Abstract
Our study showed that both Gunbad-i Kabud and Darb-i Imam tessellations belong to a sequence of Islamic tilings that resolve into a common set of girih tiles, so local similarities are expected. However, historically accurate reconstructions show that Darb-i Imam is unique, the only known example that does not repeat periodically and that displays a self-similar transformation enabling its continuation ad infinitum to a perfect quasi-crystalline pattern.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1383b |
Journal | Science |
Volume | 318 |
Issue number | 5855 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 30 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General