Polyhedral Modularity in a Special Class of Decagram Based Interlocking Star Polygons
Reza Sarhangi

Proceedings of Bridges 2012: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 165–174
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Abstract

The main effort in this article is to study a series of Persian mosaic designs that have been illustrated in scrolls or which decorate the surfaces of old structures. The common element in these designs is a special ten pointed star polygon. This special concave polygon, called a decagram for convenience, is the dominant geometric shape of a series of polyhedral tessellations that all consist of the same common motifs.

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01 February 2016

The shape referred to in the paper as a "shesh band" is more properly called a "tabl", and the shape called "table" should be "shamseh". The new PDF corrects the wording.