Aperiodic tilings of the hyperbolic plane by convex polygons (Q1275697)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1239670
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Aperiodic tilings of the hyperbolic plane by convex polygons
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1239670

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    Aperiodic tilings of the hyperbolic plane by convex polygons (English)
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    9 March 1999
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    It is proved that for every \(n\geq 3\) there exists an aperiodic tiling system whose set of tiles consists of a single convex hyperbolic \(n\)-gon. Also another criterion is presented for showing that a given tiling system cannot tessellate a compact quotient of \(H^2\).
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    hyperbolic plane
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    convex polygon
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    aperiodic tiling
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