Found this on Tumblr a while ago. Didn’t reblog and subsequently lost it. Glad to have finally found it again!

Found this on Tumblr a while ago. Didn’t reblog and subsequently lost it. Glad to have finally found it again!

Reblogged from Math is ∫εχy
A shape that can be dissected into smaller copies of the same shape is called a reptile or rep-tile.

A shape that can be dissected into smaller copies of the same shape is called a reptile or rep-tile.

Using an orange to illustrate an Euler spiral.

Polypents are shapes made of two or more edge-conjoined pentagons. Shown above are the 118 hexapents - polypents made with exactly 6 pentagons.

Polypents are shapes made of two or more edge-conjoined pentagons. Shown above are the 118 hexapents - polypents made with exactly 6 pentagons.

All possible polyhexes [polyominoes made from hexagons] of size 6, up to reflection and rotation.

All possible polyhexes [polyominoes made from hexagons] of size 6, up to reflection and rotation.