-square-square-hexagon.
More from Chalkdust
The Mathematicians’ Library
We review the first of this year’s nominees for Book of the Year
Chalkdust dissertation prize 2025
Calling all final-year students! This is your opportunity to get your work published as a Chalkdust article.
In conversation with Cédric Villani
We feel underdressed for Breakfast at Villani's
October is Black Mathematician Month
Promoting black mathematicians, and talking about building a more representative mathematical community.
Football free-kicks… taken by Newton
Discover the mysteries behind the most spectacular free-kick ever scored and how Newton can help us to simulate it.
Is it possible to reach absolute zero?
After 100 years, a key postulate of the third law of thermodynamics has been proven. We meet Lluis Masanes, one of the researchers responsible.