Beyond the Great 96

Year: 2021 Authors: John Berglund; Craig S. Kaplan

Core claim

A large central regular n-gon can be surrounded by transition layers of tiles to produce Islamic geometric patterns with arbitrarily large star or rosette motifs.

Topics

Islamic geometric patterns, polygons-in-contact, conformal mapping, transition zones

Domains

tilings, regular polygons, rotational symmetry, conformal mapping, Islamic art, zellij mosaic, decorative pattern design, rosettes

Methods

polygons-in-contact construction, fault-line tilings, conformal wrapping, transition sequences

Media

tile layers, regular polygons, zellij shapes, mosaic designs

Source status

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