ABSTRACT
In many areas, ranging from just a few nanometers to thousands of kilometers, the destruction of a tessellation results in single, independent objects. Obviously, these objects can be considered to be the pieces of a puzzle (see The Brown University S.H.A.P.E. website, www.lems.brown.edu/shape/). This site includes a summary of the mathematical procedures (e.g., applications, projects, specific references) for the reconstruction of archeological findings. Applications for such geometric puzzles occur in many areas.
