Octagonal tilings with three prototiles
Abstract
Motivated by theoretically and experimentally observed structural phases with octagonal symmetry, we introduce a family of octagonal tilings which are composed of three prototiles. We define our tilings with respect to two non-negative integers, and , so that the inflation factor of a given tiling is . As such, we show that our family consists of an infinite series of tilings which can be delineated into separate `cases' which are determined by the relationship between and . Similarly, we present the primitive substitution rules or decomposition of our prototiles, along with the statistical properties of each case, demonstrating their dependence on these integers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.04133,
title = {Octagonal tilings with three prototiles},
author = {April Lynne D. Say-awen and Sam Coates},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.04133},
year = {2025}
}
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