Tilings
1,184 views · Published 23 September 2008 · 1:23 · Indexed 30 October 2026
Channel: Gresham College · 2008 · Education
A short introduction to tilings. Robin Wilson, Gresham Professor of Geometry, runs through some examples of tilings he has met on his travels between Cairo and Colorado. This is the 17th part of 'A Millennium of Mathematical Puzzles'. The full lecture is available (in 24 parts) here on YouTube, or it can be downloaded (like all of our lectures) in its complete form from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.
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