prototile

prototile
Any of the minimal set of non-congruent shapes from which a larger set of shapes, some of which may be congruent, can be produced.

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  • Penrose tiling — A Penrose tiling is a nonperiodic tiling generated by an aperiodic set of prototiles named after Roger Penrose, who investigated these sets in the 1970s.Because all tilings obtained with the Penrose tiles are non periodic, Penrose tilings are… …   Wikipedia

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  • Pinwheel tiling — The pinwheel tiling is an aperiodic tiling proposed by John Conway and Charles Radin.It is constructed with a right triangle which appears in infinitely many orientations. This is its most remarkable feature, which was expressly sought by Radin.… …   Wikipedia

  • Ammann–Beenker tiling — In geometry, an Ammann–Beenker tiling is a nonperiodic tiling generated by an aperiodic set of prototiles named after Robert Ammann, who first discovered the tilings in the 1970s, and after F. P. M. Beenker who discovered them independently and… …   Wikipedia

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