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PUBLICATIONS

The Library Quarterly: Handbook of Regular Patterns

Published

Author(s)

Russell A. Kirsch

Abstract

Patterns are made by artists and designers. Scientist find them in nature. Peter S. Stevens has shown how the pattern makers and finders are both governed by mathematical rules that describe the geometric properties of space and how it can be filled with patterns that repeat themselves
Citation
The Library Quarterly
Volume
52: 1
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

patterns, Symmetry, two-dimensional

Citation

Kirsch, R. (1982), The Library Quarterly: Handbook of Regular Patterns, The Library Quarterly, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822122 (Accessed October 26, 2025)

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Created January 1, 1982, Updated February 17, 2017
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