On substitution tilings of the plane with n-fold rotational symmetry

Abstract

A method is described for constructing, with computer assistance, planar substitution tilings that have n-fold rotational symmetry. This method uses as prototiles the set of rhombs with angles that are integer multiples of pi/n, and includes various special cases that have already been constructed by hand for low values of n. An example constructed by this method for n = 11 is exhibited; this is the first substitution tiling with 11-fold symmetry appearing in the literature.

arXiv comment17 pages, 10 figures