Abstract
We define a set of generalized symmetries for quasicrystals and find that this leads naturally to the operators which generate scale transformations ("inflations"). Our methods are applied to 2D fivefold-symmetric patterns, but generalize to other point groups and dimensions.
- Received 2 December 1985
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2068
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