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From: Jim Holsenback
Date: 4 Dec 2011 09:59:53
Message: <4edb8ae9$1@news.povray.org>
On 12/03/2011 11:00 PM, clipka wrote:
> ... non-periodically tiled plane.
>
> Did you know that an infinite plane can be tiled in a way that it does
> not repeat in any direction, despite following clear-cut rules?
>
> One such tiling is the Penrose "P3" tiling shown in the attached image.
>
> Fun fact: There are actually at least two different P3 tilings, but no
> mortal could ever tell them apart - because any finite sub-section of
> one can be found in the other as well.

Nice addition to the tiling patterns ... it'll make an excellent change 
up to the ground plane I'd been using in my last couple of scenes. Danke!


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