Constructing Penrose-like tilings from a single prototile and the implications for quasicrystals

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Abstract

We present two sets of rules for constructing quasiperiodic tilings that suggest a simpler structural model of quasicrystals and a more plausible explanation of why quasicrystals form. First, we show that quasiperiodic tilings can be constructed from a single prototile with matching rules which constrain the way that neighbors can overlap. Second, we show that maximizing the density of a certain cluster of fat and thin tiles can force a Penrose tiling without imposing the usual Penrose matching rules.

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