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Hinged Tessellation


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A tessellation which can be thought of consisting of a number of pieces which are hinged at their vertices and therefore can be opened or closed to yield a series of tessellations. Examples above are given by Wells (1991).


See also

Braced Polygon, Tessellation

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References

Frederickson, G. N. Hinged Dissections: Swinging & Twisting. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.Wells, D. Hidden Connections, Double Meanings. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988.Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry. London: Penguin, pp. 101-103, 1991.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Hinged Tessellation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HingedTessellation.html

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