TESSELATION

Charles François (2004). TESSELATION, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3525.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(2)
ID	◀ 3525 ▶
Object type	Methodology or model

The subdivision of space

into a mosaic of regular or irregular shapes, completely covering the

space .

Tesselations have been widely explored by the Dutch engraver M.C. ESCHER, and the English mathematician R. PENROSE.

They are useful in the study of modes

of

space

occupation, which probably reflect underlying

fields

of forces, variously

constrained . They suggest at times very odd models

which surprisingly may be confirmed by observation, as in crystallography.

See also