Fractal tilings based on successive adjacent substitution rule (Q1654313)

Summary: A fractal tiling or \(f\)-tiling is a tiling which possesses self-similarity and the boundary of which is a fractal. \(f\)-tilings have complicated structures and strong visual appeal. However, so far, the discovered \(f\)-tilings are very limited since constructing such \(f\)-tilings needs special talent. Based on the idea of hierarchically subdividing adjacent tiles, this paper presents a general method to generate \(f\)-tilings. Penrose tilings are utilized as illustrators to show how to achieve it in detail. This method can be extended to treat a large number of tilings that can be constructed by substitution rule (such as chair and sphinx tilings and Amman tilings). Thus, the proposed method can be used to create a great many of \(f\)-tilings.