Interdependent Co-Arising!
The image is made up of a field of "Spectres"; strictly chiral aperiodic monotiles. One-sided asymmetric tiles that completely cover a plane in an irregular non-repeating pattern.
They happened to mention during their discovery announcement that the symmetry formation in the aperiodic tile arrangement resembled a Theravada Buddha! I was like 👀! They chose to name them mystic tiles and spectre shapes in order to be sensitive to the Buddhist community- but I couldn’t let this cool math discovery that is auspiciously shaped like a seated Buddha go unclaimed!
The tiles are a lovely example of Interdependent Co-Arising (Paticca Samuppada)—the idea that all things are interconnected - a percolation dependent on causes and conditions.
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