Welcome to the Hall of Hexagons, which is where you'll find .. er... hexagons. There is, of course, a very pleasing aesthetic quality about a hexagon. The theme of this site is to encourage you to consider the merits of the hexagon over that ubiquitous old square. In essence, 'don't be square, try a hexagon'. I hope some of these ideas will interest you.

Maths

• Cornucopia of Maths facts about hexagons, including the area of a hexagon, lengths and angles, number sequences, tiling, etc
• Flexagons - paper strips folded and flexed
• Tessellation - ways to tessellate hexagons; make your own tessellation
• 3D solids - where are the hexagons hidden? Cubes, etc dissected
• Szilassi Polyhedron - 7 hexagonal faces, a solid with a hole in the middle
• Magic Hexagon - like a magic square, but ...
• Pythagoras' Theory - proved with hexagons
• Pick's Theorem - proved on an isometric grid
• Polyhexes - dominoes / polyominoes but using hexagons
• Reuleaux Polygons - the Reuleaux pentagon rotates in a hexagon
• Graham's Hexagon - the "Largest Small Hexagon"

Games and puzzles

• The game of Hex - fascinating 2 player strategy game
• Other board games based on hexagons
• Dots and Hexagons - the hexagon version of Dots and Boxes
• Hexagonal wordgames - puzzles, crosswords, wordsearch
• Hexagonal mazes - ways to make mazes with hexagons
• Colouring problems - colour the hexagons
• Hexagon paradox - strange goings on when you measure the area of this hexagon.
• Paper projects - an index to hexagon paper-based projects on this site

Hexagon related practicalities

• Hexagonal grids on paper - various sizes for printing
• Hexagon Planter - to be made from wood
• Hexagon Mesh - ready made pattern for a circular grille
• Hexagonal roof - maybe for a bird table
• Tiling with hexagonal tiles - how many you'll need

page date: 19Mar04.      I enjoy correspondence stimulated by this site. You can contact me here.