MathematicsJanuary 1, 2024
Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’
The quest for the einstein tile—a shape never seen before in mathematics—turned up even more discoveries than mathematicians counted on
Stories by Craig S. Kaplan
Craig S. Kaplan is a professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo in Canada. His research focuses on interactions between mathematics and art, and he has long had an interest in mathematical tiling.