Tiling pattern on Grünbaum/Shephard Book

This is the image on the cover of Grünbaum and Shephard's 700 page 1986 book entitled Tilings and Patterns. Similar tilings were discovered by Voderberg in 1936. In this example all tiles are identical in shape with 9 sides and the pointy angle 15 degrees.

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Alicia Lynn says:

Very interesting!
It would be perfect for the Spiral Group!

Congratulations, this is a wonderful picture!
Please post this image to the group and comment 2.

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jbuddenh says:

Thank you Alicia_Lynn, this image is now in the Spiral Group.
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Seb Przd says:

Interesting indeed!
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Tiling pattern on Grünbaum/Shephard Book

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