Penrose Tiling

The Penrose Tiling is one of the most famous substitution tilings. The following transform describes the tiling of Penrose rhombuses.

The following shows the thin diamonds TD0 to TD6.

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The following shows the fat diamonds FD0 to FD6.

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The fat diamonds can be combined into a 5 pointed star in two different ways. Both ways show up in each others' design.

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