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    Lightbulb Aperiodic Monotile

    This a a design that cover the plane but never repeats and uses a single montile (the Einstein Tile - from 'ein stein').
    This is an article in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_problem, with lots of references elsewhere.
    It is exciting as it may lead to development of quasi-crystals so it is not just a mathematical puzzle solved.
    David Smith used this "hat"-shaped tile formed from eight copies of a 60°–90°–120°–90° kite, glued edge-to-edge.
    I have made my construction from a hexagon and two slice steps to creat the 'hat'.

    As the end result is a Shape it can be scaled and rendered in a browser as a SVG and even exported as one.

    Here is my design: SVG - Aperiodic monotile smith 2023.xar
    The Pasteboard is a repeated portion of such a tiling to give you an idea of what it looks like.

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    Default Re: Aperiodic Monotile

    a great career awaits you as the designer of cushion flooring patterns !



    that said quasi-crystal technology has a lot of uses
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    Nothing lasts forever...

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    Default Re: Aperiodic Monotile

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    a great career awaits you as the designer of cushion flooring patterns !
    that said quasi-crystal technology has a lot of uses
    As long as my room doesn't have padded wall tiles too!

    Acorn
    Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
    When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat

 

 

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