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Symmetry properties of Penrose type tilings

Authors :
Cotfas, Nicolae
Source :
Philosophical Magazine 88 (2008) 2017-2023
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

The Penrose tiling is directly related to the atomic structure of certain decagonal quasicrystals and, despite its aperiodicity, is highly symmetric. It is known that the numbers 1, $-\tau $, $(-\tau)^2$, $(-\tau)^3$, ..., where $\tau =(1+\sqrt{5})/2$, are scaling factors of the Penrose tiling. We show that the set of scaling factors is much larger, and for most of them the number of the corresponding inflation centers is infinite.<br />Comment: Paper submitted to Phil. Mag. (for Proceedings of Quasicrystals: The Silver Jubilee, Tel Aviv, 14-19 October, 2007)

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Philosophical Magazine 88 (2008) 2017-2023
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0710.3845
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786430802035691