Exceptional algebraic properties of the three quadratic irrationalities observed in quasicrystals

Citation
Z. Masakova et al., Exceptional algebraic properties of the three quadratic irrationalities observed in quasicrystals, CAN J PHYS, 79(2-3), 2001, pp. 687-696
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00084204 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
687 - 696
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4204(200110)79:2-3<687:EAPOTT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
There are only three irrationalities directly related to experimentally obs erved quasicrystals, namely, those which appear in extensions of rational n umbers by root5, root2, root3. In this article, we demonstrate that the alg ebraically defined aperiodic point sets with precisely these three irration al numbers play an exceptional role. The exceptional role stems from the po ssibility of equivalent characterization of these point sets using one bina ry operation.