[ExI] New pentagon tiling discovered

[Dan]

> On Aug 17, 2015, at 9:33 AM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> Consider the triangle CEB in this graphic:
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> <image004.jpg>
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> Side length CE is sqrt(2)/2.  EB comes out to sqrt(3)/4.  (Not kidding, see for yourself.)  The third side is 1/((sqrt(2)((sqrt(3)-1))).
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> So now, which is it please: is this the ugliest bathroom tile ever discovered, or the most beautiful?
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> Now is such a fun time to be a math geek.
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> spike

Spike: thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and more details about this finding. ;)

Regards,

Dan
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