1 Introduction 0
What the Library is, and how to read it.
- Nothing filed yet.
2 Core Claims 16
One atomic, checkable fact per page.
- 2.1 AreaNuna's area is d², the square of its own width. Compiled
- 2.2 Perimeter3πr — six quarter-circle arcs of one radius, and nothing else. Draft
- 2.3 Heightr(2+3√2)/2, about 3.1213r, read off the four-circle construction. Draft
- 2.4 Width2r, which is also d, the diameter of the founding circle. Draft
- 2.5 The diamond's area(4−π)r², the sum of four quarter-circle offcuts. Draft
- 2.6 Lattice spacingAdjacent lattice points sit exactly r√2 apart. Draft
- 2.7 The parity ruleA lattice point is a circle when i+j is even, a diamond when odd. Contested
- 2.8 The tiling-count matchDomino-tiling counts on the lattice reproduce OEIS A004003. Draft
- 2.9 The 1,157Sixteen arrangements, one exclusion rule, exactly 1,157 legal combinations. Verified
- 2.10 717 connected shapesOf the 1,157, exactly 717 fuse into a single connected shape. Draft
- 2.11 The counting lawQ − O = 4 − k. Under four pieces leaves quarter-discs nothing absorbs. Draft
- 2.12 The wave is the silhouetteThe board's wave line and any arrangement's outer edge are one curve. Draft
- 2.13 The constructionFour equal circles tangent in a square; one kept whole, the void kept, one line erased. Open
- 2.14 SymmetryOne mirror axis, no rotational symmetry, therefore four orientations. Open
- 2.15 The tile is a dominoEvery placement covers exactly one circle cell and one diamond cell. Open
- 2.16 The isoperimetric ratioA/P² = 4/(9π²) — about 57% of what a circle of equal perimeter holds. Open
3 Explorations and Theory 10
The work too large to state in a sentence.
- 3.1 The cousins507 placements reducing to 73 canonical shapes, sorted by corners returned. Shelved
- 3.2 The combination-shape families317 families under D₄, and why the reference says 362. Shelved
- 3.3 The three formsA grid with a line erased, a circle cut from a square, a run of waves. Shelved
- 3.4 Parity and the boardWhy tile-count parity, not skill, decides whether a game can end drawn. Shelved
- 3.5 Company without pairs20 of 36 companions only ever appear in threes or more. Shelved
- 3.6 Nuna-shaped pixelsThe case for a rendering lattice built on this tile instead of the square. Speculative
- 3.7 Graph-colouring connectionsWhether the exclusion rule is a face of something more general. Speculative
- 3.8 Six-tile groupingsThe design space past k = 6, still without a tool to sift it. Open
- 3.9 Tessellation, classifiedWhich combination-shape families actually tile the plane. Open
- 3.10 The holesThe shapes that cannot close, and what they say about the ones that can. Open
4 Datasets 6
Plates and catalogues held whole rather than described.
- 4.1 The 1,157, in fullEvery legal 16-point combination, drawn, on one plate. Planned
- 4.2 The combination-shape datasetAll 317 families as a browsable plate rather than a working file. Planned
- 4.3 The cousin dataset73 families and their relations, complete. Planned
- 4.4 Pairs and beyondThe companion catalogue, from pairs up through thirteen-shape sets. Planned
- 4.5 A New Shape, original platesThe source book's own proofs and diagrams, preserved as drawn. Planned
- 4.6 The 24-point badgeReserved. Empty until the enumerator returns a count worth trusting. Reserved
5 Models and Tools 19
Every model built, in order, including the ones that were replaced.
- 5.1 The 16-point badge model28 Jul. The first model. Four rebuilds before the docking geometry was right. Archived
- 5.2 The badge shapes30 Jul. Exact-arc silhouettes, both badges; a missing B–X exclusion found and fixed. Archived
- 5.3 The frame sketch30 Jul. Superseded. Where the two-round-two-sharp corner claim was tested and failed. Superseded
- 5.4 The first plates1 Aug. How it's made, area, circumference, compiled, plus the 3D tile mesh. Archived
- 5.5 The board instrument4 Aug. Size slider, orientation toggle, wave overlay, SVG export. Archived
- 5.6 The enumerator kernel10 Aug. Two counting engines cross-checked. 69 tests. Archived
- 5.7 The gold logo lab18 Aug. Superseded. The wave-as-snake direction, before the ambigram. Superseded
- 5.8 The game simulator22 Aug. The dashboard everything else forked from. Archived
- 5.9 The pattern generator23 Aug. Groupings pack and the two-tone index. Built
- 5.10 Green23 Aug. Dice from the di-nuna polyforms, printable nets, tumbling die. Scoped
- 5.11 Black29 Aug. The flagship territory game. Built
- 5.12 The cousins catalogue6 Sep. Reference, poster, pattern tool, batch-one model. Built
- 5.13 The ambigram tool6 Sep. Fourteen versions to the wordmark. Superseded
- 5.14 The ribbon wordmark7 Sep. The junction resolved as a fold. Asset kit. Built
- 5.15 Red7 Sep. Circular, then spherical, then a pole-to-pole race. Built
- 5.16 White8 Sep. The paint board, the embed, the 317-family dataset. Built
- 5.17 Blue11 Sep. Deep Water, the style labs, the seven-beat choreography. Built
- 5.18 Stacker12 Sep. Custom rigid-body physics on a wave-profile base. Built
- 5.19 The puzzleScoped. Bring a photograph, choose a pattern, cut it and rebuild it. Scoped
6 Physical World 11
The shape out in the world, at the scale of a room.
- 6.1 PaversThe shape cast at walking scale: mould, draft angle, tolerance, weight. Draft
- 6.2 BrickThe shape at masonry scale, and what a course of it does to a wall. Draft
- 6.3 TileCeramic and wall work — ancestor of the gallery photographs. Draft
- 6.4 Linoleum and sheet flooringPrinted and inlaid, where the repeat is cut rather than laid. Draft
- 6.5 Interlocking laminateA click-lock profile that still leaves all four orientations reachable. Open
- 6.6 Edges and transitionsBorder and threshold pieces, and planning a floor as a bounded room. Open
- 6.7 TextileWeave and print, where the repeat has to survive being folded. Draft
- 6.8 WallpaperRepeat patterns fitted to a wall, and to specific arrangements. Draft
- 6.9 Interior mockupsRooms with the shape inhabited rather than merely patterned. Draft
- 6.10 The physical boardHow Black becomes an object: material, fabrication, components. Draft
- 6.11 Where it already wasInstances found rather than made. Ornament, paving, textile that turns out to be this. Open
7 Personal Writing 8
- 7.1 OriginsHow the shape was first noticed, before there was any maths for why it worked. Draft
- 7.2 Why “nuna”Reserved. The name's own story. Reserved
- 7.3 A New Shape, revisitedThe relationship to the original book now, and what has moved since. Draft
- 7.4 The parity bugThe morning something long trusted turned out to be wrong. Draft
- 7.5 First matchThe moment a count first landed on the number it was supposed to. Draft
- 7.6 What didn't surviveConstructions and explanations that were tried and let go. Draft
- 7.7 On depth as the real protectionWhy the choice was openness and originship rather than enforcement. Draft
- 7.8 Where it goesWhat a world with this shape in it looks like, written forward. Open
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