Hat subdivision process


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Deflation process for clusters H7 and H8

Any tiling with the hat monotile can be subdivided (in a unique way) using the two clusters shown below (click on the images to display six steps of the deflation process).


Subdivision process

The following animation shows five levels of the subdivision process.
Reference: An aperiodic monotile by D. Smith, J.S. Myers, C.S. Kaplan, C. Goodman-Strauss, figure 2.11 page 18.
[Images and animation obtained by M. Paolini using the PovRay raytracing software]