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Penrose Tilings
written by David Austin
This web page contains two applets that allow the user to create Penrose tilings with rhomboids. The first applet requires the user to construct the tiling for themselves while the second applet includes hints to help construct a tiling.
http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/penrose/
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Modern Physics
- Condensed Matter
= Crystal Structure
Other Sciences
- Mathematics
- High School
- Upper Undergraduate
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
= Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- application/java
- text/html
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© 2007 David Austin
Keywords:
Symmetry, penrose tiles, quasicrystals, tessellation, tiling
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created July 10, 2009 by Raina Khatri
Record Updated:
June 15, 2011 by Bruce Mason
Last Update
when Cataloged:
June 5, 2007
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D. Austin, (2007), WWW Document, (http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/penrose/).
AJP/PRST-PER
D. Austin, Penrose Tilings (2007), <http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/penrose/>.
APA Format
Austin, D. (2007, June 5). Penrose Tilings. Retrieved June 9, 2026, from http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/penrose/
Chicago Format
Austin, David. Penrose Tilings. June 5, 2007. http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/penrose/ (accessed 9 June 2026).
MLA Format
Austin, David. Penrose Tilings. 2007. 5 June 2007. 9 June 2026 <http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/penrose/>.
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@misc{ Author = "David Austin", Title = {Penrose Tilings}, Volume = {2026}, Number = {9 June 2026}, Month = {June 5, 2007}, Year = {2007} }
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