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Counting Truchet Tile Balls

General Mathematics 2026-07-24 v1

Abstract

This note explains how to count the number of different balls that can be made by decorating the pentagons and hexagons of a classic football with Truchet-like patterns.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.24843,
  title  = {Counting Truchet Tile Balls},
  author = {Thomas Fernique},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.24843},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures