Mosaic Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Mathematics== {{further|tessellation|mathematics and art}} The best way to arrange variously shaped tiles on a surface leads to the mathematical field of [[tessellation]].<ref>{{cite book | author-link=H.S.M. Coxeter | last=Coxeter | first=H.S.M. | title=Regular Polytopes, Section IV : Tessellations and Honeycombs | publisher=Dover | year=1973 | isbn=0-486-61480-8 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/regularpolytopes0000coxe }}</ref> The artist [[M. C. Escher]] was influenced by Moorish mosaics to begin his investigations into tessellation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Roza |first=Greg |title=An Optical Artist: Exploring Patterns and Symmetry |year=2005 |publisher=Rosen Classroom |isbn=978-1-4042-5117-5 |page=20}}</ref> <!--should also discuss [[Girih tiles]] here--> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page