The Aperiodic Table

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TLDR

  • XKCD 3242 inspired a developer to build aperiodictable.com: a periodic table laid out on a true Penrose P3 tiling, hosted on Cloudflare Pages.

Key Takeaways

  • XKCD 3242 titled “The Aperiodic Table” uses a visually interesting layout but is not mathematically aperiodic like a Penrose tiling.
  • The project renders the full periodic table on a Penrose P3 tiling with click-and-drag canvas positioning.
  • Built with Claude assistance; deployed as a single static page on Cloudflare Pages with a print function.

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