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Photo by: Urs Schmid
 
Photo by: Urs Schmid
 
Date: drawn in 1995
 
Date: drawn in 1995
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'''Who is Roger Penrose?'''
 
'''Who is Roger Penrose?'''
 
   1. Oxford professor
 
   1. Oxford professor
 
   2. PhD from Cambridge
 
   2. PhD from Cambridge
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'''Definition of non-periodic'''
 
'''Definition of non-periodic'''
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'''Types of Penrose Tilings'''
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  1. Original Pentagonal
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  2. Kite and Dart
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  3. Rhombus
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'''Symmetries: local and global'''
 
'''Symmetries: local and global'''
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   2. Reflectional  
 
   2. Reflectional  
 
   3. Relation to golden ratio
 
   3. Relation to golden ratio
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'''Rules for construction'''
 
'''Rules for construction'''
 
   1. Matching rules
 
   1. Matching rules
 
   2. Substitution tiling
 
   2. Substitution tiling
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'''Other tilings'''
 
'''Other tilings'''

Revision as of 12:27, 24 September 2013


Penrose Tiling

By Joshua John Clark, Daniel Kerstiens, Jason Piercy, and Caleb Rouleau

Outline:

Overview of Penrose Tiling Example: Penrose.jpg Artist: Urs Schmid Photo by: Urs Schmid Date: drawn in 1995


Who is Roger Penrose?

 1. Oxford professor
 2. PhD from Cambridge


Definition of non-periodic


Types of Penrose Tilings

  1. Original Pentagonal
  2. Kite and Dart
  3. Rhombus


Symmetries: local and global

  1. Rotational 
  2. Reflectional 
  3. Relation to golden ratio


Rules for construction

  1. Matching rules
  2. Substitution tiling


Other tilings

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