Substitution Delone sets

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Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of describing aperiodic discrete structures that have a self-similar or self-affine structure. Substitution Delone set families are families of Delone sets (X_1, ..., X_n) in R^d that satisfy an inflation functional equation under the action of an expanding integer matrix in R^d. This paper studies such functional equation in which each X_i is a discrete multiset (a set whose elements are counted with a finite multiplicity). It gives necessary conditions on the coefficients of the functional equation for discrete solutions to exist. It treats the case where the equation has Delone set solutions. Finally, it gives a large set of examples showing limits to the results obtained.


This fundamental article presents a theory about substitution Delone set families, i.e. families of Delone sets \((X_1, \dots, X_n)\) which satisfy an inflation functional equation. The authors study solutions to the inflation functional equation that are discrete and including solutions that do not correspond to tilings. They develop a structure theory, and these results are proved for general inflation functional equations, without primitivity restriction. They also study multiset solutions which correspond more closely to tilings.











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