Conway and aperiodic tilings

DOI10.1007/S00283-020-10038-6MaRDI QIDQ2153971zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Charles Radin

Publication date 13 July 2022

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.09085

zbMATH Keywords

aperiodic tilingsJohn Conway

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of convex and discrete geometry (52-03) Quasicrystals and aperiodic tilings in discrete geometry (52C23)

Abstract: This is a brief introduction to the geometric aspects of aperiodic tiling and the collaboration of John Conway and the author in the decade 1990-2000.

Review text

This is a paper from the special issue of Math. Intell. dedicated to John Conway, who passed away in 2020 from covid. The author worked with Conway for around ten years. This article is an entertaining, quick, and deep dive into aperiodic tilings. The author does a fine job at telling us about Conway's very original eccentric, creative, sometimes startling approach to the subject as well as giving us a glimpse into the ancient (1961!) history of the study of aperiodic tilings in general. Highly recommended.

Recommendations

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• New members for the class of Penrose nonperiodic tilings of the plane
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