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Aperiodic tiling (einstein problem) box with lid
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- Math
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D. Smith et al. recently discovered a shape, that can be tiled in infinite non-repeating pattern. This is known as the “einstein problem”. Not related to Albert Einstein, but instead focused on discovering single shape of tile ("ein stein") that can be infinitely tiled, without creating a repeating pattern. Smith et al. actually discovered several such shapes, the main ones being called “hat" and “turtle”.
I made a box with lid from them. I also created OpenSCAD modules that can generate the shapes with given size.
- Aperiodic tiling on Wikipedia
- An aperiodic monotile by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss
- SCAD code by Christian Lawson-Perfect that inspired me to design this model