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50 years of Penrose tilings

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  • Penrose, R. The role of aesthetics in pure and applied mathematical research. Bull. Inst. Math. Appl. 10, 266–271 (1974)

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Georgescu, I. 50 years of Penrose tilings. Nat Rev Phys 6, 408 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-024-00736-x

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