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21 July 202610 min
GeneralExposition

Infinitely many ‘proofs’ of Pythagoras’ theorem

An interactive common-lattice proof of Pythagoras’ theorem, with historical anchor positions from a medieval dissection to Perigal and beyond.

GeometryTessellationsInteractive
21 July 202616 min
GeneralExposition

Kolams on Octahedron

An expository graph-theoretic classification of triangular binary kolam tiles on an octahedron.

KolamsGraph theoryPolyhedraSymmetry
20 July 20265 min
GeneralExposition

The Law of Cosines

An interactive tessellation proof of the law of cosines, organised over the two-dimensional moduli space of triangle shapes.

GeometryTessellationsInteractive
17 July 202619 min
GeneralExposition

From Sixteen Tiles to Fifty-One Kolams

An interactive exposition connecting square kolam tiles, graph theory, Boolean satisfiability, exhaustive enumeration, and Burnside’s lemma.

KolamsCombinatoricsGraph theoryBoolean satisfiabilityBurnside's lemmaSymmetry

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