2026 - T1 - WS3 - Integrating Research and Illustration in Number Theory

Collection 2026 - T1 - WS3 - Integrating Research and Illustration in Number Theory

Organizer(s) Caruso, Xavier ; Eischen, Ellen ; Hsu, Catherine ; Stange, Katherine E.
Date(s) 23/03/2026 - 27/03/2026
linked URL https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/16261/
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Aperiodic tilings and polygonal partitions of the torus

By Sébastien Labbé

De Bruijn proved in the early 1980's that Penrose aperiodic tilings can be constructed from a method based on multigrids. As observed by Moody and Lagarias in the 1990's, this method, now known as cut and project scheme, was originally formalized by Meyer in 1970's. A cut and project scheme includes a physical space (the space we want to tile) and an internal space (an additional helpful coordinate space).

Many known aperiodic tilings are 4-to-2 cut-and-project schemes, meaning that the dimension of both spaces is 2. These include Penrose tilings, the Ammann tilings, the Jeandel-Rao tilings and tilings by the hat monotile. The goal of this talk is to explain and understand aperiodic tilings coming from 4-to-2 cut and project schemes with illustrations, experimentations, discussions and using as many senses as possible (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste) but mostly the first three.

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  • DOI 10.57987/IHP.2026.T1.WS3.013
  • Cite this video Labbé, Sébastien (26/03/2026). Aperiodic tilings and polygonal partitions of the torus. IHP. Audiovisual resource. DOI: 10.57987/IHP.2026.T1.WS3.013
  • URL https://dx.doi.org/10.57987/IHP.2026.T1.WS3.013

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