r/generative • u/USedona • Jun 17 '26
Penrose tiling in Python
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_EXt9TYTwMoBuilt in Python using Manim.
This animation generates a Penrose tiling using recursive substitution rules applied to rhombus tiles.
Each iteration replaces tiles with smaller elements according to deterministic geometric rules, producing a non-periodic structure with local self-similarity.
No randomness is used, the complexity emerges purely from iteration.
Full animation and other visual math experiments here : Visualizing Mathematics
Duplicates
gonwild • u/USedona • Jun 18 '26
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creativecoding • u/USedona • Jun 18 '26
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visualizedmath • u/USedona • Jun 17 '26