A chiral aperiodic monotile

The recently discovered "hat" aperiodic monotile mixes unreflected and reflected tiles in every tiling it admits, leaving open the question of whether a single shape can tile aperiodically using translations and rotations alone. We show that a close relative of the hat--the equilateral member of the continuum to which it belongs--is a weakly chiral aperiodic monotile: it admits only non-periodic tilings if we forbid reflections by fiat. Furthermore, by modifying this polygon's edges we obtain a family of shapes called Spectres that are strictly chiral aperiodic monotiles: they admit only homochiral non-periodic tilings based on a hierarchical substitution system.Mathematics Subject Classifications: 05B45, 52C20, 05B50Keywords: Tilings, aperiodic order, polyforms

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Journal
Combinatorial Theory
Published
2024-09-27
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https://doi.org/10.5070/c64264241
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36
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Quasicrystal Structures and Properties
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A chiral aperiodic monotile

David J. Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Craig S. Kaplan
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Quasicrystal Structures and Properties
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A chiral aperiodic monotile

David J. Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Craig S. Kaplan
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36 citations

Abstract

The recently discovered "hat" aperiodic monotile mixes unreflected and reflected tiles in every tiling it admits, leaving open the question of whether a single shape can tile aperiodically using translations and rotations alone. We show that a close relative of the hat--the equilateral member of the continuum to which it belongs--is a weakly chiral aperiodic monotile: it admits only non-periodic tilings if we forbid reflections by fiat. Furthermore, by modifying this polygon's edges we obtain a family of shapes called Spectres that are strictly chiral aperiodic monotiles: they admit only homochiral non-periodic tilings based on a hierarchical substitution system.Mathematics Subject Classifications: 05B45, 52C20, 05B50Keywords: Tilings, aperiodic order, polyforms

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