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Mathematicians Find New 13-Sided Shape Called 'The Hat'

• JamesCoyne 4y ago
  Similar from 6 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35273707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35273707
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• LeoPanthera 4y ago
  What an awful title. It's not like they just discovered a random new shape. There are obviously an infinite number of "shapes". The point is that it's an aperiodic monotile, which (horribly simplified) means that it's a tiling shape that creates a tiling pattern that does not repeat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_problem
  • dwb 4y ago
    It's a great title. If my job was writing headlines, I would absolutely tack towards "new shape just dropped" rather than some nerd shit, however technically correct it is. You can do the explaining in the actual article.
• heywoodlh 4y ago
  Is there any sort of function or usefulness to this outside of an interesting new tile design? I've seen this a couple of times now, and I'm interested to hear what the potential outcomes are with this discovery. (For clarity, I am not arguing that every new discovery must have practical application)
  • isaacfrond 4y ago
    You could tile your bathroom with it, and you'd never be bored while bathing.