Tessellations in Mathematics

Tessellations in Mathematics:

Shapes which tessellate cover the plane without gaps and without overlapping. There can only be three regular Tessellations on a 2D plane which are made from copies of a single regular polygon meeting at each vertex. These are of equilateral triangles, squares or regular hexagons. There are only three because the inside angles of the polygon must be a factor of 360° so that the polygons can line up at the points leaving no gaps.

The Three Regular Tessellations on 2D Plane.

Here are some interesting links about tessellations

http://www.coolmath.com/tesspag1.htm
http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html

http://www.tessella.com/about/what-are-tessellations/http://www.shodor.org/interactivate1.0/discussions/tessintro.html

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate1.0/activities/tessellate/index.html