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How few corners can a shape have and still tile the plane?” mathematician Gábor Domokos asked me over pizza. His deceptively simple question was about the geometry of tilings, also called ...

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The apple gets its 'dimple-like cusp' and shape as a result of different rates of growth between the bulk and the stalk, according to a new mathematical study of the fruit. Apples are relatively ...