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Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-11-10 Thomas Fernique

This is a review (in Italian) on aperiodic tilings of the plane intended for a general audience. First, we recall some basic results about lattices and periodic tilings. Then, we move on to one-dimensional (domino) tilings and Wang tilings.…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Francesco D'Andrea

We define a new family of non-periodic tilings with square tiles that is mutually locally derivable with some family of tilings with isosceles right triangles. Both families are defined by simple local rules, and the proof of their…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Nikolay Vereshchagin

Given a periodic placement of copies of a tromino (either L or I), we prove co-RE-completeness (and hence undecidability) of deciding whether it can be completed to a plane tiling. By contrast, the problem becomes decidable if the initial…

We give an explicit algorithm to construct aperiodic tile sets based on Sturmian words of quadratic slopes. The method works for any quadratic irrational slope, and we can produce infinitely many aperiodic tile sets whose underlying scaling…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Shigeki Akiyama , Tadahisa Hamada , Katsuki Ito

An old theorem of Newman asserts that any tiling of $\mathbb{Z}$ by a finite set is periodic. A few years ago, Bhattacharya proved the periodic tiling conjecture in $\mathbb{Z}^2$. Namely, he proved that for a finite subset $F$ of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-11-13 Tom Meyerovitch , Shrey Sanadhya , Yaar Solomon

We know that tilesets that can tile the plane always admit a quasi-periodic tiling [4, 8], yet they hold many uncomputable properties [3, 11, 21, 25]. The quasi-periodicity function is one way to measure the regularity of a quasi-periodic…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2010-12-07 Alexis Ballier , Emmanuel Jeandel

In this paper, we complete the construction of paper arXiv:cs.CG/0701096v2. Together with the proof contained in arXiv:cs.CG/0701096v2, this paper definitely proves that the general problem of tiling the hyperbolic plane with {\it \`a la}…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2009-07-06 Maurice Margenstern

A set of tiles for covering a surface is composed of two types of tiles. The base shape of each one of them is a diamond or rhombus, both with angles 60 and 120 degrees. They are distinguished by labeling one as an acute diamond with a base…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-11 Theo P. Schaad

The periodic tiling conjecture asserts that any finite subset of a lattice $\mathbb{Z^d}$ which tiles that lattice by translations, in fact tiles periodically. We announce here a disproof of this conjecture for sufficiently large $d$, which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Rachel Greenfeld , Terence Tao

We present a method for generating hexagonal aperiodic tilings that are topologically equivalent to the triangular and dice lattices. This approach incorporates aperiodic sequences into the spacing between three sets of grids for the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-12 Toranosuke Matsubara , Akihisa Koga , Tomonari Dotera

This paper presents a tileset of 3 squares with local constraints on their borders and corners that enforce non-periodic tiling. We start with a description of the tileset and we demonstrate that it can tile the entire plane…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Vincent Van Dongen

We prove that the following problem is co-RE-complete and thus undecidable: given three simple polygons, is there a tiling of the plane where every tile is an isometry of one of the three polygons (either allowing or forbidding…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Erik D. Demaine , Stefan Langerman

In this paper, we give a proof that it is undecidable whether a set of five polyominoes can tile the plane by translation. The proof involves a new method of labeling the edges of polyominoes, making it possible to assign whether two edges…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Yoonhu Kim

In [B.Gruenbaum, G.C. Shephard, Spherical tilings with transitivity properties, in: The geometric vein, Springer, New York, 1981, pp. 65-98], they proved "for every spherical normal tiling by congruent tiles, if it is isohedral, then the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-12-12 Yohji Akama , Yudai Sakano

In this paper, we propose an Integer Linear Model whose solutions are the aperiodic rhythms tiling with a given rhythm A. We show how this model can be used to efficiently check the necessity of the Coven-Meyerowitz's $(T2)$ condition and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Gennaro Auricchio , Luca Ferrarini , Greta Lanzarotto

One of the most fundamental problems in tiling theory is the domino problem: given a set of tiles and tiling rules, decide if there exists a way to tile the plane using copies of tiles and following their rules. The problem is known to be…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Nathalie Aubrun , Manon Blanc , Olivier Bournez

The classical Domino problem asks whether there exists a tiling in which none of the forbidden patterns given as input appear. In this paper, we consider the aperiodic version of the Domino problem: given as input a family of forbidden…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Antonin Callard , Benjamin Hellouin de Menibus

The periodic tiling conjecture asserts that any finite subset of a lattice $\mathbb{Z}^d$ which tiles that lattice by translations, in fact tiles periodically. In this work we disprove this conjecture for sufficiently large $d$, which also…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Rachel Greenfeld , Terence Tao

The Spectre is an aperiodic monotile for the Euclidean plane that is truly chiral in the sense that it tiles the plane without any need for a reflected tile. The topological and dynamical properties of the Spectre tilings are very similar…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Michael Baake , Franz Gähler , Jan Mazáč , Lorenzo Sadun