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A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Anybody got a link to a working example? I mean, this seems straightforward enough This is sorta my field. My goal is pretty pictures. Would this make pretty pictures? I dunno. ok, here's a link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DFi4FgzEeQ

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Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.

The CS building in Carleton College has them in the lobby:

http://www.tilexdesign.com/portfolio/detail.cfm/C/328/Carlet...

Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.

https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/images/floor3.jpg UC Davis Mathmetics Department Bathroom

That's not a Penrose tiling. The pieces are the wrong shape. See the description at the bottom of https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/floors.html

Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.

https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/images/floor3.jpg UC Davis Mathmetics Department Bathroom

Also not the math dept's bathroom, it's a faculty member's personal bathroom floor.

Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.

Would probably be easier to rent or buy a kiln and then make your own ceramic tiles. Cutting them after the fact is a frustrating experience.

You'd want a slab roller too so as to get consistent thickness, unless you want a hand-made look.

Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.

Not Penrose tilings, but my math professor's bathroom floors are pretty cool https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/floors.html

oh holy hell it is going to be hot in Davis tomorrow.

Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.

Not Penrose tilings, but my math professor's bathroom floors are pretty cool https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/floors.html

Don Knuth has a dragon curve in the entrance hall to his house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v678Em6qyzk

Re: A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings

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Once I seriously wanted to have Penrose Tiling tiles in my bathroom but after soon found out nobody manufactures such tiles and would have to produce them manually with a tile cutter.

I read that Penrose was planning to create a kid game with his tilings.
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