The Egyptian Tangram is a 5-piece square dissection with interesting mathematical features.
In this repository you can find:
- A pre-print of the article El tangram egipci: diari de disseny (in catalan, The Egyptian Tangram: Design Diary) where we introduce this new tangram design and explained its main mathematical features. The final version of the article was published in:
Luna-Mota, C. (June 2019). «El racó del MMACA: El tangram egipci: diari de disseny». Nou Biaix, 44, 100-112.
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The slides used in the talk Parlem de tangrams: De la Xina a Egipte passant per Cornellà (in catalan, Let's talk about tangrams: from China to Egypt passing through Cornellà) that was performed in the Catalan Museum of Mathematics (MMACA) on January 29th 2020.
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The slides used in the virtual talk El Tangram Egipcio: el nuevo rompecabezas del MMACA (in spanish, The Egyptian Tangram: The new puzzle from MMACA) that was performed in cooperation with Fundapromat on March 10th 2021.
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The slides used in the talk El diseño del Tangram Egipcio (in spanish, The design of the Egyptian Tangram) that was performed JAEM 20 congress on July 6th 2022.
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The Egyptian Tangram Guide (work in progress) an exhaustive compilation of all the mathematical properties of the Egyptian Tangram we are aware of (please submit new properties for inclusion in future versions of this guide).
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The Egyptian Tangram Print & Play flyer (permission granted for personal or educational use only).
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The STL files you need to print a copy of the Egyptian Tangram in a 3D printer (permission granted for personal or educational use only).
The Egyptian Tangram design is Copyright © 2019 Carlos Luna Mota. All Rights Reserved.
Everything else is under a Creative Commons By-NC-SA license.
Please, contact me if you are interested in producing/selling copies of the Egyptian Tangram.