Can u give me some websites, help, or anything that will get me understanding them?
i actually do understand but wut tesselations r there in nature?
2007-01-24 14:31:43 · 5 answers · asked by Megan :] 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Tesselations are tile patterns, sometimes assigned as enrichments in math class.
Many tesselations are manmade but you can also find tesselations in nature, in the scales on pine cones and fish, in the florets of a composite flower such as a sunflower or daisy, in the cracks in mud or basalt lava flows, and in honeycombs, to name a few examples. Some of these natural phenomena are only rough approximations of tesselations.
http://www.42explore.com/teslatn.htm
http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html
http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html
http://tesselation.sourceforge.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation
2007-01-24 14:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tesselations are caused by 1 regular shape or several shapes covering a plane (space). They all form a perfect puzzle with no space in between the pieces. In order to have a tessalation, each intersection of corners have to form a perfect 360 degrees. The most popular tesselation polygons are equilateral triangles, squares, and regular hexagons.
You can make an each tesselation by starting off with a square. Now you can cut any piece out of this square and translate it (slide) it directly over to the other side and tape it there. Do this several times and you will create a neat tesselation.
2007-01-24 14:43:51 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff U 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In mathematics, tesselations refer to shapes that can be used to completely cover a plane without leaving any holes. For example, regular hexagons tesselate a plane. Think of them as shapes you could use to tile your bathroom floor.
2007-01-24 14:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the way I are conscious of it is they are attempting to get you to calculate the answer to (4x^2)(2y^3) utilising x = a million/2 and y = -2. if it is the case, you purely sub in x = a million/2 and y = -2 and do the multiplication: (4)(a million/2)(a million/2)(2)(-2)(-2)(-2) = -sixteen (answer c)
2016-11-01 05:23:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a good site that teaches tesselations.
Go to: coolmath.com.
Guido
2007-01-24 14:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋