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A Tale of Two Tilings

arXiv:1012.4880 · doi:10.1038/454420a

Abstract

What do you get when you cross a crystal with a quasicrystal? The surprising answer stretches from Fibonacci to Kepler, who nearly 400 years ago showed how the ancient tiles of Archimedes form periodic patterns.

3 pages, 1 figure