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Jul 2024
39m 17s

How Is Tiling Without Repetition Possibl...

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin, and Quanta Magazine
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If you cover a surface with tiles, repetitive patterns always emerge — or do they? In this week’s episode, mathematician Natalie Priebe Frank and co-host Janna Levin discuss how recent breakthroughs in tiling can unlock structural secrets in the natural world.

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