Pete's Blog

Loopy Cipra Tiles

We were recently introduced to an interesting set of tiles by Barry Cipra. Barry writes about mathematics and science, designs games, and has a keen interest in recreational mathematics. Barry...

Stuck on Socolar–Taylor Tiles

A set of tile shapes is aperiodic if, no matter how you try, the tiles refuse to allow a wallpaper like pattern of repetition. The first known set of aperiodic...