Wang tiles

A form of Wang tile — A square tile with a colour on each side. Possible sets of such tiles are studied to determine whether they can tile the plane (arranged with like colours touching, and without rotations or reflections) and whether this can be done in a periodic pattern.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Wang tile
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