• DocumentCode
    1378463
  • Title

    Aperiodic tiling [computer graphics]

  • Author

    Glassner, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    83
  • Lastpage
    90
  • Abstract
    One of the most interesting ways of assembling small units is along one of the lattices that make up crystals. In this column I live entirely in a 2D world, so the crystals are nothing but collections of polygons in the plane. It is well known that there are only three regular polygons that can tile the plane. Here the verb tile means to cover the infinite plane with a set of polygons so that no gaps or overlaps exist among the polygons. Each polygon is called a tile and the composite pattern is called a tiling
  • Keywords
    computer graphics; 2D graphics; aperiodic tiling; composite pattern; computer graphics; infinite plane; polygons; two dimensional graphics; Assembly; Graphics; Pattern matching; Periodic structures; Rubber; Spirals; Tiles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/38.674976
  • Filename
    674976
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1378463