The lonely vertex problem (Q1005902)

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    The lonely vertex problem
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5529356

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      The lonely vertex problem (English)
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      16 March 2009
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      Consider a locally finite tiling of \(\mathbb{R}^{n}\) by convex polytopes. The question reads: is there a point \(x\) which is a vertex of exactly one tiling? Such a point is called a lonely vertex. Here `vertex' means the vertex of a convex polytope in the usual geometric sense. The question is answered negative. Applications to aperiodic tilings (substitution tilings) are considered.
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      tilings
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      convex polytopes
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      lonely vertex
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      substitution tilings
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