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Re:A predicted quasicrystal is based on the 'Einstein' tile ... by nhatcher on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @07:27PM (#39211447)
I find it fascinating. It is inspiring and humbling. Not only he found the hat, he found also a different shape "the turtle". Basically out of thin air and then how they combine those two to find a real monotile. I am writing a bit about this:

https://www.nhatcher.com/post/on-hats-and-sats/

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Re:A predicted quasicrystal is based on the 'Einstein' tile ... by OscarCunningham on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:25AM (#39212961)
If they found the material properties of that tile, they would be doing 'spectroscopy'.
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