TILINGS A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z                    HOME ABOUT CATEGORIES SITE MAP COPYRIGHT ADVERTISE CONTACT entire Web this site aperiodic tiling A tiling made from the same basic elements or tiles that can cover an arbitrarily large surface without ever exactly repeating itself. For a long time it was thought that whenever tiles could be used to make an aperiodic tiling, those same tiles could also be fitted together in a different way to make a periodic tiling. Then, in the 1960s, mathematicians began finding sets of tiles that were uniquely aperiodic. The most famous of these are the Penrose tilings. Related category    • TILINGS Also on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History BACK TO TOP