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Substitutions for tilings $\{p,q\}$

Computational Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

In this paper we consider tiling {p,q}\{p, q \} of the Euclidean space and of the hyperbolic space, and its dual graph Γq,p\Gamma_{q, p} from a combinatorial point of view. A substitution σq,p\sigma_{q, p} on an appropriate finite alphabet is constructed. The homogeneity of graph Γq,p\Gamma_{q, p} and its generation function are the basic tools for the construction. The tree associated with substitution σq,p\sigma_{q, p} is a spanning tree of graph Γq,p\Gamma_{q, p}. Let unu_n be the number of tiles of tiling {p,q}\{p, q \} of generation nn. The characteristic polynomial of the transition matrix of substitution σq,p\sigma_{q, p} is a characteristic polynomial of a linear recurrence. The sequence (un)n0(u_n)_{n \geq 0} is a solution of this recurrence. The growth of sequence (un)n0(u_n)_{n \geq 0} is given by the dominant root of the characteristic polynomial.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cs/0611039,
  title  = {Substitutions for tilings $\{p,q\}$},
  author = {Maurice Margenstern and Guentcho Skordev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0611039},
  year   = {2007}
}