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Moran, J.F., Williams, K. (2005). From Tiling the Plane to Paving Town Square. In: Emmer, M. (eds) Mathematics and Culture II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26443-4_2
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