UK hobbyist stuns math world with ‘amazing’ new shapes

Phys Org

by Daniel Lawler

June 10, 2023

David Smith, a retired print technician from the north of England, was pursuing his hobby of looking for interesting shapes when he stumbled onto one unlike any other in November.

When Smith shared his shape with the world in March, excited fans printed it onto T-shirts, sewed it into quilts, crafted cookie cutters or used it to replace the hexagons on a soccer ball—some even made plans for tattoos.

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