Escher tessellations: Regular Tessellation of the Plane n. 70
Move the slider downwards and describe the
isometries or movements in the plane you can see
- What
type of polygon do you get to? Describe the hidden tile or pattern used
by
Escher as starting point to draw this figure
After returning to the initial position (clicking
on the icon from top to right) now slide the green point
upwards and ...
- Describe
the different types of isometries that you can see:
- Can
you find any translation? Select one of them and descríbe it explaining
which is its
translation vector.
- Can
you see any line of symmetry ? Where?
- And
any
rotations? Where is their center? What angle do they have?
With
the slider in the top position, a new check box will appear
("Show points"). Check it and try to modify the drawing.
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created
with GeoGebra by G4D
(Summer 2008)
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