Mathematical Tiling Records

14. s = 4 Proved by Erich Friedman in 1999. 15. s = 4 Proved by Erich Friedman in 1999. 17. s = 🔒 4.67553009360455... Found by John Bidwell in 1998. 18. s = 1/2 + 1/2√7 = 4.82287565553229... Found by Peter Hämäläinen in 1980.

A four-panel mathematical diagram shows increasingly complex square tilings labeled 14, 15, 17, and 18, with the minimum value of s and the names and years of the people who found them. The joke is the absurdly specialized progression from simple grid patterns to intricate geometric arrangements, presented like a serious record book; it is used as a reaction to unnecessarily complicated mathematics or optimization problems. EN: A four-panel mathematical diagram shows increasingly complex square tilings labeled 14, 15, 17, and 18, with the minimum value of s and the names and years of the people who found them. The joke is the absurdly specialized progression from simple grid patterns to intricate geometric arrangements, presented like a serious record book; it is used as a reaction to unnecessarily complicated mathematics or optimization problems.

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