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TESSELLATION

Tessellations are collections of polygons that tile a plane without overlaps or gaps. There are regular tessellations made of one regular polygon shape and semi-regular tessellations using two or more regular polygons. Tessellations demonstrate the beauty of mathematics and can be seen in artistic works, such as the graphic art of M.C. Escher, which features amazing tessellation patterns.

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TESSELLATION

Tessellations are collections of polygons that tile a plane without overlaps or gaps. There are regular tessellations made of one regular polygon shape and semi-regular tessellations using two or more regular polygons. Tessellations demonstrate the beauty of mathematics and can be seen in artistic works, such as the graphic art of M.C. Escher, which features amazing tessellation patterns.

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TESSELLATION

• Tessellations also known as tilings are a collection of polygons


that fill the plane with no overlaps or gaps.

• There are regular tessellations that tessellates with just one


polygon and semi-regular tessellations that use two or more
regular polygons.

• Tessellations are a good way to understand the beauty of


mathematics which can be very artistic and interesting to
view and study

• There are some amazing tessellation tilings that are


wonderful works of art. A lot of the artwork by the famous
graphic artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972)
Definitions:
• Polygons are 2-dimensional shapes. They are made of straight
lines, and the shape is "closed" (all the lines connect up).

• Regular Polygons are polygons that are equiangular (all


angles are equal in measure) and equilateral (all sides have
the same length).

• Symmetry is the property that a figure coincides with itself


under an isometry, where an isometry is an action the
preserves size and shape. There are three main types of
isometries, reflectional, rotational and translational.
Types of Symmetry:

• Reflectional symmetry: An object has reflectional


symmetry if you can reflect it in a way such that the
resulting image coincides with the original. Hold a mirror
up to it, its reflection looks identical.

• Rotational symmetry: An object has rotational symmetry


if it can be rotated about a point in such a way that its
rotated image coincides with the original figure before
turning a full 360 agree

• Translational symmetry: An object has translational


symmetry if you move it along a straight path without
turning it.
A Tessellation is a repeated geometric design that covers a
plane without gaps or overlaps.

• A Regular Tessellation is a highly symmetric


tessellation made up of congruent regular polygons.
Only three regular tessellations exist: those made up
of equilateral triangles, squares, or hexagons.

• A semi-regular tessellation uses a variety of regular


polygons; there are eight of these
Assignment
• Geometric – 2 nos
• Organic- 2 nos
• One with paper cutting

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