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如果你能只用一种图形不重叠、无间隙地铺满一个平面,这种图形就算可以镶嵌平面。任意一种三角形以及任意一种四边形都可以镶嵌平面。不过,到了五边形,事情就变得有趣了,正五边形无法镶嵌平面,一些不规则五边形却可以。1918年,德国数学家发现了5种可以镶嵌平面的五边形,从那时起寻找新的可镶嵌五边形就成为一个数学难题。最近,美国数学家发现了第15种可镶嵌五边形,这是30年来这方面的首次突破。五边形镶嵌有潜在的应用价值,与几何学、力学发展都有关系。
If you can only use one kind of figure does not overlap, no gap covered with a plane, this figure can be inlaid plane. Any kind of triangle and any quadrilateral can be inlaid plane. However, to the pentagon, things became interesting, regular pentagons can not be inlaid plane, some irregular pentagons can be. In 1918, German mathematicians discovered five pentagons that could be planted in planes. Since then, finding new inlaid pentagons has become a mathematical problem. Recently, US mathematicians discovered the 15th kind of inlaid pentagons, the first breakthrough in 30 years in this area. Pentagonal inlay has potential application value, which is related to geometry and mechanics development.