I drew lines on blank paper to make a calendar To fill the boxes with flimsy promises Straight lines are stubborn, hard to meet eye to eye Living is the act of constantly drawing lines Whether it’s ...

A mathematician has developed a new way to uncover simple patterns that might underlie apparently complex systems, such as clouds, cracks in materials or the movement of the stockmarket. The method, ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

A new study by mathematicians at Freie Universität Berlin shows that planar tiling, also known as tessellation, is far more than a decorative ...