Tilings and patterns

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Author(s): Branko Grünbaum, G. C. Shephard
Publisher: Freeman and Co.
Year: 1987

Language: English
Commentary: 1 in 1
Pages: 711

Title page......Page 1
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 12
1 Basic Notions......Page 26
2 Tilings by Regular Polygons and Star Polygons......Page 68
3 Well-Behaved Tilings......Page 124
4 The Topology of Tilings......Page 176
5 Patterns......Page 214
6 Classifications of Tilings with Transitivity Properties......Page 278
7 Classification with Respect to Symmetries......Page 346
8 Colored Patterns and Tilings......Page 412
9 Tilings by Polygons......Page 482
10 Aperiodic Tilings......Page 530
11 Wang Tiles......Page 594
12 Tilings with Unusual Kinds of Tiles......Page 620
References......Page 664
Index......Page 706