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Geometrical models for a class of reducible Pisot substitutions

Dynamical Systems 2018-01-16 v3

Abstract

We set up a geometrical theory for the study of the dynamics of reducible Pisot substitutions. It is based on certain Rauzy fractals generated by duals of higher dimensional extensions of substitutions. We obtain under certain hypotheses geometric representations of stepped surfaces and related polygonal tilings, as well as self-replicating and periodic tilings made of Rauzy fractals. We apply our theory to an infinite family of substitutions. For this family, we analyze and interpret in a new combinatorial way the codings of a domain exchange defined on the associated fractal domains. We deduce that the symbolic dynamical systems associated with this family of substitutions behave dynamically as first returns of toral translations.

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@article{arxiv.1612.08373,
  title  = {Geometrical models for a class of reducible Pisot substitutions},
  author = {Benoit Loridant and Milton Minervino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.08373},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

42 pages, 15 figures, revised version to appear in Discrete & Computational Geometry