Years ago Domokos developed a mathematical tool for describing tessellations based on their average properties rather than ...

Thurston’s paper Shapes of polyhedra and triangulations of the sphere is really remarkable. I’m writing about it in my next column for the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Here’s a draft ...

Besides Thurston’s paper, I recommend these others: P. Engel and P. Smillie, The number of convex tilings of the sphere by triangles, squares, or hexagons. R. E. Schwartz, Notes on shapes of polyhedra ...