You have to keep in mind that with the kites and darts tiles, if you want an aperiodical tiling, you are not allowed to form a rhombus with two tiles like you did on the figure above.
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prof.pantaloni · March 11, 2013 at 3:50 am
You have to keep in mind that with the kites and darts tiles, if you want an aperiodical tiling, you are not allowed to form a rhombus with two tiles like you did on the figure above.