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The Mathematical Tourist
Personal blog · mathtourist.blogspot.commath
The Mathematical Tourist is a personal blog at mathtourist.blogspot.com about math. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link these posts on the geometry of geodesic domes, covering hexagons, pentagons, and hexagonal dome designs. One commenter links them with a playful remark that hexagons are the 'bestagons'.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
But I thought Hexagons were the Bestagons! ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs6eY Hexagons, Pentagons, and Geodesic Domes http://mathtourist.blogspot.com/2010/06/hexagons-pentagons-a... Introduction to Hexagonal Geodesic Domes https://www.hexdome.com/introduction/index.php
Comment linking /2010/06/hexagons-pentagons-and-geodesic-domes.html
on “Geodesic Domes Made Simple”Submitted An artist's perplexing tribute to the Pythagorean Theorem (2009) as a story · 81 points
HN discussionSubmitted A fractal in Bach's cello suite (2008) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tiling with Pentagons as a story · 1 points
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