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[–] LaBellaLotta@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The idea that we are still making new discoveries and expanding our understanding of 2-d geometry is so crazy to think about.

Thousands of years of monkey scratches and we still haven’t found all the rectangles and rhombuses and whatnot

[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

The craziest part is one of the last discoveries on penrose tilling was done by a hobbyist