Originally published on cr31.co.uk by Guy Walker. Mirrored from boristhebrave.com.

In memory of Professor Hao Wang (王浩, 1921 – 1995), whose elegant tiling theory continues to inspire generations of mathematicians and game designers.

Wang Tiles

 

edge and corner matched tilesets

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Invariant Knot Mosaics

Here are the first 14 invariant knots, with 3 to 7 crossings, drawn using 2-corner Wang path tiles, with dark and light corner areas.

invariant knots

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