aperiodic
Adjective
Meaning
not recurring at regular intervals
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Assuming that the matrix W is a primitive matrix ( irreducible and aperiodic ), then after very many generations only the eigenvector with the largest eigenvalue will prevail, and it is this quasispecies that will eventually dominate.
In order that the quasicrystal itself be aperiodic, this slice must avoid any lattice plane of the higher-dimensional lattice.
An irrational number stays aperiodic (with an infinite number of non-repeating digits) in all integral bases.
Around the same time Robert Ammann created a set of aperiodic tiles that produced eightfold symmetry.
As further aperiodic sets of tiles were discovered, sets with fewer and fewer shapes were found.
DNA was later discovered, and, although not crystalline, it possesses properties predicted by Schrödinger—it is a regular but aperiodic molecule.