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Aperiodic Puzzle I by Chaim Goodman-Strauss

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Any tiling of the plane with these two tiles must be aperiodic and the construction generalizes to any dimension Euclidean space. Here, a puzzle is presented: get the tiles into the outlined region. It's not that hard but may be fun!

How to make it: Drafted in Adobe Illustrator.

Image created: April 1995

[Aperiodic Puzzle I]

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