Some 2-tile tessellations with semi-regular side-gons

Drag the large vertex A[1] to change the shape of the semi-regular side-gon below with n = 3 and k = 1. Drag the centre of the incircle to enlarge or reduce.

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Tessellation with equilateral circum hexagon

Drag the large vertex A[1] to change the shape of the semi-regular side-gon below with n = 3 and k = 1. Drag the centre of the incircle to enlarge or reduce.

Please install Java (version 1.4 or later) to use JavaSketchpad applets.

Tessellation with equilateral circum octagon

Investigate the transformations that can be used to create these tessellations, as well as the line and rotational symmetries of the resulting patterns.

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Michael de Villiers, 16 July 2011.