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Spectre monotile stamp for ceramics

Leave your mark with mathematics! This ceramic stamp features the fascinating spectre monotile - the first-ever single shape discovered that can tile the plane aperiodically, like a never-repeating puzzle. Perfect for pottery enthusiasts…

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Improved "einstein tiles" (aperiodic monotiles) with hidden snap fittings

An aperiodic monotile was discovered in 2023 by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss. It is “a single shape which tiles the plane, and can’t be arranged to have translational symmetry.” The…

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Monotile Puzzle

Explore the captivating world of aperiodic tiling with this single-piece puzzle based on Miki Umura's monotile discovery—similar to Penrose and Hat tilings. This unique tile can endlessly combine without repeating patterns, making it a…

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Spectre - Aperiodic Chiral Monotile with a twist !

The now famous spectre tiling has been seen many times on printables, here a version with an interesting drawing that never repeat ! Many information and sources here :…

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Reduced size aperiodic monotile or "einstein" (requires glue)

This is the same two-layer tile design in https://www.printables.com/model/928547-aperiodic-monotile-or-einstein-tile-with-hidden-ta but is reduced in size. Unlike the previous one it requires glue to assemble, but this can be done easily…

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"Top" Hat Aperiodic Monotile

Based on the shape discovered by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798 This model has beveled grooves on one side which trace the trisected hexagons that can be used…

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Einstein Tile (Aperiodic Monotile) – STL + OpenSCAD

This OpenSCAD project provides the finished STL file for 3D printing and the SCAD source for basic adjustments. The tile is aperiodic and suitable for decorative prints, magnets, or mathematical experiments. More models and background…

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Hat polykite aperiodic monotile

An aperiodic monotile, sometimes called an "einstein", is a shape that tiles the plane, but never periodically. For more information about this shape, see: website dedicated to this shape video showing the space of related shapes paper…

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einstein hat - world's first aperiodic monotile

This is a 3D model of the world's first "einstein", an aperiodic monotile. Update: There's a chiral (handed) aperiodic monotile now, see: https://www.printables.com/model/494205-spectre-worlds-first-chrial-aperiodic-monotile You will…

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Hat Polykite: An Aperiodic Monotile

This model is based on the work of David Smith, Joseph Myers, Chaim Goodman-Strauss and Craig S. Kaplan in their paper “An aperiodic monotile”. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798v1

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Aperiodic Monotile

This is a cheap and easy way to experiment with the new family of aperiodic monotiles discovered by: David Smith , Joseph Samuel Myers , Craig S. Kaplan and Chaim Goodman-Strauss . You can find more info here:…

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Aperiodic Monotile Cookie Cutter

A cookie cutter, whose shape is a remix of the world's first Aperiodic Monotile. Are you excited about math, and cookies? Well here you go. It is recommended you Print this cookie cutter using a Food Safe filament, and voilà- you can make…

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Aperiodic Monotile

This is maths, it's a tile, and now it's a toy :) You can tile the plane with it. With no gaps. Any way you tile it, you can never find a repeating pattern that continues paving the plane. About 50 years after the Penrose tiling's…

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Hat Polykite, the First Aperiodic Monotile

On March 20, 2023, a group of computer scientists (David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig Kaplan and Chaim Goodman-Strauss) revealed their discovery of the holy grail of tiles. A simple 13-sided shape, nicknamed the "hat polykite", is…

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hat aperiodic monotile

As described in Smith, D., Myers, J. S., Kaplan, C. S., & Goodman-Strauss, C. (2023). An aperiodic monotile. arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.10798 . Unlike some other models that are derived from Craig Kaplan's interactive tiling toy , the…

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Aperiodic Monotile Kit

Explore the properties of the tiles and the limits of intuition, then generate a metatile and assemble. See. https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/hat/

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Aperiodic Monotile with a twist

Aperiodic monotiles are trending right now! :)) This one is not a real tile but it obeys the exact same logic and tiling constraints as the recently discovered “hat” aperiodic monotile. If you have not already seen what this is about,…

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Aperiodic Monotile polykite "The Hat" Einstein - [multiple aspect ratios include Phi]

This is a little different than other monotile uploads here. I've taken the extra step to produce multiple aspect ratios for the right-angle edges. So you can have a different monotile set than everybody else ;) My favorite is the Phi…

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aperiodic monotile with text

Remix to add text. Scale as needed, but print copies at the same scale…..

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Aperiodic Monotile: Hat & Turtle (AMS, MMU compatible)

In March 2023 finally the first “Einstein” was discovered! As a big fan of the Penrose Tiles, especially P2 (kites and darts), i read an article on derStandard (german) today and i just needed to make this happen. In this article i found…

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Aperiodic Monotile "The Hat" & Hex Grid Plate

When printed on my Prusa MK3S w/MMU with the settings in the 3MF files, the tiles fit to the grid plate with a slip fit when oriented as printed, and with a snap fit when flipped. Tiles that snap in can be removed from the grid plate with…

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Aperiodic Monotile (parametric)

Update: Added options for marking top and/or bottom of tiles with Truchet-tile like arcs. A jigsaw puzzle made of these mono tiles could be really insane. Turn filament scraps into colorful tiles to make interesting designs! This tile is…

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Aperiodic Monotile Smith 2023

Hiding in plain sight: Wikipedia: «In 2023, David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss posted a preprint proving the existence of a tile which when considered with its mirror image form an aperiodic…

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"Einstein" Aperiodic Monotile

A 3D model for 3D printing the aperiodic monotiles, described in the paper by Smith et. al. Details found on this website: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/hat/ Print it in multiple colors, and get your kids hooked on infinite puzzles using…

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Aperiodic monotile cookie cutters

These are two cookie cutters based on the aperiodic monotile ("one stone") shapes discovered by David Smith as described here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/science/mathematics-tiling-einstein.html Flip some of your cookies for the…

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"The Hat" geometrically irregular monotile

The Hat, as created/proposed by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss in March 2023, is a 13-sided geometric shape that tessellates in irregular patterns, ‘aperiodicity.’ After reading a couple of…

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"Einstein Hat" aperiodic monotile puzzle

The shape of these puzzle tiles was discovered and published by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss in “ An aperiodic monotile ” (March 2023, available at https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.10798…

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aperiodic monotile einstein hat

For many years, mathematicians have been intrigued by the concept of aperiodic tiling - the idea that shapes can be arranged in such a way as to create infinite patterns that never repeat. However, until recently, it remained unclear…

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Turtle aperiodic monotile "Einstein"

This is the turtle variation of the aperiodic monotiles found by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan and Chaim Goodman-Strauss announced in March 2023 . An aperiodic monotile, sometimes called an “einstein,” is a shape that…

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Aperiodic Monotile Pipes

This is a decorated version of the Hat aperiodic monotile. It includes three “pipes” joining the √3 sides of that tile. The result is quite mesmerizing, with an aesthetic reminiscent of the Tantrix/Palago-style puzzles and the Celtic…

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Aperiodic monotile (einstein) magnet - Parametric

Remixed to include a hidden disk magnet. Use the included Fusion360 file to change the size of the magnet.

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Aperiodic Monotile

Based on the aperiodic monotile discovered March 2023. see: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798 There are two versions, only the border and filled with a sceleton. Printing without raft, not brim. Print Settings Printer Brand: FlashForge…

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Hat aperiodic monotile

The hat is the first aperiodic monotile that has been discovered after decades of research. More details (and proof) can be found in this arxiv preprint .

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Aperiodic Monotile Cookie / Ceramic Tile Cutter

A cookie or clay cutter in the shape of the aperiodic monotile einstein shape, published by Smith and friends in March 2023. Smith, D., Myers, J. S., Kaplan, C. S., & Goodman-Strauss, C. (2023). An aperiodic monotile. arXiv preprint…

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The Hat - Monotile

Here you can find out about this fascinating monotile (Smith, Myers, Kaplan, Goodman-Strauss, Waterloo University). I just made it printable to check tiling in my classroom.

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Turtle and Fish Aperiodic Monotile Puzzle

Many models appeared recently after the discovery of the aperiodic monotile family. More about the mathematics behind it here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798 Here's my interpretation of the “Turtle” variation, along with a Fish version…

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Aperiodic Monotile with Color Inlay and Magnets for Bambu Labs Printer

Remix of begineering's awesome version of the Aperiodic Monotile optimized for two-color printing on the Bambu printer. Color is added as a 1-layer inlay on the bottom of each tile half, which prints super-smooth on the High Temperature…

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Hat Polykite, the First Aperiodic Monotile - Accurate Versions

Have you heard about the Hat Polykite, the World’s First Aperiodic Monotile? It means this newly discovered 13-sided shape can tile a surface to infinity with no repeating patterns! On March 20, 2023, a group of computer scientists (David…

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Spectre aperiodic monotile or Einstein

This is a Spectre. It is an aperiodic monotile, or "Einstein": A shape that tiles the plane, but only nonperiodically. More specifically, it tiles the plane nonperiodically without using a mix of normal and mirror image shapes . Spectres…

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einstein spectre - world's first chiral aperiodic monotile

This is a 3D model of the world's first chiral aperiodic monotile. “Chiral” means “handed” -- same as left and right handed screws you can't transform left into right just by turning the object. It's an update to…

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Spectre Aperiodic Monotile

This is a follow up by David Smith , Joseph Samuel Myers , Craig S. Kaplan , Chaim Goodman-Strauss of their discovery of an aperiodic monotile two months ago. Yesterday (may 29, 2023) they announced they now have found a family of tiles…

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Spectre - Aperiodic Chiral Monotile

A parametrized version of the newly discovered Spectre, an Aperiodic Chiral Monotile. See: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/spectre/ for more details about this shape. This version includes the OpenScad file, so you can modify the “polygon…

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Cookie Cutters - Tileable Shapes (Now with Spectre Monotile!)

UPDATE: New Spectre Monotile! DESCRIPTION Another collection of cookie cutters that I've designed over the years. These are all tileable/tessalation shapes (shapes that can be placed next to each other without a gap) . They're based…

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Hat Polykite, the First Aperiodic Monotile Cookie Cutter

The moment I read this news, I knew I had to make a cookie cutter. Mankind will bake an incredible cookie to prove the endlessness of this hat pattern.…

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Einstein Monotile

I sketched a thin but medium sized monotile to be frugal when printing a large amount. I noticed a lot of the designs already made seemed to be pretty thick. The printers I have at school have a terrible time with elephant's foot, so I…

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Nepravidelná dlaždice pro teselaci - an aperiodic monotile "einstein"

Tento tvar byl objeven v roce 2023 - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.10798.pdf Nepravidelná dlaždice pro stavebnici k pokrývání roviny. Aby bylo možné model mnohoúhelníku vytvořit, má tloušťku 2 mm, i když se jedná o rovinné útvary.

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Spectre: chiral aperiodic monotile

Closely following the Hat , Spectre is a shape for aperiotic tiling that does not need to be flipped. More details are in this arxiv preprint . There is a parametric openscad model to generate the tile (or multiple) with different…

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Hat Polykite, the First Aperiodic Monotile, .dxf

Someone was looking for dxf of same, so uploading one, might delete later idk

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Aperiodic Monotile

I was having a hard time finding the shape in it's straight edged version shown in the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17743

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Spectre Chiral Aperiodic Monotile

It's one thing to play around with these in a 2D program, but it's way more educational to print a few out and place them together with your hands (they are only 4 CM across). Even though I made this model, I can't take any credit for the…

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Aperiodic Wall Tile Pattern "Monotile"

Aperiodic tiling, folks, is like the 'Jazz' of geometry. It's got some rules but loves to improvise! Picture a floor covered in tiles, but not the kind that make you think, "Oh, I've seen that pattern a million times." No, these tiles are…

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25x Print File of Einstein Hat - Aperiodic Monotile

I wanted to print dozens of these tiles so I thought I was efficiently organizing the tiles by neatly placing them together as a complete pattern in the slicer. I managed to get 24 on one sheet. Turns out… putting them into a simple 5x5…

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David Smith's Monotile

David Smith is an amateur mathematician that discovered this monotile able to cover the plane non-periodically. I've been obsessed with this tile since I found out about through Veritasium Youtube Channel. I just used his tile and modeled…

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Aperiodic turtle monotile stencil

This is a version of the “turtle” aperiodic monotile. It has the most helpful turtle trace area in the center, but that's not all! It can be really hard to draw aperiodic tiling without running into collisions or gaps. This stencil has a…

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Aperiodic monotile or "einstein" tile with hidden tabs

An aperiodic monotile was discovered in 2023 by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss. It is “a single shape which tiles the plane, and can’t be arranged to have translational symmetry.” The…

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Snap together aperiodic monotile ("einstein" or "hat")

An aperiodic monotile was discovered in 2023 by David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss. It is “a single shape which tiles the plane, and can’t be arranged to have translational symmetry.” The…