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Hierarchical Tilings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Marjorie Senechal
Marjorie Senechal*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063
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Abstract

Tiling problems arise in many areas of science, and they raise fascinating but difficult mathematical questions. Nonperiodic hierarchical tilings are particularly interesting and important. We discuss several examples of such tilings and indicate some of the unsolved problems related to them.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 255: Symposium Z – Hierarchically Structured Materials , 1991 , 313
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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