Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.
George Pólya (via mathblab)
Tag: math
Big math news! It’s been thirty years since mathematicians last found a convex pentagon that could “tile the plane.” The latest discovery (by Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Casey Mann, and David Von Derau) was published earlier this month. Full story.
I feel like this discovery deserves to be heralded by a chorus of angels, but maybe it’s just my brain that wants that.
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