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The unique feature of the new tile isn't that it will tile aperiodically. It's that it will only tile aperiodically. If you just want an aperiodic tiling, you c
by scythe 4y ago
The unique feature of the new tile isn't that it will tile aperiodically. It's that it will only tile aperiodically. If you just want an aperiodic tiling, you can achieve it with 2x1 rectangles. There's a big list of such patterns here:
https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/ https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/
examples:
https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/substitution/domino-variant-9-tiles/ https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/substitution/domino-va...
https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/substitution/tetris/ https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/substitution/tetris/
- remram 4y agoThanks for posting this. It should be higher. I can't believe NewScientist left that out of their headline.
- Asooka 4y ago>Bielefeld university I'm not clicking that, I don't trust I'll be able to come back.
- teach 4y agoFor the downvoters, I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be a veiled reference to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy
- kzrdude 4y agoI've heard of this injoke a lot, but it doesn't seem to have any real core of fun to it, it's just interesting because it's an injoke?
- mandmandam 4y ago[dead]
- janfoeh 4y agoIt is the earliest German bit of net culture to take an offramp from the information superhighway into regular culture - at least the earliest I know of. Maybe that gives it its staying power, humorous value aside.
- account42 4y agoForcing aperiodicity makes the installation idiot-proof though.