Wallpaper Exploration

Objective: Discover basic information about wallpaper patterns

1. Go to [1] and look at Hop’s 17 animated wallpaper groups (p1, p4, pgg, and p4m are especially good). For each one, there are links underneath that lead to animations. What are these animations demonstrating?
2. Look at more examples of wallpaper patterns at [2].
3. What rotation orders can appear as symmetries of a wallpaper pattern?
4. Can a wallpaper pattern have an order 4 rotation symmetry as well as an order 3 rotation symmetry?
5. Can a wallpaper pattern have an order 4 rotation symmetry as well as an order 6 rotation symmetry?
6. Explain the difference between frieze patterns and wallpaper patterns.
7. Make a few wallpaper patterns using this Wallpaper Symmetry Applet.

Handin: A sheet with answers to all questions.