New spectral sequences derived from shellable tilings.
problem Discrete Morse theory and shellable complexes.
method Introduced tilings and quivers to support spectral sequences.
result Spectral sequences converge to relative (co)homology.
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New method constructs tilings of the plane using directed edges and alignments.
problem Modeling tilings of the Euclidean or hyperbolic plane as presheaves over categories.
method Introducing finite categories for polygons with labeled directed edges, constructing reflective alignments.
result Characterizing alignments of tilings by comparing edge directions and generating families with elegant symmetry.
In this paper, we develop the mathematical tools needed to explore isotopy classes of tilings on hyperbolic surfaces of finite genus, possibly nonorientable, with boundary, and punctured. More specifically, we generalize results on Delaney-Dress combinatorial tiling theory using an extension of mapping class groups to …
This note characterizes monohedral tilings of regular polygons with up to three tiles.
problem Characterizing monohedral tilings of regular polygons with up to three tiles.
method Connecting the results for squares and circles to generalize for any regular -gon.
result Characterization of monohedral tilings of any regular -gon with up to three tiles.
Many examples of nonpositively curved closed manifolds arise as blow-ups of projective hyperplane arrangements. If the hyperplane arrangement is associated to a finite reflection group W, and the blow-up locus is W-invariant, then the resulting manifold M will admit a cell decomposition whose maximal cells are all comb…
We describe a method to classify crystallographic tilings of the Euclidean and hyperbolic planes by tiles whose stabiliser group contains translation isometries or whose topology is not that of a closed disk. We tackle this problem from two different viewpoints, one with constructive techniques to enumerate such tiling…
Enumerating Isotopy Classes of Tilings guided by the symmetry of Triply-Periodic Minimal Surfacesmath.GT
We present a technique for the enumeration of all isotopically distinct ways of tiling a hyperbolic surface of finite genus, possibly nonorientable and with punctures and boundary. This provides a generalization of the enumeration of Delaney-Dress combinatorial tiling theory on the basis of isotopic tiling theory. To a…
The study of geometric group theory has suggested several theorems related to subdivision tilings that have a natural hyperbolic structure. However, few examples exist. We construct subdivision tilings for the complement of every nonsingular, prime alternating link. These tilings define a combinatorial space at infinit…
Algorithm finds mosaic numbers for knots with 10 or fewer crossings.
problem Efficiency in representing knots as mosaics.
method Algorithmic programming approach to find mosaic and tile numbers.
result Table of knot mosaics and mosaic number for prime knots with 10 or fewer crossings.
The study proves that in normal tilings, at least two vertices are required per cell.
problem Understanding the minimum number of vertices required in normal tilings.
method The research examines both periodic and monohedral tilings in 2D, proving the minimum number of non-smooth vertices required.
result The study confirms that for normal tilings, at least two vertices are necessary per cell.
New method extracts hidden phases in binary mixtures using tubular tilings.
problem Hidden phases in binary mixtures are difficult to observe.
method Introduce tubular tilings for discretizing binary mixtures on smooth manifolds.
result Recover topological information about hidden phases from observable phases and interfaces.
An iterated function system consisting of contractive similarity mappings has a unique attractor which is invariant under the action of the system, as was shown by Hutchinson [Hut]. This paper shows how the action of the function system naturally produces a tiling of the con…
A space of cyclohedramath.QA
The real points of the Deligne-Knudsen-Mumford moduli space of marked points on the sphere has a natural tiling by associahedra. We extend this idea to create a moduli space tiled by cyclohedra. We explore the structure of this space, coming from blow-ups of hyperplane arrangements, as well as discuss possibilities of …
In this thesis, we consider domino tilings of three-dimensional regions, especially those of the form . In particular, we investigate the connected components of the space of tilings of such regions by flips, the local move performed by removing two adjacent dominoes and placing them back in t…
Morse shellings on productsmath.AG
Product of shellable complexes yields shellable triangulations under tameness conditions.
problem Understanding shellability in products of simplicial complexes.
method Definition and proof of shellability properties for products of complexes under tameness conditions.
result Product of shellable complexes yields shellable triangulations under certain conditions.
The study of tiling homology on flat surfaces, proving impossibility of certain tilings.
problem Proving the non-existence of polyomino tilings on specific square-tiled surfaces.
method Study of homology groups for topological tilings, using coloring proofs.
result Several results about the non-existence of polyomino tilings on certain square-tiled surfaces.
New tiles allow efficient knot mosaics for small knots.
problem Efficient representation of small knots on a grid.
method Introducing corner connection tiles for knot mosaics.
result Efficient knot mosaics for knots with crossing number 8 or less.
Rep-Tilesmath.GT
Rep-tiles fill cubes in any dimension.
problem Finding compact submanifolds that can tile cubes.
method Classifying and constructing rep-tiles for any finite CW complex.
result Every smooth compact submanifold with connected boundary is topologically isotopic to a rep-tile.
Consider a finite connected graph possibly with multiple edges and loops. In discrete geometric analysis, Kotani and Sunada constructed the crystal associated to the graph as a standard realization of the maximal abelian covering of the graph. As an application of what the author showed in an earlier paper with Seshadr…
Study tiling spaces over irrational tori using diffeological classification.
problem Understanding the structure of tiling spaces over irrational tori.
method Diffeological classification of irrational tori and analysis of fiber bundle structures.
result Inherited diffeological equivalence of one-dimensional tiling spaces over irrational tori.
Shellable tilings on simplicial complexes help understand their structure.
problem Understanding the structure of simplicial complexes through tilings.
method Proving the existence of shellable h-tilings on finite simplicial complexes after stellar subdivisions.
result The h-vector of a tiling is determined by the critical vector, with palindromic properties for closed triangulated manifolds.
In this article we study Ammann tilings from the perspective of symplectic geometry. Ammann tilings are nonperiodic tilings that are related to quasicrystals with icosahedral symmetry. We associate to each Ammann tiling two explicitly constructed highly singular symplectic spaces and we show that they are diffeomorphic…
The study classifies tilings of the sphere by congruent quadrilaterals.
problem Classifying edge-to-edge tilings of the sphere by congruent quadrilaterals.
method Classification of tilings into three classes based on geometric data and parameters.
result Three classes of tilings are identified: 2-layer earth map tilings, quadrilateral subdivisions of the octahedron, and 3-layer earth map tilings.
New tile types for knots and links reduce complexity.
problem Determining the minimum number of tiles needed for knot representations.
method Introduced new tile types and analyzed their impact on knot complexity.
result Corner tile number lies between tile number and 3 times tile number.
Study on tilings of the plane with two types of tiles of varying areas.
problem Classifying tilings with minimal interface length.
method Analysis of isoperimetric configurations for different lattice types and tile areas.
result Three distinct tilings configurations found based on tile area ratio.
The main goal of this paper is to define a 1-1 correspondence between between substitution tilings constructed by inflation and the arithmetic of positional representation in the underlying real vector space. It introduces a generalization of inflationary tessellations to equivalence classes of tiles. Two tiles belong …
Square-tiled torimath.GT
We study square-tiled tori, that is, tori obtained from a finite collection of unit squares by parallel side identifications. Square-tiled tori can be parametrized in a natural way that allows to count the number of square-tiled tori tiled by a given number of square tiles. There is a natural $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbf{Z})…
We determine the topology of the moduli space of periodic tilings of the plane by parallelograms. To each such tiling, we associate combinatorial data via the zone curves of the tiling. We show that all tilings with the same combinatorial data form an open subset in a suitable Euclidean space that is homotopy equivalen…
Soft cells fill space without gaps, derived from minimal surfaces and deformed using edge bending.
problem Creating space-filling shapes without sharp corners.
method Edge bending algorithm to deform polyhedral tilings into soft tilings.
result Soft tilings derived from minimal surfaces can be continuously transformed into one another.
Soft tilingsmath.MG
Softens tilings in 3D space, proving conjectures about polyhedral tilings.
problem Proving that all locally polyhedral tilings in 3D space can be softened.
method Developed a new edge-bending algorithm to prove the statement.
result Proved conjectures about polyhedral tilings in 3D space and the plane.
Paper proves corner connection tiles can represent knots with fewer tiles.
problem Finding the minimum number of tiles for knot representation.
method Developed corner connection tiles and proved their efficiency.
result Corner connection tiles can represent knots with fewer tiles than traditional tiles.
Three-dimensional Rep-tilesmath.GT
This paper classifies all 3D rep-tiles up to homeomorphism.
problem Identifying compact 3D shapes that can be tiled into smaller copies of themselves.
method Examined all 3D rep-tiles up to homeomorphism, showing equivalence to the exterior of a connected graph in .
result A 3-manifold is a 3D rep-tile if and only if it is the exterior of a connected graph in .
In this note we prove that any monohedral tiling of the closed circular unit disc with topological discs as tiles has a -fold rotational symmetry. This result yields the first nontrivial estimate about the minimum number of tiles in a monohedral tiling of the circular disc in which not all tiles contain t…
In this paper, we consider domino tilings of regions of the form , where is a simply connected planar region and . It turns out that, in nontrivial examples, the set of such tilings is not connected by flips, i.e., the local move performed by removing two adjace…
4-ball can be tiled with knotted surfaces.
problem Tiling the 4-ball with knotted surfaces.
method Using congruent knotted surfaces isotopic to the original surface.
result Tiling of the 4-ball with knotted surfaces.
Study of -cylinder surfaces to calculate Masur-Veech volumes.
problem Calculating Masur-Veech volumes for hyperbolic surfaces.
method Combinatorial approach using metric ribbon graphs and plane trees.
result Found generating function for -cylinder contributions.
The study explores maps of 2- and 3-uniform tilings on the torus.
problem Understanding the number of vertex orbits in quotient maps of 2- and 3-uniform tilings.
method Analyzing the quotient maps of 2- and 3-uniform tilings on the torus.
result Bounds on the number of vertex orbits in quotient maps of 2- and 3-uniform tilings.
Study higher rank inner products and their tilings to describe tori degenerations.
problem Understanding metric degenerations of tori.
method Introduce higher rank inner products and their tilings, use to describe degenerations.
result Describe metric degenerations of polarized tori and Hausdorff limits of tilings.
In this paper we describe the pentagonal tiling of the plane defined in the article "A regular pentagonal tiling of the plane" by P. L. Bowers and K. Stephenson as a conformal substitution tiling and summarize many of its properties given in the mentioned article. We show furthermore why such tiling is not FLC with res…
We develop a recursive formula for counting the number of rectangulations of a square, i.e the number of combinatorially distinct tilings of a square by rectangles. Our formula specializes to give a formula counting generic rectangulations, as analyzed by Reading in [5]. Our computations agree with [5] as far as was ca…
We introduce a notion of Morse shellings (and tilings) on finite simplicial complexes which extends the classical one and its relation to discrete Morse theory.Skeletons and barycentric subdivisions of Morse shellable (or tileable) simplicial complexes are Morse shellable (or tileable). Moreover, every triangulated clo…
The groups and -gon tilingsmath.GT
The paper explores different perspectives on rhombile tilings.
problem None explicitly stated, focuses on different viewpoints.
method Four ways of looking at rhombile tilings: cubes, groups, lines, and points.
result Different methods provide insights into rhombile tilings.
Shear moves connect square-tiled surfaces in quadratic differentials.
problem Connecting square-tiled surfaces via specific moves.
method Shear moves corresponding to diagonal flips preserving square-tiled properties.
result Connected components of reconfiguration problem are in bijection with moduli space of quadratic differentials.
Arithmeticity of the Kontsevich--Zorich monodromies of certain families of square-tiled surfacesmath.DS
The study finds arithmetic groups often in square-tiled surface monodromies.
problem Understanding arithmetic properties of square-tiled surfaces.
method Analyzing variations of Hodge structures and Kontsevich-Zorich monodromies.
result Arithmetic groups are frequent in low genus square-tiled surfaces.
This note connects tiling billiards dynamics to Novikov's problem via helicoidal construction.
problem Understanding dynamics of tiling billiards and topology of subsurface sections.
method Helicoidal construction by Ivan Dynnikov.
result Relationship between tiling billiards and Novikov's problem in higher genus.
Extremal length is a conformal invariant that transfers naturally to the discrete setting, giving square tilings as a natural combinatorial analog of conformal mappings. Recent work by S. Hersonsky has explored generalizing these ideas to three-dimensional cube tilings. The connections between discrete extremal length …
Tileable Surfacesmath.DG
Constructs surfaces that can be tiled by a finite set of rigid motion congruence classes of tiles.
problem Creating surfaces that can be tiled by a finite set of rigid motion congruence classes of tiles.
method Constructs examples with various topologies and describes all monotilings by finite edge prototiles.
result Describes all monotilings by finite edge prototiles with three or less edges.
A tiling of the sphere by triangles, squares, or hexagons is convex if every vertex has at most 6, 4, or 3 polygons adjacent to it, respectively. Assigning an appropriate weight to any tiling, our main result is explicit formulas for the weighted number of convex tilings with a given number of tiles. To prove these for…