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Tessellations can also be referred to as Euclidean or Non-Euclidean:

EUCLIDIEAN GEOMETRY is the mathematics of flat surfaces.

NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY is the mathematics of curved surfaces.

Developed in the 19th century, non-euclidean geometry forced mathematicians to understand that curved surfaces have completely different rules and geometric properties compared to flat surfaces.

As an example, a triangle would have different angles and line curvatures in each of the three geometries. So would squares and in fact, so would all shapes.