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Area formula for growth forms of Tile(1,b) tilings

Prove that, for the aperiodic tilings generated by Tile(1,b), the area of the regular hexagonal growth form equals 2√3 times the area of the prototile Tile(1,b).

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Background

Based on computational experiments and structural connections to the hexagonal lattice, the authors propose a specific quantitative relation between the prototile area and the growth form area for the Tile(1,b) family.

Establishing this formula would provide a concrete geometric invariant linking substitution rules to macroscopic growth-form geometry.

References

Conjecture The growth forms resulting from $Tile(1, b)$ are as follows: \begin{align*} area_{growth form}= 2\sqrt{3}:area_{Tile(1, b)} \end{align*}

Growth Forms of Tilings (2508.19928 - Hilgers et al., 27 Aug 2025) in Section 5 (Hat and related tilings)