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Generalized $\beta$-expansions, substitution tilings, and local finiteness
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Abstract:

For a fairly general class of two-dimensional tiling substitutions, we prove that if the length expansion $\beta$ is a Pisot number, then the tilings defined by the substitution must be locally finite. We also give a simple example of a two-dimensional substitution on rectangular tiles, with a non-Pisot length expansion $\beta$, such that no tiling admitted by the substitution is locally finite. The proofs of both results are effectively one-dimensional and involve the idea of a certain type of generalized $\beta$-transformation.
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Additional Information
  • Natalie Priebe Frank
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Vassar College, Box 248, Poughkeepsie, New York 12604
  • Email: nafrank@vassar.edu
  • E. Arthur Robinson Jr.
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
  • Email: robinson@gwu.edu
  • Received by editor(s): June 6, 2005
  • Published electronically: October 23, 2007
  • © Copyright 2007 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 360 (2008), 1163-1177
  • MSC (2000): Primary 52C20; Secondary 37B50
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-07-04527-8
  • MathSciNet review: 2357692