Marjorie Rice

Marjorie Rice
Born
Marjorie Jeuck

(1923-02-16)February 16, 1923
St. Petersburg, Florida
DiedJuly 2, 2017(2017-07-02) (aged 94)
San Diego, California
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAmateur mathematician
Known forDiscovery of new tessellating pentagons
Mathematical Association of America
Washington, D.C.
image icon entry floor, single pentagon tiling[1][2][3]

Marjorie Ruth Rice (née Jeuck;[4] 1923–2017) was an American amateur mathematician most famous for her discoveries of pentagonal tilings in geometry.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference scientificamerican-Mulcahy-gardner-101 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Peterson, Ivars (5 June 2010). "Tiling with Pentagons". The Mathematical Tourist. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Building Guide" (PDF). Mathematical Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ Wolchover, Natalie (July 11, 2017). "Marjorie Rice's Secret Pentagons". Quanta Magazine.
  5. ^ Schattschneider, Doris (Spring 1996). "Perplexing Pentagons". Discovering Geometry Newsletter. 7 (1). OCLC 1001465604. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016.

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