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Tiling on figure 7.4.4, LPP23-10

From G & S, page 373. For construction, see BASIC program

This pattern is a member of an interesting class of mathematical patterns.

FROM: TILINGS AND PATTERNS by Branko Grünbaum and G. C. Shephard © 1987 by W. H. Freeman and Company. Used with permission. PP Class 45, [p3lm,c3,d3], IH Class 18.

Statistics on this tiling:

• Tiling has symmetry p31m.
• Tiling has 3 polygons and 24 edges.
• Edges are completely connected.
• Tiling is not edge-to-edge.
• Tiling satisfies the two-polygon condition.
• Internal angles a multiple of 30°.
• Contains 3 non-regular polygons of which all have reflective symmetry but none are the reflection of others.
• Tiling contains 247 polygons.

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