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Generalized $\beta$-expansions, substitution tilings, and local finiteness

Dynamical Systems 2012-08-27 v2 Mathematical Physics Metric Geometry math.MP

Abstract

For a fairly general class of two-dimensional tiling substitutions, we prove that if the length expansion β\beta is a Pisot number, then the tilings defined by the substitution must be locally finite. We also give a simple example of a two-dimensional substitution on rectangular tiles, with a non-Pisot length expansion β\beta, such that no tiling admitted by the substitution is locally finite. The proofs of both results are effectively one-dimensional and involve the idea of a certain type of generalized β\beta-transformation.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506098,
  title  = {Generalized $\beta$-expansions, substitution tilings, and local finiteness},
  author = {Natalie Priebe Frank and E. Arthur Robinson,},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506098},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

14 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the AMS. Reference added, typos fixed, and minor edits reflecting the referee's report

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