Quaquaversal tilings and rotations

被引:27
作者
Conway, JH [1 ]
Radin, C
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Math, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Dept Math, Austin, TX 78712 USA
关键词
Euclidean Space; Dimensional Euclidean Space; Orthogonal Axis; Triangular Prism; Repeated Rotation;
D O I
10.1007/s002220050221
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We construct a hierarchical tiling of 3 dimensional Euclidean space based on a triangular prism, using repeated rotations, about orthogonal axes, by angles 2 pi/m and 2 pi/n. To analyze the structure of the tiling we are led to determine the group G(m, n) generated by such a pair of rotations, for m = n = 3 and for m = 3, n = 4.
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页码:179 / 188
页数:10
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