Geometrical models for a class of reducible Pisot substitutions (Q1991406)

The authors set up a geometrical theory for the study of the dynamics of reducible Pisot substitutions, based on certain Rauzy fractals generated by duals of higher dimensional extensions of substitutions. They obtain representations of stepped surfaces and related polygonal tilings, as well as self-replicating and periodic tilings made of Rauzy fractals; and apply their theory to one-parameter family of substitutions. For this latter family, they analyze and interpret in a new combinatorial way the codings of a domain exchange defined on the associated fractal domains and deduce that the associated symbolic dynamical systems associated behave dynamically as first returns of toral translations.