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Characterization of the Two-Dimensional Five-Fold Translative Tiles

Metric Geometry 2018-03-20 v4

Abstract

In 1885, Fedorov discovered that a convex domain can form a lattice tiling of the Euclidean plane if and only if it is a parallelogram or a centrally symmetric hexagon. It is known that there is no other convex domain which can form two-, three- or four-fold translative tiling in the Euclidean plane, but there are centrally symmetric convex octagons and decagons which can form five-fold translative tilings. This paper characterizes all the convex domains which can form five-fold translative tilings of the Euclidean plane.

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@article{arxiv.1712.09732,
  title  = {Characterization of the Two-Dimensional Five-Fold Translative Tiles},
  author = {Qi Yang and Chuanming Zong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.09732},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

18 pages, 10 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1711.02514, arXiv:1712.01122

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