Quasiperiodic tiling via inflation and deflation rules
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Golden ratio φ:1.61803…
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About
Penrose P3 tiling from Robinson triangles. Deflation splits each triangle into smaller ones by the golden ratio φ=(1+√5)/2. The ratio of thick to thin rhombi converges to φ. No translational periodicity, but 5-fold rotational symmetry. Discovered 1974.