Robust matching rules for real quasicrystals

Abstract

We consider the problem of extraction and validation of matching rules, directly from the phased diffraction data of a quasicrystal, and propose an algorithmic procedure to produce the rules of the shortest possible range. We have developed a geometric framework to express such rules together with a homological mechanism enforcing the long-range quasiperiodic order. This mechanism tolerates the presence of defects in a robust way.