Medieval Islamic tiling reveals mathematical savvy
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2007
Medieval Islamic tiling reveals mathematical savvy If you google my name, you get the MURC bookstall, a fine institution I ran whilst an undergraduate. Behind me, on a weekly basis was a glass cabinet with Penrose tiles. I was mesmerised. No repeats? Wow. He had invented and patented non-repeating quasi crystalline tiling. Oxford is so [...]