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Decagonal Tilings in Medieval Islamic Decagonal Tilings in Medieval Islamic ArchitectureArchitecture
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► IntroductionIntroduction
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► IntroductionIntroduction Plane TilingsPlane Tilings Regular TilingsRegular Tilings Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
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► IntroductionIntroduction Plane TilingsPlane Tilings Regular TilingsRegular Tilings Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
►Aperiodic TilingsAperiodic Tilings
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► IntroductionIntroduction Plane TilingsPlane Tilings Regular TilingsRegular Tilings Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
►Aperiodic TilingsAperiodic Tilings Penrose TilingsPenrose Tilings Girih TilingsGirih Tilings
Plane TilingsPlane Tilings
Plane TilingsPlane Tilings
►Collection of plane Collection of plane figuresfigures
Plane TilingsPlane Tilings
►Collection of plane Collection of plane figuresfigures
►Covers plane entirelyCovers plane entirely
Plane TilingsPlane Tilings
►Collection of plane Collection of plane figuresfigures
►Covers plane entirelyCovers plane entirely►No gaps or overlapNo gaps or overlap
Plane TilingsPlane Tilings
►Collection of plane Collection of plane figuresfigures
►Covers plane entirelyCovers plane entirely►No gaps or overlapNo gaps or overlap
Regular TilingsRegular Tilings
Regular TilingsRegular Tilings
►Plane tiling of congruent Plane tiling of congruent regular polygonsregular polygons
Regular TilingsRegular Tilings
►Plane tiling of congruent Plane tiling of congruent regular polygonsregular polygons
►Only three existOnly three exist
Regular TilingsRegular Tilings
►Plane tiling of congruent Plane tiling of congruent regular polygonsregular polygons
►Only three existOnly three exist
Regular TilingsRegular Tilings
►Plane tiling of congruent Plane tiling of congruent regular polygonsregular polygons
►Only three existOnly three exist
Regular TilingsRegular Tilings
►Plane tiling of congruent Plane tiling of congruent regular polygonsregular polygons
►Only three existOnly three exist
Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
►Tiling of the plane with translational Tiling of the plane with translational symmetrysymmetry
Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
►Tiling of the plane with translational Tiling of the plane with translational symmetrysymmetry
►Only 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold and 6-fold rotational Only 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold and 6-fold rotational symmetry is allowedsymmetry is allowed
Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
►Tiling of the plane with translational Tiling of the plane with translational symmetrysymmetry
►Only 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold and 6-fold rotational Only 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold and 6-fold rotational symmetry is allowedsymmetry is allowed
Periodic TilingsPeriodic Tilings
►Tiling of the plane with translational Tiling of the plane with translational symmetrysymmetry
►Only 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold and 6-fold rotational Only 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold and 6-fold rotational symmetry is allowedsymmetry is allowed
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Penrose tiling was developed by Roger Penrose tiling was developed by Roger Penrose in 1973Penrose in 1973
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Penrose tiling was developed by Roger Penrose tiling was developed by Roger Penrose in 1973Penrose in 1973
►Has no translational symmetry and is Has no translational symmetry and is therefore aperiodictherefore aperiodic
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Penrose tiling was developed by Roger Penrose tiling was developed by Roger Penrose in 1973Penrose in 1973
►Has no translational symmetry and is Has no translational symmetry and is therefore aperiodictherefore aperiodic
► Is quasi-periodic (in physics this property is Is quasi-periodic (in physics this property is called quasi-crystalline)called quasi-crystalline)
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Made up of two rhombiMade up of two rhombi
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Made up of two rhombiMade up of two rhombi {72, 108, 72, 108} degrees{72, 108, 72, 108} degrees
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Made up of two rhombiMade up of two rhombi {72, 108, 72, 108} degrees{72, 108, 72, 108} degrees {36, 144, 36, 144} degrees{36, 144, 36, 144} degrees
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Made up of two rhombiMade up of two rhombi {72, 108, 72, 108} degrees{72, 108, 72, 108} degrees {36, 144, 36, 144} degrees{36, 144, 36, 144} degrees
►Only one rule: no two adjacent tiles can form Only one rule: no two adjacent tiles can form a parallelograma parallelogram
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
►Made up of two rhombiMade up of two rhombi {72, 108, 72, 108} degrees{72, 108, 72, 108} degrees {36, 144, 36, 144} degrees{36, 144, 36, 144} degrees
►Only one rule: no two adjacent tiles can form Only one rule: no two adjacent tiles can form a parallelograma parallelogram
►Ratio between number of each tiles is Ratio between number of each tiles is golden ratiogolden ratio
Penrose TilingPenrose Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
►Very complex patterns that appear Very complex patterns that appear throughout Islamic art and architecturethroughout Islamic art and architecture
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
►Very complex patterns that appear Very complex patterns that appear throughout Islamic art and architecturethroughout Islamic art and architecture
►Locally display 10-fold rotational symmetry, Locally display 10-fold rotational symmetry, and therefore cannot be periodicand therefore cannot be periodic
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
►Very complex patterns that appear Very complex patterns that appear throughout Islamic art and architecturethroughout Islamic art and architecture
►Locally display 10-fold rotational symmetry, Locally display 10-fold rotational symmetry, and therefore cannot be periodicand therefore cannot be periodic
► Initially thought to have been created using Initially thought to have been created using compass and straight edge methodcompass and straight edge method
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
►Peter J. Lu at Harvard and Paul J. Steinhardt Peter J. Lu at Harvard and Paul J. Steinhardt at Princeton found that Girih Tilings exhibit at Princeton found that Girih Tilings exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry like that of Penrose Tilingslike that of Penrose Tilings
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
►Peter J. Lu at Harvard and Paul J. Steinhardt Peter J. Lu at Harvard and Paul J. Steinhardt at Princeton found that Girih Tilings exhibit at Princeton found that Girih Tilings exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry like that of Penrose Tilingslike that of Penrose Tilings
►Girih Tilings used five different tilesGirih Tilings used five different tiles
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
►Peter J. Lu at Harvard and Paul J. Steinhardt Peter J. Lu at Harvard and Paul J. Steinhardt at Princeton found that Girih Tilings exhibit at Princeton found that Girih Tilings exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry like that of Penrose Tilingslike that of Penrose Tilings
►Girih Tilings used five different tilesGirih Tilings used five different tiles►Can be mapped to Penrose TilingsCan be mapped to Penrose Tilings
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
Girih TilingGirih Tiling
ExamplesExamples
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/315/5815/1106/DC1chttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/315/5815/1106/DC1c
ReferencesReferences
1.1. Decagonal and Quasi-Crystalline Tilings in Medieval Decagonal and Quasi-Crystalline Tilings in Medieval Islamic Architecture. Islamic Architecture. Peter J. Lu, et al. Peter J. Lu, et al. ScienceScience 315315, 1106 , 1106 (2007).(2007).
2. 2. Category: Periodic Tiling Image.Category: Periodic Tiling Image. Wikipedia.org, Wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Periodic_tiling_imagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Periodic_tiling_image
3. 3. Penrose Tilings. Penrose Tilings. Science U, Science U, http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/articles/tiling/penrose.htmlhttp://www.scienceu.com/geometry/articles/tiling/penrose.html