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A Birthday Card for the 1 in 1500 of us born on 29th. February
My eccentric friend Evan Rutherford, the Professor and Potter of Green Hill, Wirksworth, newspaper boy and contrarian scourge of the Chattering Classes, informs me that he is at a loss for a present for his brother, who is celebrating his … Continue reading
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss – ein Geburtstagsgruß – A Birthday Tessellation for April 30th.
According to Wikepedia, Chapter m Verse n among the mathematical achievements of Carl Friedrich Gauss was the calculation of his own birthdate, by a process akin to calculating the date of Easter for a given year, which process many of … Continue reading
Tessellations for the Rio 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony, or Dribbling Practice
The 2016 Olympic Games open (or opens) in the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 5. The number pair to inspire a Lattice Labyrinth tessellation is therefore (5,8), or (8,5) the mirror image. There are several too … Continue reading
Christmas Day Snowflake
Apologies for peppering you with blog posts, but here, posted on New Year’s Eve, is an even more attractive Christmas Day tessellation, Trefoil Lattice Labyrinth (25,12) in suitably icy colours. The background is Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales, seen … Continue reading
Christmas Day Celebrated Chinese Style and a Message in Portuguese
Tradition determines what I’m allowed to do on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and more traditions will kick in on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, but during the four precious days of holiday between there is a sense … Continue reading
A Lattice Labyrinth for Gwangbokjeol – Independence Day of Korea 광복절
By a fortunate coincidence, I’m presenting my lattice Labyrinths paper at Bridges Seoul 2014 on August 15th., which is Gwangbokjeol, 광복절 , the day in which the Republic of Korea (South Korea) celebrates independence from Japan. This generates the separation parameter … Continue reading
A Lattice Labyrinth for two Olivers
1983 is not on the list of possibles for a Lattice Labyrinth based on the square lattice. It is a number divisible by 3, which makes it impossible for a Trefoil Labyrinth but a candidate for a Labyrinth based on … Continue reading
Great Triangular Tessellations!
Birthdate Years that may be Supertile areas of Trefoil or Honeycomb Labyrinths Trefoil Labyrinths have supertitle area, S = (e2 + ef + f2), so we are looking for e and f that give (e2 + ef + f2) equal … Continue reading
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