DMTCS

Volume 7

n° 1 (2005), pp. 269-312

author:Shigeki Akiyama and Nertila Gjini
title:Connectedness of number theoretical tilings
keywords:Tile, Connectedness, Pisot number, number system
abstract:Let
T=T(A,D)
be a self-affine tile in
n
defined by an integral expanding matrix
A
and a digit set
D
. In connection with canonical number systems, we study connectedness of
T
when
D
corresponds to the set of consecutive integers
{0,1,..., |det(A)|-1}
. It is shown that in
3
and
4
, for any integral expanding matrix
A
,
T(A,D)
is connected. We also study the connectedness of Pisot dual tilings which play an important role in the study of
β
-expansion, substitution and symbolic dynamical system. It is shown that each tile generated by a Pisot unit of degree
3
is arcwise connected. This is naturally expected since the digit set consists of consecutive integers as above. However surprisingly, we found families of disconnected Pisot dual tiles of degree
4
. Also we give a simple necessary and sufficient condition for the connectedness of the Pisot dual tiles of degree
4
. As a byproduct, a complete classification of the
β
-expansion of
1
for quartic Pisot units is given.
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reference: Shigeki Akiyama and Nertila Gjini (2005), Connectedness of number theoretical tilings, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science 7, pp. 269-312
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