tiling

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 \  /  /  \  \  \  \  /  \  \  /  /  \  \
 /  \  \  /   ) /   )(    ) /  \  \  /   )
_\__/__/__\__/__\__/__\__/__\__/__/__\__/_
 \  /  /  \  /  \  /  \  /  \...

Truchet :

|  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  |
|  `.   '    '    `.   `.   `.   `.   '    `.   `.   '    '    `.   `. |
|-.  --' ,--' ,--.  --.  --.  --.  --' ,--....

If you'd like to find out more, try Martin Gardner's "Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers",
W. H. Freeman and Company, 1989.

                                                  --Michael Naylor

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  \       \      /   /
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       /            \   \   \
  4___/   ________   \   \   \7
 /        \       \...

Flowsnake technical information

The Flowsnake was invented by William Gosper.  It is a space-filling
fractal curve.  "Space-filling" means that if this process were carried
out infinitely, this curve...

                       Flowsnake coloring sheet
                   (makes a great present for Mom!)
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                          / `-_
                         /     `-_
    ...

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  ____/   ________   \   \   \
 /        \       \  ...

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