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Truchet tiles with non-periodic tiling from finite group multiplication tables (Thue-Morse plane)?
Let $G$ be a finite group with $n = |G|$ elements. By Cayley's theorem for finite groups, we have an injective homomorphism of groups:
$$
\pi : G \rightarrow S_n, \quad g \mapsto \pi(g)
$$
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Is there mathematical significance to the LaGuardia floor tiles?
I noticed that the new terminal at LaGuardia Airport (in New York) has an intriguing design for the tiles on at least one of their floor areas. It bears a superficial resemblance to aperiodic tilings ...