Why Penrose Tiles Never Repeat

Опубликовано 1 декабря 2022, 14:00

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This video is about a better way to understand Penrose tilings (the famous tilings invented by Roger Penrose that never repeat themselves but still have some kind of order/pattern).

This project was a collaboration with Aatish Bhatia (aatishb.com).

REFERENCES
Explore Penrose and Penrose-like patterns: aatishb.com/patterncollider

Video by Derek Muller/Veritasium about Penrose Patterns: youtube.com/watch?v=48sCx-wBs3...

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N.G. de Bruijn’s paper introducing the pentagrid/Penrose idea: math.brown.edu/reschwar/M272/p...

De Bruijn, N.G., 1981. Algebraic theory of Penrose’s non-periodic tilings of the plane. Kon. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch. Proc. Ser. A, 43(84), pp.1-7.

Here are some excellent in-depth references on how to construct Penrose Tiles Using the Pentagrid Method:
Penrose Tilings Tied up in Ribbons by David Austin: ams.org/publicoutreach/feature...
The Empire Problem in Penrose Tilings by Laura Effinger-Dean: cs.williams.edu/~bailey/06le.p...
Pentagrids and Penrose Tilings by Stacy Mowry & Shriya Shukla: web.williams.edu/Mathematics/s...
Penrose Tiling by Andrejs Treibergs: math.utah.edu/~treiberg/Penros...
Algebraic Theory of Penrose's Non-Periodic Tilings of the Plane by N. G. de Bruijn: math.brown.edu/reschwar/M272/p...
Particularly good and helpful, and (we think) an undergrad thesis which is impressive!: cs.williams.edu/~bailey/06le.p...

An interesting popular science read on the discovery on quasicrystals and their connection to Penrose Tilings:
The Second Kind of Impossible by Paul Steinhardt: bookshop.org/books/the-second-...

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