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A Sample Minicourse: Tessellations

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A tessellation or tiling of the plane is a dissection of the plane into regions called tiles. This definition is far too general to be of any interest.

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    Andy Liu

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Liu, A. (2018). A Sample Minicourse: Tessellations. In: S.M.A.R.T. Circle Overview. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56823-2_2

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