The Shape of Tiles: Regular and Irregular, Hard and Soft
Professor of Mathematical Modelling
50:42·2026·graduate level·Public Colloquium
Alain Goriely presents an advanced exploration of tiling theory, delving into the classification and properties of both rigid and deformable tessellations in various dimensions.
PhilosophyTheory & AlgosAlgorithms & Data StructuresMoral & Political Philosophygeometrytiling theory
// Introduction — the mathematics of tilings in the plane and in space
// What is a tiling — cells, nodes, corners and the basic definitions
// Convex vs non-convex cells and how to assign numbers to a tiling
// The symbolic plane — classifying all tilings by two numbers
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