Pentagon tiling

Pentagon tiling

In geometry, a pentagon tiling is a tiling of the plane by pentagons. There are fourteen known types of convex pentagon that tile the plane; it is not known if this list is complete.

See also

* Cairo pentagonal tiling
* Floret pentagonal tiling
* Prismatic pentagonal tiling

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