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Girih-tile subdivision found in the decagonal girih pattern on a spandrel from the Darb-i Imam shrine, Isfahan, Iran (1453 C.E.). A subdivision rule to construct perfect quasi-crystalline tilings has been identified <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/315/5815/1106.full">[1]</a> The thick black lines demarcating girih tiles of decagon and bowtie shapes are subdivided into a smaller pattern, which can also be perfectly generated by a tessellation of girih tiles.
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| current | 16:58, 5 January 2017 | | 646 × 431 (80 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Girih-tile subdivision found in the decagonal girih pattern on a spandrel from the Darb-i Imam shrine, Isfahan, Iran (1453 C.E.). A subdivision rule to construct perfect quasi-crystalline tilings has been identified <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/315/5815/1106.full">[1]</a> The thick black lines demarcating girih tiles of decagon and bowtie shapes are subdivided into a smaller pattern, which can also be perfectly generated by a tessellation of girih tiles. |
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