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Escher Mobile app for iPhone and iPad


4.9 ( 129 ratings )
Games Education Educational Puzzle
Developer: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL
Free
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 09 Mar 2010
App size: 1.19 Mb

This app helps you to discover and understand the symmetry laws of crystal structures. It simulates the symmetry environment of the 17 planar (two-dimensional) groups, which you can decorate with various objects according to your fantasy.

In playing this game you will not only enjoy creating colourful designs à la Escher on your own, but also effortlessly master the main concepts of crystallographic symmetry, such as symmetry operation, asymmetric unit, general and special positions.

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