+ );
+}
+
+function clamp(x: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
+ return Math.min(Math.max(x, lo), hi);
+}
+
+function drawTiles(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ tiles: readonly Tile[],
+ w: number,
+ h: number,
+ offset: readonly [number, number],
+ zoom: number,
+ ink: string,
+ paper: string,
+) {
+ const cx = w / 2;
+ const cy = h / 2;
+ // Two passes: thin tiles (paper fill) first as background, thick on top.
+ const thick: Tile[] = [];
+ const thin: Tile[] = [];
+ for (const t of tiles) (t.type === "thick" ? thick : thin).push(t);
+
+ const drawSet = (set: Tile[], fill: string) => {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ for (const tile of set) {
+ const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
+ ctx.moveTo((v0[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v0[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx.lineTo((v1[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v1[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx.lineTo((v2[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v2[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx.lineTo((v3[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v3[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx.closePath();
+ }
+ ctx.fillStyle = fill;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ };
+
+ drawSet(thin, paper);
+ drawSet(thick, ink);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23cd9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+// De Bruijn pentagrid math for the Penrose explorer.
+//
+// Design constraint per research/penrose/01-coord-representation.md:
+// addressing is exact at any size. Coord is a BigInt 5-tuple. The
+// render hot path uses the viewport-anchor pattern from
+// research/penrose/04-viewport-anchor.md — a BigInt anchor exposes
+// precomputed nProj (exact integer projection) and fProj (Float64
+// fractional remainder), and per-frame enumeration runs Float64 with
+// γ_eff = fProj. Absolute coords are anchor.nProj + the Float64-derived
+// offset coord.
+
+const ZERO = BigInt(0);
+const ONE = BigInt(1);
+const TWO = BigInt(2);
+const FOUR = BigInt(4);
+const FIVE = BigInt(5);
+const TEN = BigInt(10);
+const TWO_POW_32 = BigInt(1) << BigInt(32);
+const HALF_SCALE_EXP = BigInt(50);
+const SCALE = TEN ** HALF_SCALE_EXP;
+const SCALE_F = Number(SCALE);
+const SCALE2 = SCALE * SCALE;
+
+function bigintSqrt(n: bigint): bigint {
+ if (n < ZERO) throw new Error("negative");
+ if (n < TWO) return n;
+ let x = n;
+ let y = (x + ONE) / TWO;
+ while (y < x) {
+ x = y;
+ y = (x + n / x) / TWO;
+ }
+ return x;
+}
+
+function bigintFloorDiv(n: bigint, d: bigint): bigint {
+ if (d === ZERO) throw new Error("div by zero");
+ if (d < ZERO) {
+ n = -n;
+ d = -d;
+ }
+ if (n >= ZERO) return n / d;
+ return n % d === ZERO ? n / d : n / d - ONE;
+}
+
+// Algebraic constants. cos(2π/5) = (√5 - 1)/4, sin(2π/5) = √(10+2√5)/4.
+const SQRT5 = bigintSqrt(FIVE * SCALE2);
+const SQRT_T_PLUS = bigintSqrt((TEN * SCALE + TWO * SQRT5) * SCALE);
+const SQRT_T_MINUS = bigintSqrt((TEN * SCALE - TWO * SQRT5) * SCALE);
+
+const COS_HI: readonly bigint[] = [
+ SCALE,
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT5 - SCALE, FOUR),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-(SQRT5 + SCALE), FOUR),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-(SQRT5 + SCALE), FOUR),
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT5 - SCALE, FOUR),
+];
+const SIN_HI: readonly bigint[] = [
+ ZERO,
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT_T_PLUS, FOUR),
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT_T_MINUS, FOUR),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-SQRT_T_MINUS, FOUR),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-SQRT_T_PLUS, FOUR),
+];
+
+export const COS_F: readonly number[] = COS_HI.map((c) => Number(c) / SCALE_F);
+export const SIN_F: readonly number[] = SIN_HI.map((s) => Number(s) / SCALE_F);
+
+export type Coord = readonly [bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint];
+export type Vec2 = readonly [number, number];
+export type Rect = { x0: number; y0: number; x1: number; y1: number };
+export type TileType = "thick" | "thin";
+
+export type Tile = {
+ coord: Coord;
+ type: TileType;
+ // Vertices in offset coords (relative to anchor). Small Float64.
+ vertices: readonly [Vec2, Vec2, Vec2, Vec2];
+};
+
+export type Anchor = {
+ x: bigint;
+ y: bigint;
+ nProj: readonly [bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint];
+ fProj: readonly [number, number, number, number, number];
+};
+
+// FNV-1a-ish seed → 5 BigInt gammas summing to ~0 (modulo 5).
+export function gammaFromSeed(seed: string): {
+ exact: readonly [bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint];
+ float: readonly [number, number, number, number, number];
+} {
+ let h = 2166136261 >>> 0;
+ for (let i = 0; i < seed.length; i++) {
+ h ^= seed.charCodeAt(i);
+ h = Math.imul(h, 16777619) >>> 0;
+ }
+ const raw: bigint[] = [];
+ for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+ h = Math.imul(h ^ (i + 1), 16777619) >>> 0;
+ raw.push((BigInt(h) * SCALE) / TWO_POW_32 - SCALE / TWO);
+ }
+ const sum = raw.reduce((a, b) => a + b, ZERO);
+ const shift = sum / FIVE;
+ const exact = raw.map((g) => g - shift) as unknown as readonly [bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint];
+ const float = exact.map((g) => Number(g) / SCALE_F) as unknown as readonly [number, number, number, number, number];
+ return { exact, float };
+}
+
+export function makeAnchor(
+ x: bigint,
+ y: bigint,
+ gammaBig: readonly bigint[],
+): Anchor {
+ const nProj: bigint[] = new Array(5);
+ const fProj: number[] = new Array(5);
+ for (let j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
+ const proj = x * COS_HI[j] + y * SIN_HI[j] + gammaBig[j] * SCALE;
+ const n = bigintFloorDiv(proj, SCALE2);
+ nProj[j] = n;
+ const remainder = proj - n * SCALE2;
+ fProj[j] = Number(remainder) / Number(SCALE2);
+ }
+ return {
+ x,
+ y,
+ nProj: nProj as unknown as Anchor["nProj"],
+ fProj: fProj as unknown as Anchor["fProj"],
+ };
+}
+
+// Absolute pentagrid coord of a world point. Used for hover when the
+// cursor is converted to a BigInt world position via anchor + offset.
+export function pointToCoordExact(
+ px: bigint,
+ py: bigint,
+ gammaBig: readonly bigint[],
+): Coord {
+ const c: bigint[] = new Array(5);
+ for (let j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
+ const proj = px * COS_HI[j] + py * SIN_HI[j] + gammaBig[j] * SCALE;
+ c[j] = bigintFloorDiv(proj, SCALE2);
+ }
+ return c as unknown as Coord;
+}
+
+// Anchor-aware point→coord. The cursor's offset from the anchor is a
+// small Float64 vector; we add anchor.fProj to get the projection's
+// fractional part in [0,1+δ) and floor to get the offset integer, then
+// add anchor.nProj for the absolute BigInt result.
+export function pointToCoordAnchored(
+ anchor: Anchor,
+ offset: Vec2,
+): Coord {
+ const c: bigint[] = new Array(5);
+ for (let j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
+ const localProj = anchor.fProj[j] + offset[0] * COS_F[j] + offset[1] * SIN_F[j];
+ const offsetN = Math.floor(localProj);
+ c[j] = anchor.nProj[j] + BigInt(offsetN);
+ }
+ return c as unknown as Coord;
+}
+
+// Enumerate rhombi whose pentagrid cell intersects the offset-relative
+// rect. Returns each tile with its 4 vertices in offset coords (small
+// Float64) and its absolute BigInt coord.
+//
+// Tile shape: bounded by 4 pentagrid lines, two from family j and two
+// from family k. The 4 vertices are line-pair intersections, computed
+// in Float64. Tile type: k-j mod 5 ∈ {1, 4} → thick; ∈ {2, 3} → thin.
+export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
+ const tiles: Tile[] = [];
+ const gamma = anchor.fProj;
+ const seen = new Set();
+ for (let j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+ for (let k = j + 1; k < 5; k++) {
+ const ejx = COS_F[j], ejy = SIN_F[j];
+ const ekx = COS_F[k], eky = SIN_F[k];
+ const det = ejx * eky - ejy * ekx;
+ if (Math.abs(det) < 1e-12) continue;
+ const invDet = 1 / det;
+ // Step vectors for moving to adjacent line-pair intersections.
+ const dxJ = eky * invDet, dyJ = -ekx * invDet;
+ const dxK = -ejy * invDet, dyK = ejx * invDet;
+ // Line-index bounds derived from rect corner projections.
+ const pj0 = rect.x0 * ejx + rect.y0 * ejy;
+ const pj1 = rect.x1 * ejx + rect.y0 * ejy;
+ const pj2 = rect.x0 * ejx + rect.y1 * ejy;
+ const pj3 = rect.x1 * ejx + rect.y1 * ejy;
+ const pk0 = rect.x0 * ekx + rect.y0 * eky;
+ const pk1 = rect.x1 * ekx + rect.y0 * eky;
+ const pk2 = rect.x0 * ekx + rect.y1 * eky;
+ const pk3 = rect.x1 * ekx + rect.y1 * eky;
+ const kjMin = Math.floor(Math.min(pj0, pj1, pj2, pj3) + gamma[j]) - 1;
+ const kjMax = Math.ceil(Math.max(pj0, pj1, pj2, pj3) + gamma[j]) + 1;
+ const kkMin = Math.floor(Math.min(pk0, pk1, pk2, pk3) + gamma[k]) - 1;
+ const kkMax = Math.ceil(Math.max(pk0, pk1, pk2, pk3) + gamma[k]) + 1;
+ const type: TileType = k - j === 1 || k - j === 4 ? "thick" : "thin";
+ for (let kj = kjMin; kj <= kjMax; kj++) {
+ const aj = kj - gamma[j];
+ for (let kk = kkMin; kk <= kkMax; kk++) {
+ const ak = kk - gamma[k];
+ const px = (eky * aj - ejy * ak) * invDet;
+ const py = (-ekx * aj + ejx * ak) * invDet;
+ if (px < rect.x0 || px > rect.x1 || py < rect.y0 || py > rect.y1) continue;
+ // Offset coords (small integers) for the 5-tuple.
+ const o0 = j === 0 ? kj : k === 0 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[0] + py * SIN_F[0] + gamma[0]);
+ const o1 = j === 1 ? kj : k === 1 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[1] + py * SIN_F[1] + gamma[1]);
+ const o2 = j === 2 ? kj : k === 2 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[2] + py * SIN_F[2] + gamma[2]);
+ const o3 = j === 3 ? kj : k === 3 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[3] + py * SIN_F[3] + gamma[3]);
+ const o4 = j === 4 ? kj : k === 4 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[4] + py * SIN_F[4] + gamma[4]);
+ // Dedup on the offset key — small ints, no BigInt-add cost.
+ const key = `${o0},${o1},${o2},${o3},${o4}`;
+ if (seen.has(key)) continue;
+ seen.add(key);
+ // Rhombus vertices in offset coords.
+ const v00: Vec2 = [px, py];
+ const v10: Vec2 = [px + dxJ, py + dyJ];
+ const v11: Vec2 = [px + dxJ + dxK, py + dyJ + dyK];
+ const v01: Vec2 = [px + dxK, py + dyK];
+ const coord: Coord = [
+ anchor.nProj[0] + BigInt(o0),
+ anchor.nProj[1] + BigInt(o1),
+ anchor.nProj[2] + BigInt(o2),
+ anchor.nProj[3] + BigInt(o3),
+ anchor.nProj[4] + BigInt(o4),
+ ];
+ tiles.push({ coord, type, vertices: [v00, v10, v11, v01] });
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return tiles;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cf6149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import type { Metadata } from "next";
+import Link from "next/link";
+
+import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
+
+import PenroseExplorer from "./PenroseExplorer";
+
+export const metadata: Metadata = {
+ title: "Penrose Explorer — func.lol",
+ description: "Interactive de Bruijn pentagrid Penrose tiling.",
+};
+
+export default function PenroseExplorePage() {
+ return (
+
+
+
+ ← penrose
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4de111f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import type { Metadata } from "next";
+import Link from "next/link";
+
+import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
+
+export const metadata: Metadata = {
+ title: "Penrose — func.lol",
+ description:
+ "An interactive Penrose tiling explorer, addressed exactly at any size via the de Bruijn pentagrid construction.",
+};
+
+const RESEARCH_URL =
+ "https://github.com/funcimp/func.lol/tree/main/research/penrose";
+
+export default function PenrosePage() {
+ return (
+
+
+
+
+ ← experiments
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ penrose
+
+
+ An infinite Penrose tiling, addressed exactly at any size via the de Bruijn pentagrid construction.
+
+
+
+
+ Penrose's P3 tiles the plane aperiodically using two rhombi. The de Bruijn pentagrid construction lets us assign every tile a unique integer 5-tuple address. The explorer is built so that address is exact at any magnitude — pan until your wrist gives out, and the coord under the cursor is still the right one.
+
+
+
+
+ open explorer →
+
+
+
+
+ research
+
+
+ Five substrate questions decided before any explorer code landed: precision drift of Float64 vs BigInt, URL share-link encoding, enumeration throughput, the BigInt-truth / Float64-view viewport-anchor pattern, and a Go comparison. The findings inform every choice in lib/pentagrid.ts.
+
+
+ );
+}
From 636e450c88563c1e6e5ee65f491cf230da9c8bd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 04:19:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 09/87] build: bump tsconfig to ES2024 and restore BigInt
literals
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
target ES2017 -> ES2024 and lib esnext -> ES2024. ES2024 is the
highest stable, fully-finalized-in-TS, semantics-locked target;
esnext is a moving target whose meaning shifts with TS upgrades and
isn't worth the small additional ES2025 features (iterator helpers,
Set ops, Promise.try). The previous lib was esnext while target was
ES2017, which was backwards from the typical pattern.
In a Next.js app the tsc target doesn't directly decide what runs
in the browser — SWC handles downleveling per the browserslist —
so this is purely about what source syntax TS accepts and which
lib.d.ts is loaded. ES2024 was finalized in TS 5.7; we're on 5.9.
Cleans up the BigInt literal workaround in pentagrid.ts and
PenroseExplorer.tsx — back to 0n / 1n / 2n / 4n / 5n / 10n syntax,
removed the ZERO/ONE/TWO/FOUR/FIVE/TEN/TWO_POW_32/HALF_SCALE_EXP
helper constants. Net -8 lines, much more readable.
tsc --noEmit clean. next build clean. No other call sites in the
repo were using esnext-only types that ES2024 lacks.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 4 +-
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts | 56 ++++++++-----------
tsconfig.json | 4 +-
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index c22d14f..16f4a29 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
// Pan / zoom state in refs (no re-renders on each frame).
const gammaRef = useRef(gammaFromSeed(seed));
- const anchorRef = useRef(makeAnchor(BigInt(0), BigInt(0), gammaRef.current.exact));
+ const anchorRef = useRef(makeAnchor(0n, 0n, gammaRef.current.exact));
const offsetRef = useRef<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
const zoomRef = useRef(40);
const dprRef = useRef(1);
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
// fractional part as the new offset so the view doesn't jump.
const stepX = BigInt(Math.trunc(ox));
const stepY = BigInt(Math.trunc(oy));
- const SCALE_BIG = BigInt(10) ** BigInt(50);
+ const SCALE_BIG = 10n ** 50n;
const newX = anchorRef.current.x + stepX * SCALE_BIG;
const newY = anchorRef.current.y + stepY * SCALE_BIG;
anchorRef.current = makeAnchor(newX, newY, gammaRef.current.exact);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
index 23cd9fc..71562e1 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
@@ -9,58 +9,50 @@
// γ_eff = fProj. Absolute coords are anchor.nProj + the Float64-derived
// offset coord.
-const ZERO = BigInt(0);
-const ONE = BigInt(1);
-const TWO = BigInt(2);
-const FOUR = BigInt(4);
-const FIVE = BigInt(5);
-const TEN = BigInt(10);
-const TWO_POW_32 = BigInt(1) << BigInt(32);
-const HALF_SCALE_EXP = BigInt(50);
-const SCALE = TEN ** HALF_SCALE_EXP;
+const SCALE = 10n ** 50n;
const SCALE_F = Number(SCALE);
const SCALE2 = SCALE * SCALE;
function bigintSqrt(n: bigint): bigint {
- if (n < ZERO) throw new Error("negative");
- if (n < TWO) return n;
+ if (n < 0n) throw new Error("negative");
+ if (n < 2n) return n;
let x = n;
- let y = (x + ONE) / TWO;
+ let y = (x + 1n) / 2n;
while (y < x) {
x = y;
- y = (x + n / x) / TWO;
+ y = (x + n / x) / 2n;
}
return x;
}
function bigintFloorDiv(n: bigint, d: bigint): bigint {
- if (d === ZERO) throw new Error("div by zero");
- if (d < ZERO) {
+ if (d === 0n) throw new Error("div by zero");
+ if (d < 0n) {
n = -n;
d = -d;
}
- if (n >= ZERO) return n / d;
- return n % d === ZERO ? n / d : n / d - ONE;
+ if (n >= 0n) return n / d;
+ return n % d === 0n ? n / d : n / d - 1n;
}
// Algebraic constants. cos(2π/5) = (√5 - 1)/4, sin(2π/5) = √(10+2√5)/4.
-const SQRT5 = bigintSqrt(FIVE * SCALE2);
-const SQRT_T_PLUS = bigintSqrt((TEN * SCALE + TWO * SQRT5) * SCALE);
-const SQRT_T_MINUS = bigintSqrt((TEN * SCALE - TWO * SQRT5) * SCALE);
+const SQRT5 = bigintSqrt(5n * SCALE2);
+const SQRT_T_PLUS = bigintSqrt((10n * SCALE + 2n * SQRT5) * SCALE);
+const SQRT_T_MINUS = bigintSqrt((10n * SCALE - 2n * SQRT5) * SCALE);
const COS_HI: readonly bigint[] = [
SCALE,
- bigintFloorDiv(SQRT5 - SCALE, FOUR),
- bigintFloorDiv(-(SQRT5 + SCALE), FOUR),
- bigintFloorDiv(-(SQRT5 + SCALE), FOUR),
- bigintFloorDiv(SQRT5 - SCALE, FOUR),
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT5 - SCALE, 4n),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-(SQRT5 + SCALE), 4n),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-(SQRT5 + SCALE), 4n),
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT5 - SCALE, 4n),
];
const SIN_HI: readonly bigint[] = [
- ZERO,
- bigintFloorDiv(SQRT_T_PLUS, FOUR),
- bigintFloorDiv(SQRT_T_MINUS, FOUR),
- bigintFloorDiv(-SQRT_T_MINUS, FOUR),
- bigintFloorDiv(-SQRT_T_PLUS, FOUR),
+ 0n,
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT_T_PLUS, 4n),
+ bigintFloorDiv(SQRT_T_MINUS, 4n),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-SQRT_T_MINUS, 4n),
+ bigintFloorDiv(-SQRT_T_PLUS, 4n),
];
export const COS_F: readonly number[] = COS_HI.map((c) => Number(c) / SCALE_F);
@@ -98,10 +90,10 @@ export function gammaFromSeed(seed: string): {
const raw: bigint[] = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
h = Math.imul(h ^ (i + 1), 16777619) >>> 0;
- raw.push((BigInt(h) * SCALE) / TWO_POW_32 - SCALE / TWO);
+ raw.push((BigInt(h) * SCALE) / (1n << 32n) - SCALE / 2n);
}
- const sum = raw.reduce((a, b) => a + b, ZERO);
- const shift = sum / FIVE;
+ const sum = raw.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0n);
+ const shift = sum / 5n;
const exact = raw.map((g) => g - shift) as unknown as readonly [bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint, bigint];
const float = exact.map((g) => Number(g) / SCALE_F) as unknown as readonly [number, number, number, number, number];
return { exact, float };
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index e067f80..3ee1269 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
{
"compilerOptions": {
- "target": "ES2017",
- "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
+ "target": "ES2024",
+ "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "ES2024"],
"allowJs": true,
"skipLibCheck": true,
"strict": true,
From 90536e120207cb5435f36961e0a826278d6b4423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 04:40:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 10/87] fix(penrose): muted prime-moments palette + correct
stroke pass
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Two issues:
Visual: thin rhombi were filled with paper (= bg color, invisible)
and thick with solid ink (stark high-contrast Rorschach). Switched
to the prime-moments palette — thick uses --color-moment-1 (warm
gold), thin uses --color-moment-3 (muted purple), both at 0.22
alpha. Strokes are ink at 0.32 alpha. Background stays paper.
Bug: the buildPath helper called ctx.beginPath() internally, so
the stroke pass (buildPath(thick); buildPath(thin); stroke()) wiped
the thick path before stroking. Only thin rhombi got edges. Pulled
beginPath out of the helper so the caller decides when to start a
fresh path.
Result is one beginPath per fill (thick fill, then thin fill), then
one combined beginPath for the stroke that gets both sets of edges
in a single stroke() call.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 64 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 16f4a29..420b92c 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const dpr = dprRef.current;
const ink = readCssVar("--color-ink") || "#161616";
const paper = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#f5f3ec";
+ const thickFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || ink;
+ const thinFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-3") || ink;
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
ctx!.fillStyle = paper;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -180,7 +182,11 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
y1: offsetRef.current[1] + halfH + margin,
};
const tiles = enumerateTiles(anchorRef.current, rect);
- drawTiles(ctx!, tiles, w, h, offsetRef.current, zoomRef.current, ink, paper);
+ drawTiles(ctx!, tiles, w, h, offsetRef.current, zoomRef.current, {
+ thickFill,
+ thinFill,
+ stroke: ink,
+ });
setTileCount(tiles.length);
}
@@ -223,6 +229,8 @@ function clamp(x: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
return Math.min(Math.max(x, lo), hi);
}
+type Palette = { thickFill: string; thinFill: string; stroke: string };
+
function drawTiles(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
tiles: readonly Tile[],
@@ -230,33 +238,55 @@ function drawTiles(
h: number,
offset: readonly [number, number],
zoom: number,
- ink: string,
- paper: string,
+ palette: Palette,
) {
const cx = w / 2;
const cy = h / 2;
- // Two passes: thin tiles (paper fill) first as background, thick on top.
+ const project = (v: readonly [number, number]) => [
+ (v[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx,
+ (v[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy,
+ ];
+
+ // Bin by type so each fill pass is a single solid color.
const thick: Tile[] = [];
const thin: Tile[] = [];
for (const t of tiles) (t.type === "thick" ? thick : thin).push(t);
- const drawSet = (set: Tile[], fill: string) => {
- ctx.beginPath();
+ const buildPath = (set: Tile[]) => {
for (const tile of set) {
const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
- ctx.moveTo((v0[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v0[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
- ctx.lineTo((v1[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v1[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
- ctx.lineTo((v2[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v2[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
- ctx.lineTo((v3[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx, (v3[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy);
+ const p0 = project(v0), p1 = project(v1), p2 = project(v2), p3 = project(v3);
+ ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p1[0], p1[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p2[0], p2[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p3[0], p3[1]);
ctx.closePath();
}
- ctx.fillStyle = fill;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.lineWidth = 1;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
};
- drawSet(thin, paper);
- drawSet(thick, ink);
+ // Fill thick rhombi (warm gold, low alpha).
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ buildPath(thick);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
+ ctx.fillStyle = palette.thickFill;
+ ctx.fill();
+
+ // Fill thin rhombi (muted purple, low alpha).
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ buildPath(thin);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
+ ctx.fillStyle = palette.thinFill;
+ ctx.fill();
+
+ // Stroke everything in one pass — line work over the muted fills.
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ buildPath(thick);
+ buildPath(thin);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.32;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx.strokeStyle = palette.stroke;
+ ctx.stroke();
+
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
}
From 15b8299d2bc0d69c7ee708986eb6105939c5992c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 05:28:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 11/87] fix(penrose): render P3 rhombi in tile space, not
pentagrid cells
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The previous version rendered pentagrid CELLS — the line-bounded
regions in pentagrid space. Those are rhombi but with side length
1/|sin(angle)|, so thick and thin have different sizes (1.05 vs
1.70). The result looked like a chaotic mesh with random fills,
not P3.
P3 rhombi live in TILE space via the de Bruijn dual map:
v_N = Σ_l n_l · e_l
Every rhombus has unit side length. Thick = 72° interior angle
(|k-j| ∈ {1, 4}); thin = 36° (|k-j| ∈ {2, 3}).
Changes:
- enumerateTiles emits rhombi at v_N + {0, e_j, e_j+e_k, e_k}.
Vertices are in tile-space offset coords.
- Pentagrid line-index bounds derived from the tile-space rect via
p ≈ (2/5)(v - Γ), Γ = Σ γ_l e_l, with safety margin for the
bounded fractional correction.
- Per-tile cull: skip rhombi whose bounding box doesn't overlap the
tile-space viewport rect.
- Hover readout: pointToCoordAnchored took pentagrid-space coords;
the cursor's world position is now in tile space. Switched to a
point-in-polygon test (tileContains) against the visible tiles.
O(k) per pointermove where k is tile count — cheap enough.
pointToCoordAnchored stays in pentagrid.ts as a util but isn't
used in the explorer. The address layer still gets correct BigInt
coords from the anchor.nProj + offset_n math inside enumerateTiles.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 16 ++-
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts | 101 +++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 420b92c..593892b 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
enumerateTiles,
gammaFromSeed,
makeAnchor,
- pointToCoordAnchored,
+ tileContains,
type Anchor,
type Coord,
type Tile,
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const sizeRef = useRef<{ w: number; h: number }>({ w: 0, h: 0 });
const dirtyRef = useRef(true);
const rafRef = useRef(null);
+ const tilesRef = useRef([]);
// Hover readout state. Updates on pointermove via the readout ref to
// avoid React re-render on every cursor pixel.
@@ -102,13 +103,21 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
maybeReAnchor();
requestRender();
}
- // Hover readout (cheap; one BigInt-aware pointToCoord call).
+ // Hover readout: point-in-polygon against the visible tiles
+ // (small list, the test is O(k) where k is tile count).
const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
const cx = e.clientX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
const cy = e.clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
const worldX = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
const worldY = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
- setHoverCoord(pointToCoordAnchored(anchorRef.current, [worldX, worldY]));
+ let found: Tile | null = null;
+ for (const tile of tilesRef.current) {
+ if (tileContains(tile, worldX, worldY)) {
+ found = tile;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ setHoverCoord(found ? found.coord : null);
};
const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
panning = false;
@@ -182,6 +191,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
y1: offsetRef.current[1] + halfH + margin,
};
const tiles = enumerateTiles(anchorRef.current, rect);
+ tilesRef.current = tiles;
drawTiles(ctx!, tiles, w, h, offsetRef.current, zoomRef.current, {
thickFill,
thinFill,
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
index 71562e1..c704f0b 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
@@ -153,17 +153,39 @@ export function pointToCoordAnchored(
return c as unknown as Coord;
}
-// Enumerate rhombi whose pentagrid cell intersects the offset-relative
-// rect. Returns each tile with its 4 vertices in offset coords (small
-// Float64) and its absolute BigInt coord.
+// Enumerate P3 rhombi whose tile-space position falls in the viewport
+// rect. Each tile is at v_N = Σ_l n_l · e_l (de Bruijn dual lattice),
+// with 4 unit-length corners {v_N, v_N + e_j, v_N + e_j + e_k, v_N + e_k}.
//
-// Tile shape: bounded by 4 pentagrid lines, two from family j and two
-// from family k. The 4 vertices are line-pair intersections, computed
-// in Float64. Tile type: k-j mod 5 ∈ {1, 4} → thick; ∈ {2, 3} → thin.
+// rect is in TILE-space offset coords (relative to the anchor's lattice
+// point). Pentagrid-space line bounds are derived from the rect via
+// p ≈ (2/5)(v - Γ), where Γ = Σ_l γ_l · e_l. We over-iterate slightly
+// to cover edge cases, then drop rhombi whose v_N is far outside rect.
+//
+// Tile type: |k - j| ∈ {1, 4} → thick (72° rhombus); {2, 3} → thin (36°).
export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
const tiles: Tile[] = [];
const gamma = anchor.fProj;
const seen = new Set();
+
+ // Γ = Σ_l γ_l · e_l. Used to translate between tile- and pentagrid-space.
+ let gammaCorrX = 0, gammaCorrY = 0;
+ for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
+ gammaCorrX += gamma[l] * COS_F[l];
+ gammaCorrY += gamma[l] * SIN_F[l];
+ }
+
+ // Pentagrid-space rect: p = (2/5)(v - Γ), with safety margin for the
+ // O(1) bounded fractional correction Σ_l frac_l · e_l.
+ const SHRINK = 2 / 5;
+ const SAFETY = 3;
+ const pgRect: Rect = {
+ x0: SHRINK * (rect.x0 - gammaCorrX) - SAFETY,
+ y0: SHRINK * (rect.y0 - gammaCorrY) - SAFETY,
+ x1: SHRINK * (rect.x1 - gammaCorrX) + SAFETY,
+ y1: SHRINK * (rect.y1 - gammaCorrY) + SAFETY,
+ };
+
for (let j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
for (let k = j + 1; k < 5; k++) {
const ejx = COS_F[j], ejy = SIN_F[j];
@@ -171,45 +193,54 @@ export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
const det = ejx * eky - ejy * ekx;
if (Math.abs(det) < 1e-12) continue;
const invDet = 1 / det;
- // Step vectors for moving to adjacent line-pair intersections.
- const dxJ = eky * invDet, dyJ = -ekx * invDet;
- const dxK = -ejy * invDet, dyK = ejx * invDet;
- // Line-index bounds derived from rect corner projections.
- const pj0 = rect.x0 * ejx + rect.y0 * ejy;
- const pj1 = rect.x1 * ejx + rect.y0 * ejy;
- const pj2 = rect.x0 * ejx + rect.y1 * ejy;
- const pj3 = rect.x1 * ejx + rect.y1 * ejy;
- const pk0 = rect.x0 * ekx + rect.y0 * eky;
- const pk1 = rect.x1 * ekx + rect.y0 * eky;
- const pk2 = rect.x0 * ekx + rect.y1 * eky;
- const pk3 = rect.x1 * ekx + rect.y1 * eky;
+
+ // Line-index bounds from pentagrid-space rect projections.
+ const pj0 = pgRect.x0 * ejx + pgRect.y0 * ejy;
+ const pj1 = pgRect.x1 * ejx + pgRect.y0 * ejy;
+ const pj2 = pgRect.x0 * ejx + pgRect.y1 * ejy;
+ const pj3 = pgRect.x1 * ejx + pgRect.y1 * ejy;
+ const pk0 = pgRect.x0 * ekx + pgRect.y0 * eky;
+ const pk1 = pgRect.x1 * ekx + pgRect.y0 * eky;
+ const pk2 = pgRect.x0 * ekx + pgRect.y1 * eky;
+ const pk3 = pgRect.x1 * ekx + pgRect.y1 * eky;
const kjMin = Math.floor(Math.min(pj0, pj1, pj2, pj3) + gamma[j]) - 1;
const kjMax = Math.ceil(Math.max(pj0, pj1, pj2, pj3) + gamma[j]) + 1;
const kkMin = Math.floor(Math.min(pk0, pk1, pk2, pk3) + gamma[k]) - 1;
const kkMax = Math.ceil(Math.max(pk0, pk1, pk2, pk3) + gamma[k]) + 1;
const type: TileType = k - j === 1 || k - j === 4 ? "thick" : "thin";
+
for (let kj = kjMin; kj <= kjMax; kj++) {
const aj = kj - gamma[j];
for (let kk = kkMin; kk <= kkMax; kk++) {
const ak = kk - gamma[k];
const px = (eky * aj - ejy * ak) * invDet;
const py = (-ekx * aj + ejx * ak) * invDet;
- if (px < rect.x0 || px > rect.x1 || py < rect.y0 || py > rect.y1) continue;
- // Offset coords (small integers) for the 5-tuple.
+ if (px < pgRect.x0 || px > pgRect.x1 || py < pgRect.y0 || py > pgRect.y1) continue;
+
+ // Offset coords (small ints) for the 5-tuple.
const o0 = j === 0 ? kj : k === 0 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[0] + py * SIN_F[0] + gamma[0]);
const o1 = j === 1 ? kj : k === 1 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[1] + py * SIN_F[1] + gamma[1]);
const o2 = j === 2 ? kj : k === 2 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[2] + py * SIN_F[2] + gamma[2]);
const o3 = j === 3 ? kj : k === 3 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[3] + py * SIN_F[3] + gamma[3]);
const o4 = j === 4 ? kj : k === 4 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[4] + py * SIN_F[4] + gamma[4]);
- // Dedup on the offset key — small ints, no BigInt-add cost.
const key = `${o0},${o1},${o2},${o3},${o4}`;
if (seen.has(key)) continue;
seen.add(key);
- // Rhombus vertices in offset coords.
- const v00: Vec2 = [px, py];
- const v10: Vec2 = [px + dxJ, py + dyJ];
- const v11: Vec2 = [px + dxJ + dxK, py + dyJ + dyK];
- const v01: Vec2 = [px + dxK, py + dyK];
+
+ // v_N in tile-space offset coords = Σ_l o_l · e_l.
+ const vx = o0 * COS_F[0] + o1 * COS_F[1] + o2 * COS_F[2] + o3 * COS_F[3] + o4 * COS_F[4];
+ const vy = o0 * SIN_F[0] + o1 * SIN_F[1] + o2 * SIN_F[2] + o3 * SIN_F[3] + o4 * SIN_F[4];
+
+ // Cull rhombi whose entire bounding box falls outside the tile rect.
+ // Rhombus spans roughly [vx, vx + max(|ejx|+|ekx|)]; conservatively
+ // ±2 in each axis.
+ if (vx + 2 < rect.x0 || vx - 2 > rect.x1 || vy + 2 < rect.y0 || vy - 2 > rect.y1) continue;
+
+ // Unit-side P3 rhombus vertices.
+ const v00: Vec2 = [vx, vy];
+ const v10: Vec2 = [vx + ejx, vy + ejy];
+ const v11: Vec2 = [vx + ejx + ekx, vy + ejy + eky];
+ const v01: Vec2 = [vx + ekx, vy + eky];
const coord: Coord = [
anchor.nProj[0] + BigInt(o0),
anchor.nProj[1] + BigInt(o1),
@@ -224,3 +255,21 @@ export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
}
return tiles;
}
+
+// Point-in-polygon test for the hover readout. Tile vertices are
+// convex (a rhombus); a half-plane test against each of the 4 edges
+// is enough.
+export function tileContains(tile: Tile, x: number, y: number): boolean {
+ const verts = tile.vertices;
+ let sign = 0;
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const [ax, ay] = verts[i];
+ const [bx, by] = verts[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const cross = (bx - ax) * (y - ay) - (by - ay) * (x - ax);
+ if (cross === 0) continue;
+ const s = cross > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+ if (sign === 0) sign = s;
+ else if (sign !== s) return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
From ac1ea4021b3cb40c520592017fc2a2168a1e7917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 05:56:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 12/87] fix(penrose): rhombus corners + saturated prime-moments
palette
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Two bugs in the previous attempt.
1. Rhombus geometry. v_N = Σ_l n_l e_l is the corner of the rhombus
with n_j=kj, n_k=kk — the "upper-right" cell of the 4 cells
meeting at the pentagrid vertex. The other 3 corners share the
same Σ_{l≠j,k} n_l e_l and differ from v_N by -e_j and/or -e_k.
Previous code extended +e_j and +e_k from v_N which placed each
rhombus past its actual position, leaving gaps and overlaps in
the tiling.
Now: 4 corners traced [vLL, vLR, vUR, vUL] = [v−e_j−e_k, v−e_k,
v, v−e_j], which is the actual rhombus around the pentagrid
vertex.
2. Colors were 0.22 alpha — muddy brown soup, nothing like the
saturated prime-moments visualization. Switched to:
thick: --color-moment-4 (slate blue, matches the canonical
P3 reference's "fat rhombus is blue" convention)
thin: --color-moment-1 (warm gold)
Both solid (alpha 1.0). Stroke is ink at 0.35 alpha, 0.75px —
thin line work for edge definition without fighting the fills.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 17 ++++++--------
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts | 22 +++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 593892b..b7bf1b2 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const dpr = dprRef.current;
const ink = readCssVar("--color-ink") || "#161616";
const paper = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#f5f3ec";
- const thickFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || ink;
- const thinFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-3") || ink;
+ const thickFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || ink;
+ const thinFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || ink;
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
ctx!.fillStyle = paper;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -274,29 +274,26 @@ function drawTiles(
}
};
- // Fill thick rhombi (warm gold, low alpha).
+ // Fill thick rhombi (slate, solid).
ctx.beginPath();
buildPath(thick);
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
ctx.fillStyle = palette.thickFill;
ctx.fill();
- // Fill thin rhombi (muted purple, low alpha).
+ // Fill thin rhombi (gold, solid).
ctx.beginPath();
buildPath(thin);
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
ctx.fillStyle = palette.thinFill;
ctx.fill();
- // Stroke everything in one pass — line work over the muted fills.
+ // Stroke every rhombus in one pass — thin ink line for edge definition.
ctx.beginPath();
buildPath(thick);
buildPath(thin);
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.32;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.35;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 0.75;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.strokeStyle = palette.stroke;
ctx.stroke();
-
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
index c704f0b..f1cf0bd 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
@@ -227,20 +227,24 @@ export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
if (seen.has(key)) continue;
seen.add(key);
- // v_N in tile-space offset coords = Σ_l o_l · e_l.
+ // v_N in tile-space offset coords = Σ_l o_l · e_l. This is the
+ // "upper-right" corner of the rhombus (n_j=kj, n_k=kk). The
+ // other 3 corners come from the 3 adjacent cells around this
+ // pentagrid vertex (n_j=kj-1 and/or n_k=kk-1), each sharing
+ // the same "other 3 floors" so they differ from v_N only by
+ // -e_j and/or -e_k.
const vx = o0 * COS_F[0] + o1 * COS_F[1] + o2 * COS_F[2] + o3 * COS_F[3] + o4 * COS_F[4];
const vy = o0 * SIN_F[0] + o1 * SIN_F[1] + o2 * SIN_F[2] + o3 * SIN_F[3] + o4 * SIN_F[4];
// Cull rhombi whose entire bounding box falls outside the tile rect.
- // Rhombus spans roughly [vx, vx + max(|ejx|+|ekx|)]; conservatively
- // ±2 in each axis.
if (vx + 2 < rect.x0 || vx - 2 > rect.x1 || vy + 2 < rect.y0 || vy - 2 > rect.y1) continue;
- // Unit-side P3 rhombus vertices.
- const v00: Vec2 = [vx, vy];
- const v10: Vec2 = [vx + ejx, vy + ejy];
- const v11: Vec2 = [vx + ejx + ekx, vy + ejy + eky];
- const v01: Vec2 = [vx + ekx, vy + eky];
+ // Unit-side P3 rhombus, traced in order around the corner cluster
+ // at the pentagrid vertex.
+ const vUR: Vec2 = [vx, vy]; // n_j=kj, n_k=kk
+ const vUL: Vec2 = [vx - ejx, vy - ejy]; // n_j=kj-1, n_k=kk
+ const vLL: Vec2 = [vx - ejx - ekx, vy - ejy - eky]; // n_j=kj-1, n_k=kk-1
+ const vLR: Vec2 = [vx - ekx, vy - eky]; // n_j=kj, n_k=kk-1
const coord: Coord = [
anchor.nProj[0] + BigInt(o0),
anchor.nProj[1] + BigInt(o1),
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
anchor.nProj[3] + BigInt(o3),
anchor.nProj[4] + BigInt(o4),
];
- tiles.push({ coord, type, vertices: [v00, v10, v11, v01] });
+ tiles.push({ coord, type, vertices: [vLL, vLR, vUR, vUL] });
}
}
}
From d8a0e1934bdc293bee800bd557250259172319c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 08:10:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 13/87] =?UTF-8?q?fix(penrose):=20remove=20dedup=20?=
=?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20cell=5FUR=20is=20not=20unique=20per=20rhombus?=
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The dedup key was cell_UR's 5-tuple coord, on the assumption that
each rhombus has a unique cell_UR. That's false: when a cell N is
bounded by lines from more than 2 families (common in real Penrose
tilings, not just degenerate cases), multiple distinct rhombi share
cell N as a corner — and at each rhombus's "lower-left" pentagrid
vertex, the cell on the +e_j, +e_k side is the SAME cell N.
Concrete example, seed=funclol: cell [0, 0, 0, -1, -1] is a corner
of rhombi from both the (0, 1) family pair (pentagrid vertex at
(-0.20, -0.05)) AND the (2, 3) family pair (pentagrid vertex at
(0.594, 0.425)). Both emit a tile with cell_UR = [0, 0, 0, -1, -1].
The dedup saw the duplicate key and dropped the second rhombus,
leaving large interior gaps in the tiling.
The iteration over (j, k, kj, kk) already enumerates each pentagrid
vertex exactly once for generic γ, so no dedup is needed. Removed
the seen-set entirely.
Diagnostic results before/after on a 6×6 rect:
before: 65 tiles, 66 singleton vertices, thick:thin = 1.167
after: 129 tiles, 25 singleton vertices, thick:thin = 1.804
(φ ≈ 1.618)
The 25 remaining singletons are at the rect boundary, as expected.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
index f1cf0bd..2d1db47 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ export function pointToCoordAnchored(
export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
const tiles: Tile[] = [];
const gamma = anchor.fProj;
- const seen = new Set();
// Γ = Σ_l γ_l · e_l. Used to translate between tile- and pentagrid-space.
let gammaCorrX = 0, gammaCorrY = 0;
@@ -217,15 +216,18 @@ export function enumerateTiles(anchor: Anchor, rect: Rect): Tile[] {
const py = (-ekx * aj + ejx * ak) * invDet;
if (px < pgRect.x0 || px > pgRect.x1 || py < pgRect.y0 || py > pgRect.y1) continue;
- // Offset coords (small ints) for the 5-tuple.
+ // Offset coords (small ints) for the cell_UR — the cell on the
+ // +e_j, +e_k side of the pentagrid vertex. The other 3 cells
+ // around the vertex differ from cell_UR by -e_j and/or -e_k.
+ // NOTE: cell_UR is NOT unique per rhombus — multiple rhombi
+ // (from different (j, k) pairs) can share a tile-space corner
+ // at the same cell. The iteration over (j, k, kj, kk) is what
+ // gives unique rhombi, so we don't dedup on cell_UR.
const o0 = j === 0 ? kj : k === 0 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[0] + py * SIN_F[0] + gamma[0]);
const o1 = j === 1 ? kj : k === 1 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[1] + py * SIN_F[1] + gamma[1]);
const o2 = j === 2 ? kj : k === 2 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[2] + py * SIN_F[2] + gamma[2]);
const o3 = j === 3 ? kj : k === 3 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[3] + py * SIN_F[3] + gamma[3]);
const o4 = j === 4 ? kj : k === 4 ? kk : Math.floor(px * COS_F[4] + py * SIN_F[4] + gamma[4]);
- const key = `${o0},${o1},${o2},${o3},${o4}`;
- if (seen.has(key)) continue;
- seen.add(key);
// v_N in tile-space offset coords = Σ_l o_l · e_l. This is the
// "upper-right" corner of the rhombus (n_j=kj, n_k=kk). The
From 0a97c8cdfc37165dc83e32fad3a46cf33c43f695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 11:08:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 14/87] feat(penrose): pinch-to-zoom on touch
Replaced the single panning bool + lastX/lastY with a Map of
active pointers. Mouse and pen always have 1 pointer (existing
pan behavior preserved); touch can have 2+ which triggers pinch.
Pinch math: track the midpoint and distance of the 2 pointers
between frames. Zoom factor = current_dist / previous_dist,
anchored at the current midpoint (same pivot math as the wheel
handler). Pan by the midpoint shift between frames so two-finger
drag and pinch combine naturally in one gesture.
Hover readout still updates on every pointermove. Refactored into
updateHover so the path is identical across input types.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 99 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index b7bf1b2..a906b5d 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -83,31 +83,16 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
});
- // Pan: pointer drag updates offset.
- let panning = false;
- let lastX = 0, lastY = 0;
- const onPointerDown = (e: PointerEvent) => {
- panning = true;
- canvas.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
- lastX = e.clientX;
- lastY = e.clientY;
- };
- const onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
- if (panning) {
- const dx = e.clientX - lastX;
- const dy = e.clientY - lastY;
- lastX = e.clientX;
- lastY = e.clientY;
- offsetRef.current[0] -= dx / zoomRef.current;
- offsetRef.current[1] -= dy / zoomRef.current;
- maybeReAnchor();
- requestRender();
- }
- // Hover readout: point-in-polygon against the visible tiles
- // (small list, the test is O(k) where k is tile count).
+ // Pan + pinch via pointer events. One Map of active pointers handles
+ // mouse, pen, and 1-or-more touches uniformly. Pinch fires when 2+
+ // pointers are active (touch only — mouse/pen never have 2).
+ const pointers = new Map();
+ let gesture: { midX: number; midY: number; dist: number } | null = null;
+
+ const updateHover = (clientX: number, clientY: number) => {
const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
- const cx = e.clientX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
- const cy = e.clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
+ const cx = clientX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
+ const cy = clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
const worldX = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
const worldY = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
let found: Tile | null = null;
@@ -119,13 +104,77 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
}
setHoverCoord(found ? found.coord : null);
};
+
+ const refreshGesture = () => {
+ if (pointers.size < 2) {
+ gesture = null;
+ return;
+ }
+ const pts = [...pointers.values()];
+ const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2;
+ const midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
+ const dist = Math.hypot(pts[1][0] - pts[0][0], pts[1][1] - pts[0][1]);
+ gesture = { midX, midY, dist };
+ };
+
+ const onPointerDown = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+ canvas.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+ pointers.set(e.pointerId, [e.clientX, e.clientY]);
+ refreshGesture();
+ };
+
+ const onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+ const prev = pointers.get(e.pointerId);
+ if (prev) {
+ const dx = e.clientX - prev[0];
+ const dy = e.clientY - prev[1];
+ pointers.set(e.pointerId, [e.clientX, e.clientY]);
+
+ if (pointers.size === 1) {
+ // Single-pointer pan.
+ offsetRef.current[0] -= dx / zoomRef.current;
+ offsetRef.current[1] -= dy / zoomRef.current;
+ maybeReAnchor();
+ requestRender();
+ } else if (pointers.size >= 2 && gesture !== null) {
+ // Pinch zoom + two-finger pan.
+ const pts = [...pointers.values()];
+ const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2;
+ const midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
+ const dist = Math.hypot(pts[1][0] - pts[0][0], pts[1][1] - pts[0][1]);
+ if (dist > 0 && gesture.dist > 0) {
+ const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+ const px = midX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
+ const py = midY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
+ const worldX = px / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
+ const worldY = py / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
+ const newZoom = clamp(zoomRef.current * (dist / gesture.dist), 4, 800);
+ zoomRef.current = newZoom;
+ // Anchor zoom on the midpoint.
+ offsetRef.current[0] = worldX - px / newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[1] = worldY - py / newZoom;
+ // Pan from midpoint shift (two-finger drag).
+ offsetRef.current[0] -= (midX - gesture.midX) / newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[1] -= (midY - gesture.midY) / newZoom;
+ maybeReAnchor();
+ requestRender();
+ }
+ gesture = { midX, midY, dist };
+ }
+ }
+ // Hover readout. For touch, only meaningful at pointermove with
+ // capture (one finger), but harmless to update always.
+ updateHover(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+ };
+
const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
- panning = false;
+ pointers.delete(e.pointerId);
try {
canvas.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
} catch {
/* ignore */
}
+ refreshGesture();
};
// Zoom: wheel pivots on cursor.
From b03c4c9e2ab3351ff05e30b7900b89b21c228bec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 12:46:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 15/87] feat(penrose): outlines + midline tracery instead of
solid fills
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Replaced the two-tone solid fills with a three-pass line render:
1. Rhombus outlines — ink at 0.45 alpha, 1px, every tile.
2. Midlines for thick — slate (moment-4) at 0.85 alpha, 1.25px.
3. Midlines for thin — gold (moment-1) at 0.85 alpha, 1.25px.
Each midline connects the midpoints of opposite edges (two midlines
per rhombus, forming a cross through the center). Because midpoints
are shared between adjacent rhombi, the midlines flow continuously
from tile to tile — the classic Penrose tracery look without the
arc geometry.
The two distinct midline colors keep the thick/thin distinction
visible even with no fill. Outlines stay restrained so the midlines
read as the primary motif.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 73 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index a906b5d..22983c8 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
dirtyRef.current = false;
const { w, h } = sizeRef.current;
const dpr = dprRef.current;
- const ink = readCssVar("--color-ink") || "#161616";
+ const outline = readCssVar("--color-ink") || "#161616";
const paper = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#f5f3ec";
- const thickFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || ink;
- const thinFill = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || ink;
+ const thickMidline = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || outline;
+ const thinMidline = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || outline;
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
ctx!.fillStyle = paper;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const tiles = enumerateTiles(anchorRef.current, rect);
tilesRef.current = tiles;
drawTiles(ctx!, tiles, w, h, offsetRef.current, zoomRef.current, {
- thickFill,
- thinFill,
- stroke: ink,
+ outline,
+ thickMidline,
+ thinMidline,
});
setTileCount(tiles.length);
}
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ function clamp(x: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
return Math.min(Math.max(x, lo), hi);
}
-type Palette = { thickFill: string; thinFill: string; stroke: string };
+type Palette = { outline: string; thickMidline: string; thinMidline: string };
function drawTiles(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
@@ -301,17 +301,16 @@ function drawTiles(
) {
const cx = w / 2;
const cy = h / 2;
- const project = (v: readonly [number, number]) => [
+ const project = (v: readonly [number, number]): [number, number] => [
(v[0] - offset[0]) * zoom + cx,
(v[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy,
];
- // Bin by type so each fill pass is a single solid color.
const thick: Tile[] = [];
const thin: Tile[] = [];
for (const t of tiles) (t.type === "thick" ? thick : thin).push(t);
- const buildPath = (set: Tile[]) => {
+ const buildOutlinePath = (set: Tile[]) => {
for (const tile of set) {
const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
const p0 = project(v0), p1 = project(v1), p2 = project(v2), p3 = project(v3);
@@ -323,26 +322,50 @@ function drawTiles(
}
};
- // Fill thick rhombi (slate, solid).
+ // Midlines: for each rhombus, connect the midpoints of its two pairs
+ // of opposite edges. Midlines from adjacent rhombi meet at shared
+ // edge midpoints, so they form continuous tracery across the tiling.
+ const buildMidlinePath = (set: Tile[]) => {
+ for (const tile of set) {
+ const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
+ const m01: [number, number] = [(v0[0] + v1[0]) / 2, (v0[1] + v1[1]) / 2];
+ const m12: [number, number] = [(v1[0] + v2[0]) / 2, (v1[1] + v2[1]) / 2];
+ const m23: [number, number] = [(v2[0] + v3[0]) / 2, (v2[1] + v3[1]) / 2];
+ const m30: [number, number] = [(v3[0] + v0[0]) / 2, (v3[1] + v0[1]) / 2];
+ const p01 = project(m01), p12 = project(m12);
+ const p23 = project(m23), p30 = project(m30);
+ ctx.moveTo(p01[0], p01[1]); ctx.lineTo(p23[0], p23[1]);
+ ctx.moveTo(p12[0], p12[1]); ctx.lineTo(p30[0], p30[1]);
+ }
+ };
+
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx.lineCap = "round";
+
+ // 1. Rhombus outlines — every tile, ink, restrained.
ctx.beginPath();
- buildPath(thick);
- ctx.fillStyle = palette.thickFill;
- ctx.fill();
+ buildOutlinePath(thick);
+ buildOutlinePath(thin);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.45;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = palette.outline;
+ ctx.stroke();
- // Fill thin rhombi (gold, solid).
+ // 2. Midlines for thick rhombi — slate, slightly thicker.
ctx.beginPath();
- buildPath(thin);
- ctx.fillStyle = palette.thinFill;
- ctx.fill();
+ buildMidlinePath(thick);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.85;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.25;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = palette.thickMidline;
+ ctx.stroke();
- // Stroke every rhombus in one pass — thin ink line for edge definition.
+ // 3. Midlines for thin rhombi — gold.
ctx.beginPath();
- buildPath(thick);
- buildPath(thin);
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.35;
- ctx.lineWidth = 0.75;
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- ctx.strokeStyle = palette.stroke;
+ buildMidlinePath(thin);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.85;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.25;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = palette.thinMidline;
ctx.stroke();
+
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
}
From d374714995350476d4eb89d6703e6c3372bb1f9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 12:56:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 16/87] feat(penrose): single outline color + long-diagonal
decoration
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User reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling Ammann
segments. Switching toward that aesthetic in two steps.
Step 1 (this commit):
- Outline every rhombus in a single color (ink, 1px, 0.5 alpha).
Replaces the per-type stroke split.
- Decoration: each rhombus's long diagonal in moment-1 (gold), 1.25px,
0.85 alpha. The long diagonal connects the rhombus's acute vertices
(72° corners for thick at LL/UR; 36° corners for thin at LR/UL).
At "sun"/"star" vertex configurations where 5 acute rhombus corners
converge, the 5 long diagonals meet at the center, creating natural
5-pointed stars — the most distinctive feature of the canonical
Ammann-decorated rendering.
This is an Ammann-ish approximation, not the real thing. True Ammann
bars are a separate Fibonacci-spaced grid (bars perpendicular to
specific edges at golden-ratio positions, lining up across tile
boundaries to form continuous lines spanning the tiling). Implementing
that requires a global Fibonacci computation; deferring for now.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 81 +++++++------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 22983c8..288dda6 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const dpr = dprRef.current;
const outline = readCssVar("--color-ink") || "#161616";
const paper = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#f5f3ec";
- const thickMidline = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || outline;
- const thinMidline = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || outline;
+ const decoration = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || outline;
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
ctx!.fillStyle = paper;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -243,8 +242,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
tilesRef.current = tiles;
drawTiles(ctx!, tiles, w, h, offsetRef.current, zoomRef.current, {
outline,
- thickMidline,
- thinMidline,
+ decoration,
});
setTileCount(tiles.length);
}
@@ -288,7 +286,7 @@ function clamp(x: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
return Math.min(Math.max(x, lo), hi);
}
-type Palette = { outline: string; thickMidline: string; thinMidline: string };
+type Palette = { outline: string; decoration: string };
function drawTiles(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
@@ -306,65 +304,42 @@ function drawTiles(
(v[1] - offset[1]) * zoom + cy,
];
- const thick: Tile[] = [];
- const thin: Tile[] = [];
- for (const t of tiles) (t.type === "thick" ? thick : thin).push(t);
-
- const buildOutlinePath = (set: Tile[]) => {
- for (const tile of set) {
- const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
- const p0 = project(v0), p1 = project(v1), p2 = project(v2), p3 = project(v3);
- ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
- ctx.lineTo(p1[0], p1[1]);
- ctx.lineTo(p2[0], p2[1]);
- ctx.lineTo(p3[0], p3[1]);
- ctx.closePath();
- }
- };
-
- // Midlines: for each rhombus, connect the midpoints of its two pairs
- // of opposite edges. Midlines from adjacent rhombi meet at shared
- // edge midpoints, so they form continuous tracery across the tiling.
- const buildMidlinePath = (set: Tile[]) => {
- for (const tile of set) {
- const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
- const m01: [number, number] = [(v0[0] + v1[0]) / 2, (v0[1] + v1[1]) / 2];
- const m12: [number, number] = [(v1[0] + v2[0]) / 2, (v1[1] + v2[1]) / 2];
- const m23: [number, number] = [(v2[0] + v3[0]) / 2, (v2[1] + v3[1]) / 2];
- const m30: [number, number] = [(v3[0] + v0[0]) / 2, (v3[1] + v0[1]) / 2];
- const p01 = project(m01), p12 = project(m12);
- const p23 = project(m23), p30 = project(m30);
- ctx.moveTo(p01[0], p01[1]); ctx.lineTo(p23[0], p23[1]);
- ctx.moveTo(p12[0], p12[1]); ctx.lineTo(p30[0], p30[1]);
- }
- };
-
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.lineCap = "round";
- // 1. Rhombus outlines — every tile, ink, restrained.
+ // 1. Rhombus outlines — every tile, single ink color, restrained.
ctx.beginPath();
- buildOutlinePath(thick);
- buildOutlinePath(thin);
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.45;
+ for (const tile of tiles) {
+ const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
+ const p0 = project(v0), p1 = project(v1), p2 = project(v2), p3 = project(v3);
+ ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p1[0], p1[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p2[0], p2[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p3[0], p3[1]);
+ ctx.closePath();
+ }
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.strokeStyle = palette.outline;
ctx.stroke();
- // 2. Midlines for thick rhombi — slate, slightly thicker.
- ctx.beginPath();
- buildMidlinePath(thick);
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.85;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.25;
- ctx.strokeStyle = palette.thickMidline;
- ctx.stroke();
-
- // 3. Midlines for thin rhombi — gold.
+ // 2. Long-diagonal decoration — connects acute vertices of each rhombus.
+ // For the (j, k) iteration order [vLL, vLR, vUR, vUL]:
+ // thick (72°/108°): acute = LL & UR → diagonal v0 to v2
+ // thin (36°/144°): acute = LR & UL → diagonal v1 to v3
+ // Five acute corners meeting at a vertex (sun/star configurations) make
+ // the diagonals converge into 5-pointed stars — the Ammann-ish gesture.
ctx.beginPath();
- buildMidlinePath(thin);
+ for (const tile of tiles) {
+ const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
+ const a = tile.type === "thick" ? project(v0) : project(v1);
+ const b = tile.type === "thick" ? project(v2) : project(v3);
+ ctx.moveTo(a[0], a[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(b[0], b[1]);
+ }
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.85;
ctx.lineWidth = 1.25;
- ctx.strokeStyle = palette.thinMidline;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = palette.decoration;
ctx.stroke();
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
From 59378999c9523cd26272e71356f65b88386536d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 13:09:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 17/87] =?UTF-8?q?style(penrose):=20borders=202px=20/=20dia?=
=?UTF-8?q?gonals=200.75px=20(~2.7=C3=97=20ratio)?=
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 15 ++++++---------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 288dda6..7ee0310 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ function drawTiles(
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.lineCap = "round";
- // 1. Rhombus outlines — every tile, single ink color, restrained.
+ // 1. Rhombus outlines — every tile, ink, structural weight.
ctx.beginPath();
for (const tile of tiles) {
const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
@@ -318,17 +318,14 @@ function drawTiles(
ctx.lineTo(p3[0], p3[1]);
ctx.closePath();
}
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.7;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.strokeStyle = palette.outline;
ctx.stroke();
// 2. Long-diagonal decoration — connects acute vertices of each rhombus.
- // For the (j, k) iteration order [vLL, vLR, vUR, vUL]:
- // thick (72°/108°): acute = LL & UR → diagonal v0 to v2
- // thin (36°/144°): acute = LR & UL → diagonal v1 to v3
- // Five acute corners meeting at a vertex (sun/star configurations) make
- // the diagonals converge into 5-pointed stars — the Ammann-ish gesture.
+ // Roughly 1/3 the outline width so the borders dominate and the
+ // decoration reads as inner tracery.
ctx.beginPath();
for (const tile of tiles) {
const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
@@ -338,7 +335,7 @@ function drawTiles(
ctx.lineTo(b[0], b[1]);
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.85;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.25;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 0.75;
ctx.strokeStyle = palette.decoration;
ctx.stroke();
From 80ddaf777b44df60a7483a4ef99bf8de00f699e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 13:25:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 18/87] style(penrose): colored outlines per type,
inside-clipped
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Outlines were ink (= cream on dark, "white bullshit"). Switched to:
thick rhombus → moment-4 (slate blue)
thin rhombus → moment-1 (gold)
Long-diagonal decoration moved to moment-3 (muted purple) to keep
all three colors distinct.
The outline stroke is now clipped to each tile's interior per draw,
so the visible line width sits inside the shape boundary instead of
centered on the path. Adjacent rhombi of different types meet at
shared edges without their strokes overlapping or mixing colors.
Stroke width is doubled to compensate for the outer half being
clipped away, giving the same visible ~2px outline weight.
Cost: per-tile save/clip/stroke/restore. At ~1500 visible tiles
that's a few ms per frame — fine, but worth a perf check if the
explorer ever needs to handle denser viewports.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 39 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 7ee0310..fcd972c 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -221,9 +221,10 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
dirtyRef.current = false;
const { w, h } = sizeRef.current;
const dpr = dprRef.current;
- const outline = readCssVar("--color-ink") || "#161616";
+ const outlineThick = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || "#161616";
+ const outlineThin = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || "#161616";
const paper = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#f5f3ec";
- const decoration = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || outline;
+ const decoration = readCssVar("--color-moment-3") || outlineThick;
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
ctx!.fillStyle = paper;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -241,7 +242,8 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const tiles = enumerateTiles(anchorRef.current, rect);
tilesRef.current = tiles;
drawTiles(ctx!, tiles, w, h, offsetRef.current, zoomRef.current, {
- outline,
+ outlineThick,
+ outlineThin,
decoration,
});
setTileCount(tiles.length);
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ function clamp(x: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
return Math.min(Math.max(x, lo), hi);
}
-type Palette = { outline: string; decoration: string };
+type Palette = { outlineThick: string; outlineThin: string; decoration: string };
function drawTiles(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
@@ -307,25 +309,38 @@ function drawTiles(
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.lineCap = "round";
- // 1. Rhombus outlines — every tile, ink, structural weight.
- ctx.beginPath();
+ // 1. Outlines, per-tile, clipped to the rhombus interior. The clip
+ // means the stroke band sits inside the shape rather than centered
+ // on the edge, so adjacent rhombi of different types meet cleanly
+ // at shared edges (no muddy color mixing on the boundary).
+ // Stroke width is doubled because the outer half is clipped away.
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.9;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 4; // half clipped → visible width ≈ 2px
for (const tile of tiles) {
const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
const p0 = project(v0), p1 = project(v1), p2 = project(v2), p3 = project(v3);
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
ctx.lineTo(p1[0], p1[1]);
ctx.lineTo(p2[0], p2[1]);
ctx.lineTo(p3[0], p3[1]);
ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.clip();
+ // Rebuild the path for stroking (clip is allowed to consume it).
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p1[0], p1[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p2[0], p2[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(p3[0], p3[1]);
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.strokeStyle = tile.type === "thick" ? palette.outlineThick : palette.outlineThin;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
}
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.7;
- ctx.lineWidth = 2;
- ctx.strokeStyle = palette.outline;
- ctx.stroke();
// 2. Long-diagonal decoration — connects acute vertices of each rhombus.
- // Roughly 1/3 the outline width so the borders dominate and the
- // decoration reads as inner tracery.
+ // Thin line, ~1/3 the outline weight, lets the borders dominate.
ctx.beginPath();
for (const tile of tiles) {
const [v0, v1, v2, v3] = tile.vertices;
From 34a88f9ed409d22991f757732e539cb5bfc16c43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:15:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 19/87] docs(penrose): v1 design spec
Teaching-tool reframe: explorable intro to Penrose tilings on the
non-locality / local-indistinguishability / phi-inflation spine, with
a focused explorer as the hero. Test-gated address fix (regularity),
share-by-tile-address, a Sketch harness, the B1 mosaic palette with
DESIGN.md amendments, and a six-slice build order.
---
.../specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md | 186 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 186 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae6267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+# Penrose — v1 Design
+
+**Status:** spec
+**Date:** 2026-06-23
+**Source:** brainstorming session (terminal + visual companion)
+
+## Context
+
+The Penrose experiment is the most algorithmically ambitious thing on the site and the most unfinished. A WIP on `claude/penrose-tiling-exploration-EuACV` holds a research corpus (`research/penrose/`), a de Bruijn pentagrid engine (`src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts`), a working canvas explorer, and a thin landing page. A six-agent review found the math geometrically correct, the viewport-anchor architecture sound and oracle-validated, and the explorer good to use. It also found what separates a WIP from a shipped experiment: zero tests, no share codec, an off-DESIGN palette, inaccurate copy, and one real bug.
+
+The bug is the headline. The exported `Tile.coord` is many-to-one (the review measured 240 tiles collapsing to ~118 coords), so the landing's promise that "the coord under the cursor is still the right one" is false. The proven-unique identity, the pentagrid vertex `(j, k, kj, kk)`, is computed and then discarded.
+
+Brainstorming sharpened the purpose. This is not an explorer with an essay attached. It is a guided introduction to Penrose tilings for people who have never met one: an explorable explanation where small playable figures each teach one idea, ending in a full explorer.
+
+Three deep properties drive the teaching, and they are one structure seen three ways. **Non-locality:** local matching rules are necessary but not sufficient, so laying tiles by them alone hits dead ends. Penrose's anecdote (Ball, *Prospect*): he spotted a university tiling whose edge tile broke the rules, so it "would go wrong somewhere in the middle of the lawn." **Local indistinguishability:** any two tilings share every finite patch yet differ globally, faulting along "veins." **φ-inflation:** each tile subdivides into φ-smaller tiles and composes into φ-larger supertiles indefinitely, with a unique grouping. That unique hierarchy is the hidden skeleton the three expose, and the exact 5-tuple address under the cursor is it made explicit: the tile's place in the 5D lattice that local rules cannot see.
+
+This is safe at any size because we never lay tiles locally. The de Bruijn pentagrid is global: each tile is a deterministic projection from a 5D lattice. No growth, no backtracking, no invalid configuration reachable. The one condition is regularity (`Σγ ∉ ℤ`); the singular case (our current `Σγ = 0`) is where lines run concurrent, vertices degenerate, and the address collides. The correctness fix and the safety guarantee are the same fix.
+
+## Goal
+
+Ship `/x/penrose` as a teaching experiment: a guided, explorable introduction whose centerpiece is an infinite explorer that always knows the exact tile under your cursor, taught by small playable sketches on the hierarchy spine.
+
+1. **Correct address.** `Tile.coord` injective per rhombus, test-gated.
+2. **Explorer, focused.** Keep the built interaction; add a seed input, click-to-pin, the B1 palette, and the small UX fixes. No overlays bolted on.
+3. **Share by tile-address.** seed + pinned tile + zoom in the URL; the pin doubles as the camera origin. Client-side state, no `useSearchParams`.
+4. **A Sketch harness** and the figures it powers.
+5. **Tests** for the pure math, plus a Playwright smoke and a share round-trip.
+6. **A teaching writeup** on the spine, with the experiment badge and footer.
+7. **DESIGN.md amendments**, conscious: a Penrose palette and a scoped teaching-animation rule.
+
+Ship in reviewable slices, the way Prime Moments and Tripwire shipped.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- **No overlays on the explorer.** Inflation and veins are bounded teaching sketches, never explorer modes.
+- **Vein overlay is v2.** It slots into the overlay-sketch pattern built for inflation.
+- **No seed gallery.** One seed input plus randomize.
+- **No full keyboard pan/zoom.** v1 makes the canvas focusable and throttles the aria-live HUD; full keyboard nav is v2.
+- **No style toggles, and no tracery.** The midline decoration is dropped.
+- **No V1 emblem, no OG cards, no MDX.** Tracked in IDEAS.md.
+- **No change to the Go module.** Honest research history, ships nothing.
+- **No server-side anything.** No persistence, no precompute, no runtime config change. All client.
+
+## The teaching spine
+
+Single-column scroll, prose and sketches alternating, ending in the explorer.
+
+1. **Meet the two tiles** (static + hover). Thick and thin rhombus, φ in their angles, the edge marks.
+2. **The dead-end** (play). Lay tiles by local rules until the patch paints into a corner. Penrose's lawn, playable. Non-locality.
+3. **Five grids, one tiling** (play). Draw the five line families, morph each crossing into its dual rhombus. How de Bruijn builds it.
+4. **Regular vs singular** (slider on `Σγ`). Watch a tiling degenerate where lines go concurrent. Why regularity keeps the address exact.
+5. **The golden ratio appears** (play). thick:thin count converging to φ.
+6. **Zoom the hierarchy** (inflation overlay, gated by the spike). A bounded patch with its φ-supertiling overlaid; step between depths.
+7. **The explorer** (hero). Go anywhere; the exact address always under your cursor.
+
+## Design centerpieces
+
+### 1. One engine, many thin consumers
+
+`lib/pentagrid.ts` is the single source the explorer, all six sketches, the tests, and the v2 demos draw from. Invest in one correct, well-tested engine; keep every consumer small. Move the lib up to `src/app/x/penrose/lib/` (out of `explore/`), since the teaching page shares it too.
+
+### 2. The correctness fix: regularity, test-gated
+
+Make the pentagrid regular. `gammaFromSeed` forces `Σγ = 0` by subtracting `sum/5`; change it to force `Σγ` to a fixed non-integer so no point lies on more than two lines. The requirement is an invariant, not an implementation: **`Tile.coord` is injective over any viewport, for any seed**, enforced by a test.
+
+Preferred outcome: regularity restores the bijection and the 5-tuple stays the address, keeping the "unique 5-tuple" promise. Fallback if the test disagrees: adopt the proven-unique `(j, k, kj, kk)` as the canonical address. The test decides; we do not ship a guess.
+
+### 3. The explorer, focused
+
+Keep the built interaction (pan, cursor-zoom, pinch, two-finger pan, hover readout, theme reactivity). Add:
+
+- **Seed input** plus randomize. Requires fixing the empty-deps `useEffect` so a new seed rebuilds γ and the anchor.
+- **Click-to-pin.** The pin is the shared/selected tile and the camera origin; pinning re-anchors on the tile.
+- **B1 palette.**
+- **UX fixes:** an affordance hint, `h-screen → h-dvh`, move the HUD off the breadcrumb overlap, stop the per-frame `setTileCount` re-render.
+- **Cleanup:** wire `pointToCoordAnchored` for exact hover (tested near the 1e8 boundary) or delete it and `pointToCoordExact`.
+
+### 4. Share by tile-address
+
+A tile's address doubles as the camera position, so a link is one address plus zoom plus seed, shorter and more meaningful than raw coordinates. "Make this my origin" and "share this view" become the same operation.
+
+```
+/x/penrose/explore?s=&t=&z=
+```
+
+- `s` = seed (absent = default).
+- `t` = pinned tile's canonical address, base62 (optional; present = pin and center on it).
+- `z` = zoom, short fixed-precision float (absent = default).
+
+Two modules, mirroring Prime Moments' `encoding.ts` + `share.ts`:
+
+- `lib/encoding.ts`: base62 BigInt codec, `encode/decodeTileAddress`, `encode/decodeState`. Pure, round-trip tested.
+- `lib/share.ts`: URL assembly and debounced `history.replaceState`.
+
+**Mechanism (the AGENTS.md data-flow call, made here):** the explorer is a client canvas. Read URL state once on mount from `window.location.search`; write it with debounced `replaceState` on change. No `useSearchParams`, no Suspense, no data flow into the server components. Within the existing "all routes dynamic, client canvas" model; not an architectural change.
+
+### 5. The Sketch harness
+
+`Sketch.tsx`: a client primitive wrapping a render area (canvas or SVG) and a control bar (play/pause, step, reset, optional slider). It owns the `requestAnimationFrame` loop and the reduced-motion contract; each sketch supplies a `step`/`render(t)`.
+
+**Reduced motion is a hard contract.** Nothing autoplays; motion happens only on play or slider drag. Under `prefers-reduced-motion`, sketches render the end state and never move on load. This is what lets us amend DESIGN.md without breaking its restraint.
+
+### 6. The inflation spike, contained
+
+The inflation overlay is the one piece existing research did not de-risk. A naive φ pixel-scale is a lie; it will not align with the true supertile grouping. The correct version needs the exact γ→γ′ transform plus the φ scaling. De Bruijn derived this in the pentagrid framework, so it exists, but it will not be vibed. Scope it as a research exercise, like the rest of that folder:
+
+- `research/penrose/05-inflation.ts` + `.md`: derive the transform, validate against the exact oracle that inflated vertices coincide with the expected supertile vertices.
+- Only after it validates do we build the overlay sketch and `inflation.test.ts`.
+- The spike is isolated. If the math is gnarly, the overlay slips to v2 and the rest of v1 ships.
+
+### 7. Palette B1 and the DESIGN.md amendments
+
+The chosen look (validated in the companion against the real tiling) is **B1 Mosaic**: solid fills, the dark `--paper` as grout, gold thick, teal thin, an `--ink` ring on the pin. Gold and teal are the Prime Moments constellation hues, so the site keeps one color language; the teal is nudged lighter on dark.
+
+Two conscious amendments, scoped as the constellation ring is scoped:
+
+**Color.** Add `--color-penrose-*` tokens, both modes:
+
+| Role | Light | Dark |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| thick | `#C89B3C` | `#C89B3C` |
+| thin | `#3E6B7C` | `#4f7d92` |
+| grout | `--paper` | `--paper` |
+| pin ring | `--ink` | `--ink` |
+
+**Animation.** DESIGN.md lists animation under "Not in the language (yet)." Amend to permit user-initiated teaching animation only: a figure may move on play or slider drag, must respect `prefers-reduced-motion`, and is confined to teaching experiments. No autoplay, no ambient motion.
+
+## Tests
+
+Table-driven `bun:test` where the shape fits.
+
+- `lib/pentagrid.test.ts`: address injectivity over a sampled viewport across seeds (the headline guard); coverage / no-overlap on sampled points; thick:thin → φ; anchored vs exact agreement at anchor 0 and near the 1e8 boundary; enumerate → `tileContains` round-trip.
+- `lib/encoding.test.ts`: round-trip seed / tile-address / zoom, including large BigInt addresses.
+- `lib/inflation.test.ts` (after the spike): inflated vertices coincide with supertile vertices.
+- Playwright: `/x/penrose` loads and sketches mount; `/x/penrose/explore` mounts the canvas; a `?s=&t=&z=` URL loads and centers on the pin.
+
+## The writeup
+
+Teaching, on the spine, accurate. Prose interleaved with the sketches, ending in the explorer. Add the numbered badge (Penrose is the third experiment by publish date, `experiment 03`) and the "an experiment by nathan toups" footer, matching Prime Moments. Depth over volume.
+
+Housekeeping in `research/penrose/`: fix the README question-count contradiction (three / four / five in three places), mark exercise 02 superseded (it benchmarked int32, not the BigInt address), add `05-inflation`. The copy is accurate about share, which now ships.
+
+## Files
+
+```
+src/app/x/penrose/
+ page.tsx teaching page: prose + sketches, hero link
+ lib/ shared engine (moved up out of explore/)
+ pentagrid.ts engine + address fix; inflation transform after spike
+ encoding.ts base62 + state codec
+ share.ts URL assembly + replaceState
+ pentagrid.test.ts encoding.test.ts inflation.test.ts
+ components/
+ Sketch.tsx harness
+ MeetTheTiles.tsx DeadEnd.tsx FiveGrids.tsx
+ RegularVsSingular.tsx GoldenRatio.tsx InflationOverlay.tsx
+ explore/
+ page.tsx full-bleed explorer route
+ PenroseExplorer.tsx seed, pin, palette, UX fixes; imports ../lib
+
+research/penrose/05-inflation.ts / .md the spike
+research/penrose/README.md fix count; mark 02 superseded
+src/app/globals.css + --color-penrose-* tokens
+DESIGN.md + palette; + teaching-animation rule
+src/app/x/page.tsx refresh the Penrose blurb
+```
+
+## Build order (slices)
+
+Each slice is independently reviewable and lands with its tests.
+
+1. **Engine + address fix + tests.** Move lib up; make the pentagrid regular; prove `Tile.coord` injective. Nothing proceeds until injectivity is green.
+2. **Encoding + share + explorer wiring.** The codec and its tests; seed input (with the effect fix), click-to-pin, URL read-on-mount and debounced write; share round-trip E2E.
+3. **Explorer polish + palette.** B1, the `--color-penrose-*` tokens, the color amendment, the UX fixes, dead-export cleanup.
+4. **Sketch harness + core sketches.** `Sketch.tsx` with the reduced-motion contract, the animation amendment, then the intro and four sketches.
+5. **Inflation spike → overlay sketch.** Validate against the oracle, then build the sketch and its test. Slips to v2 if it does not validate.
+6. **Teaching page + writeup.** Assemble the page, the prose, badge and footer, README fixes, index blurb.
+
+## Open risks
+
+- **Injectivity under arbitrary seeds** (slice 1) and **the inflation transform** (slice 5) are the two unproven pieces. Both are test-gated: injectivity falls back to `(j,k,kj,kk)`, inflation slips to v2. Resolve empirically, do not assert.
+- **The dead-end sketch** (slice 4) is a bounded, deterministic scripted sequence, not a live solver, so it always reaches the same teachable conflict.
+
+## v2
+
+Vein overlay sketch (two seeds); full keyboard navigation; style toggles, V1 emblem, OG cards. The architecture stays ready.
From a7a56570a0c7bc1d9d5792728ce4b7a345eda6c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:15:05 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 20/87] research(penrose): substitution + Z5 coordinate pivot,
literature survey
Captures the engine investigation: the re-anchor bug, substitution
correctness, the BigInt-vs-Float64 benchmark, the same-LI-class finding,
and the literature survey (de Bruijn pentagrid = Z5 cut-and-project
coordinate; inflation = integer circulant A; sun/star = desingularized
gamma=0; the address<->coordinate map left open in arXiv:2603.13553).
Records the Z5 architecture decision and the novelty assessment.
---
research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md | 187 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 187 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md
diff --git a/research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md b/research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..609d4c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+# Penrose — Substitution, Z⁵ coordinates, and the engine pivot
+
+Research note. Captures the investigation that moved the explorer's engine from
+"de Bruijn pentagrid + BigInt viewport anchor" to "substitution / deflation with
+exact arithmetic, addressed by de Bruijn Z⁵ coordinates." Includes the literature
+survey, what is established versus what we must derive, the novelty assessment, and
+the open leads.
+
+Status: design research, not yet implemented. The shipped engine still uses the
+older approach; this note is the basis for the rewrite.
+
+## How we got here
+
+1. **The re-anchor bug.** The shipped explorer uses a BigInt anchor with a Float64
+ render offset, re-anchoring when the offset passes `1e8`. Probing showed the
+ re-anchor does **not preserve the tiling**: enumerating the same world region
+ from two different anchors yields different tiles, at *any* nonzero shift (not a
+ precision effect). The de Bruijn *addressing* (`pointToCoordExact` /
+ `pointToCoordAnchored`) is correct and anchor-independent; only the tile
+ *generation* geometry in `enumerateTiles` drifts. So the coordinate system was
+ never the broken part; the renderer was.
+
+2. **Substitution is correct and traverses cheaply.** A Robinson-triangle
+ deflation (Preshing's formulation) produces a correct P3 tiling (thick:thin → φ,
+ exact edge ratios). With viewport pruning, reaching a far viewport costs work
+ that grows only with the *number of inflation levels* (`~log_φ(distance)`), a
+ few hundred tiles per level, versus exponential blow-up without pruning
+ (`1.6e10` triangles → `~880` of real work at radius `1e4`).
+
+3. **BigInt is fast enough; Float64 is not precise enough.** Benchmarking pruned
+ deflation in Float64 vs fixed-point BigInt:
+
+ | distance D | Float64 | clean? | BigInt | clean? | slowdown |
+ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+ | 1e12 | 0.02 ms | yes | 0.20 ms | yes | ~10× |
+ | 1e15 | 0.03 ms | **no** | 0.32 ms | yes | ~9× |
+ | 1e50 | — | — | 0.62 ms | yes | — |
+
+ Float64 dies near `1e13` (relative precision erodes with magnitude). Fixed-point
+ BigInt has *constant absolute* precision, so it stays clean at any distance, at
+ sub-millisecond cost (well under a 16 ms frame). The research-03 "BigInt is 29 ms,
+ too slow" result measured full per-tile lattice enumeration; pruning cuts the
+ BigInt work ~50×.
+
+4. **The two constructions are the same tiling family.** The substitution "sun" and
+ de Bruijn tilings share radial vertex signatures exactly (same local-isomorphism
+ class). Radial matching cannot pin the *exact* γ (the whole LI class shares it),
+ which sent us to the literature.
+
+## Literature survey
+
+Primary sources and what they establish. Where a claim is our synthesis rather than
+a verbatim source, it is marked.
+
+### The pentagrid and its coordinate
+
+- de Bruijn (1981) maps `x ∈ ℝ²` to a 5-tuple `K_j(x) = ⌈x·v_j + γ_j⌉`, with
+ `v_j = (cos 2πj/5, sin 2πj/5)` and `γ_j` real **offsets** (perpendicular line
+ displacements, not spacings). The dual is a Penrose P3 tiling iff `Σγ_j ∈ ℤ`
+ (canonically `Σγ_j = 0`).
+- The vertex index `Index(z) = Σ_j K_j(z)` takes only the values `{1,2,3,4}`
+ (Au-Yang & Perk, attributed to de Bruijn). Even `{2,4}` / odd `{1,3}` sublattices.
+- Vertex position map: `f(z) = Σ_j K_j(z) · ζ^j`, `ζ = e^{2πi/5}`. **The 5-tuple is
+ the Z⁵ cut-and-project coordinate, and the physical position is its projection.**
+- **Multigrid = projection** (Gähler & Rhyner 1986, proven): the grid method and the
+ projection-from-Z⁵ method are equivalent with an explicit offset↔window map.
+
+### The symmetric center (sun / star)
+
+- The unique `D₅`-symmetric pentagrid is `γ = (0,0,0,0,0)`, and it is **singular**:
+ five lines meet at the origin, whose dual is a central regular **decagon**.
+- The **sun** and **star** are the two `D₅`-symmetric desingularizations of that
+ decagon, *not* two distinct nonzero offset vectors. (Sourced synthesis from the
+ singular-pentagrid result; de Bruijn's own "sun/star" text is a scanned image we
+ could not extract, and D'Andrea 2023 §3.1.2 is paywalled.)
+- **Watch out:** Greg Egan's applet uses a different convention where the offset is
+ the *window center*; there `a=(1/5,…,1/5)` gives 5-fold symmetry. That `1/5` is
+ **not** de Bruijn's `γ`. Do not transplant it into `⌈x·v_j + γ_j⌉`.
+- LI class is fixed by `Σγ_j mod 1`. `Σγ_j ∈ ℤ` is Penrose; `Σγ_j = 1/2` is the
+ distinct "anti-Penrose" ten-fold class.
+- **Decision:** the explorer should render a **generic regular** tiling
+ (`Σγ_j ∈ ℤ`, offset off the singular center) to avoid the decagon and keep
+ coordinates clean everywhere.
+
+### Inflation as an integer map on Z⁵
+
+- φ-inflation is the single integer circulant `A` on Z⁵ with first row
+ `(0,0,1,1,0)`. Eigenvalues: `−φ` on the physical plane (`ζ^j`), `1/φ` on the
+ internal plane (`ζ^{2j}`, the Galois conjugate `ζ → ζ²`), and `2` on the all-ones
+ diagonal (the index direction). Integer, maps Z⁵ → Z⁵. (Cotfas
+ math-ph/0403062; eigenstructure independently reproduced in the survey.)
+- The offset transforms as the single internal-space phase
+ `Σ_j γ_j ζ^{2j}`, contracted by `1/φ` per inflation step. `Σγ_j = 0` (zero
+ diagonal component) is preserved because `A` is `C₅`-equivariant.
+- The exact per-offset `γ_j → γ'_j` with its additive constant lives in de Bruijn
+ 1990 "Updown generation" (paywalled). We have the verified linear-algebra form and
+ would derive the offset form ourselves.
+
+### Pruned deflation and exact arithmetic (prior art)
+
+- Simon Tatham's quasiblog does pruned deflation to a target region with exact
+ `Z[ζ₁₀]` / `a + b√5` vertex arithmetic. This is the closest prior art for the
+ renderer pillar; our renderer extends it to BigInt for unbounded deep zoom.
+- Tatham (arXiv:2512.16595) formalizes the substitution-hierarchy address as
+ finite-state transducers, explicitly **non-geometric** ("position not required").
+
+## The architecture: work in Z⁵
+
+The literature collapses the "two engines" idea into one representation.
+
+- **Every tile/vertex is a Z⁵ lattice point** `n = (n_0,…,n_4)`.
+- **Geometry** = projection `Σ n_j ζ^j` (for rendering), exact in `Z[ζ]`/BigInt.
+- **Address** = the Z⁵ point itself (the de Bruijn coordinate), with index
+ `Σ n_j ∈ {1,2,3,4}`. The coordinate is not something bolted on; it *is* the
+ representation.
+- **Inflation/deflation** = the integer matrix `A` (and the substitution rule for
+ the fine direction). Exact, unbounded, no float drift.
+- **Cross-validation** = an independent pentagrid enumeration (a genuinely different
+ algorithm) as a mutual oracle. The regression framework survives.
+
+This keeps the coordinate system, gives exact geometry at any zoom, uses one exact
+integer substrate, and unifies with the inflation teaching demo.
+
+## Novelty (is there a paper?)
+
+Honest read: each pillar has prior art; the specific combination appears unpublished.
+
+- **Prior art:** pruned deflation + exact arithmetic (Tatham); de Bruijn coordinate
+ addressing (classical); "two constructions as oracle" (gglouser, but only
+ projection-vs-multigrid, same family, no deep zoom).
+- **What would be new:**
+ 1. **Substitution vs pentagrid as a *cross-family* mutual oracle** (existing tools
+ only cross-check within the projection family).
+ 2. **An explicit address↔de-Bruijn-coordinate bridge for the substitution case**,
+ which Pardo-Guerra, Washburn & Allahyarov (arXiv:2603.13553, 2026) prove for
+ height-functions/strip-indices but leave as an **open conjecture** for
+ substitution. An explicit, validated construction lands on that frontier.
+ 3. **BigInt arbitrary-precision deflation for unbounded deep zoom** — no public
+ implementation found (existing renderers are float, or exact-field but not
+ deep-zoom).
+
+The strongest publishable claim is not "we render Penrose tilings" (well-trodden) but
+"an explicit, validated address↔de-Bruijn-coordinate correspondence realized as a
+mutual-oracle deep-zoom renderer." A systems contribution that touches an open math
+conjecture, not a pure-math breakthrough. Caveat: negative result over ~10 searches; a
+niche source could exist.
+
+## Open leads / what we must derive
+
+- **Get D'Andrea 2023 §5.3 "Composition and pentagrids" and §3.4 "Index sequences"**
+ (Springer; arXiv preview is front-matter only). The single most important source
+ to obtain before claiming the address↔coordinate map is unpublished; it may already
+ contain a partial version.
+- **The Z⁵ substitution (deflation) rule.** `A` gives inflation (fine → coarse);
+ deflation adds child Z⁵ points by specific displacement vectors we must derive
+ from the substitution geometry. This is the constructive core.
+- **The exact `γ_j → γ'_j` offset inflation constant** (de Bruijn 1990, paywalled).
+ We have the linear-algebra form; derive the additive constant in grid coordinates.
+- **Per-tile window resolution:** which of the four pentagonal windows a tile at a
+ given hierarchy address lands in. Established at the LI-class/index level only.
+- **A BigInt deep-zoom renderer** for unbounded distance: unproven engineering we
+ build ourselves.
+
+## Citations
+
+- N. G. de Bruijn, "Algebraic theory of Penrose's non-periodic tilings of the plane,
+ I and II", Indag. Math. 43 (1981) 39-66.
+
+- N. G. de Bruijn, "Updown generation of Penrose patterns", Indag. Math. N.S. 1
+ (1990) 201-220.
+- F. Gähler & J. Rhyner, "Equivalence of the generalised grid and projection
+ methods…", J. Phys. A 19 (1986) 267-277.
+- H. Au-Yang & J. H. H. Perk, "Quasicrystals — The impact of N. G. de Bruijn",
+ arXiv:1306.6698 (2013).
+- L. Effinger-Dean, "The Empire Problem in Penrose Tilings" (Williams thesis, 2006),
+ Ch. 4.
+- N. Cotfas, "On the self-similarities of the Penrose tiling", arXiv:math-ph/0403062
+ (2004).
+- S. Pardo-Guerra, J. Washburn & E. Allahyarov, "Matching Rules as Cocycle
+ Conditions…", arXiv:2603.13553 (2026). — leaves
+ the substitution address↔coordinate map as an open conjecture.
+- S. Tatham, "Two algorithms for randomly generating aperiodic tilings".
+
+- C. Goodman-Strauss, "Matching rules and substitution tilings", Ann. Math. 147
+ (1998) 181-223.
+- F. D'Andrea, "A Guide to Penrose Tilings", Springer 2023 (arXiv:2310.18950
+ front-matter).
From 8270536288ffbc0f06f7ccf0cad660e8872383ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:23:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 21/87] research(penrose): path addressing model +
procedural-world application leads
The path<->coordinate equivalence (event sourcing), the inflation matrix
as a base for a positional number system on Z5, logarithmic addressing,
recursive multi-scale navigation with the deterministic-up/choice-down
asymmetry, and the multi-scale consistency that the old anchor lacked.
Plus maintainer's application thinking: infinite-plane procedural level
design (quick traversal + zoom, layers as portals, aperiodic = unique
non-repeating content, deterministic/networkable coordinates).
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+# Penrose — Path addressing, the base-A number system, and applications
+
+Research note. Records the addressing model that fell out of the Z⁵ pivot (the path
+↔ coordinate equivalence, the inflation matrix as a number-system base, recursive
+multi-scale navigation) and the application ideas it opens up, including procedural
+infinite-plane level design. Forward-looking: a model and a set of leads, not yet
+built.
+
+## The addressing model
+
+### Path and coordinate are the same thing (event sourcing)
+
+A tile can be named two ways, and they are equivalent:
+
+- **Path** (event log): the sequence of inflate / move / deflate operations that
+ reaches the tile from a fixed origin.
+- **Coordinate** (materialized view): the absolute de Bruijn Z⁵ 5-tuple.
+
+`coordinate = fold(path)`. Replaying the path accumulates the Z⁵ operations and
+lands on the absolute 5-tuple. The path is the source of truth (cheap, frame-free,
+relative); the coordinate is derived (you pay a replay to materialize it). The
+canonical root-to-tile hierarchy path is in bijection with the coordinate; arbitrary
+navigation paths fold many-to-one onto the same coordinate, exactly as many event
+logs fold to one state.
+
+### The path is the coordinate written in base A
+
+φ-inflation is the integer circulant matrix `A` on Z⁵ (validated: it acts as exactly
+−φ on the physical plane, machine precision). A tile's coordinate expands as
+
+```
+n = offset₀ + A·offset₁ + A²·offset₂ + … + Aᵏ·offsetₖ
+```
+
+where each `offsetᵢ` is the small Z⁵ child-displacement chosen at level `i` (a digit
+from the finite substitution alphabet). This is a **positional number system on the
+lattice with base A** (a matrix numeration system). The inflation path is the digit
+string; the coordinate is its value; computing one from the other is Horner
+evaluation. This is why addressing is logarithmic, not linear.
+
+### Logarithmic addressing
+
+A tile at physical distance `D` has a Z⁵ coordinate of magnitude ~`D`, but you reach
+it in `k ≈ log_φ(D)` steps, not `D`: inflate `k` levels so your viewport sits in one
+small-coordinate supertile, then deflate down following the digits. `O(log distance)`
+exact-integer matrix operations. For `D = 10⁵⁰`, ~240 steps, not 10⁵⁰ tiles.
+
+### The recursion, and its one asymmetry
+
+Inflate / move / deflate is recursive to any depth, with the *same* matrix `A` at
+every level (self-similarity), and exact at any depth because Z⁵ arithmetic never
+drifts. The reach scales: inflate `k` levels and each coarse move strides `φᵏ`
+layer-0 tiles.
+
+The asymmetry: **inflation is deterministic, deflation is a choice.** Every tile has
+one supertile (`A` is a function, a "carry up"). A supertile has several children, so
+coming down you must supply the digit at each level. Inflate-then-deflate returns a
+tile *and its siblings*, not the single tile; you pick yours out by the path.
+
+### Multi-scale consistency (the correctness condition)
+
+Moving at a coarse level and then refining yields the *identical* tiling as moving at
+the fine level, because it is one self-similar object with a unique supertile grouping
+at every scale. This is precisely the property the old de Bruijn viewport-anchor
+violated (re-anchoring there produced a different tiling). The Z⁵ / inflation engine
+satisfies it by construction.
+
+### What is still unbuilt
+
+The recursion structure is proven; the missing piece is the **exact Z⁵ substitution
+alphabet**: the specific child-offset vectors a supertile deflates into, verified to
+reproduce a real Penrose tiling tile-for-tile. That is the constructive core, and the
+map it realizes (substitution address → de Bruijn coordinate) is the one the 2026
+cocycle paper leaves open for the substitution case (see
+[05-substitution-and-z5.md](./05-substitution-and-z5.md)).
+
+## Applications (maintainer's thinking)
+
+The addressing model is not specific to a tiling explorer. Its properties map well
+onto **procedurally generated, infinite-plane level design** for games:
+
+- **Quick traversal + zoom.** Travel across a vast map cheaply (logarithmic
+ addressing, giant φ-strides at coarse levels), then zoom into a specific point and
+ generate only the local detail (pruned deflation, bounded per-frame work). No need
+ to generate or store the whole world.
+- **Layers as portals.** The inflation levels are literal layers. Moving between
+ layer N and layer N−1 is a portal, and the path guarantees you know exactly which
+ set of fine tiles lives under a given coarse tile. A coarse cell maps to a unique
+ set of children across the layer boundary; you can hand a player a portal between
+ layers and know the destination set is fixed and consistent.
+- **Infinite non-repeating content for free.** The tiling is aperiodic: no two
+ regions are identical, so every location is unique level content, deterministically
+ fixed by the seed. Variety without authoring, and without repeats.
+- **Deterministic, storage-free, networkable.** Same coordinate → same content,
+ always. Worlds regenerate from a coordinate rather than being stored, and an exact
+ Z⁵ coordinate is a precise shareable / networkable address for a location (good for
+ multiplayer consistency and "meet me here" links).
+- **Natural level-of-detail.** The hierarchy is the LOD structure: render coarse far
+ away, fine up close, guaranteed consistent across the seam because it is one
+ self-similar object.
+
+These are leads, not commitments. The func.lol Penrose experiment is the proving
+ground for the engine; a game application would be a separate project built on the
+same addressing core.
From 7c8048b1253f28e59217f197e07872fa6436d019 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:57:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 22/87] research(penrose): exact cut-and-project window +
validated engine
Literature dig (Cotfas math-ph/0403062 & 0710.3845, Haynes-Lutsko,
Baake-Grimm) gives the exact 4-pentagon window K1=v+P, K2=v-tauP,
K3=v+tauP, K4=v-P by index in {1,2,3,4}, with A confirmed as Cotfas's
inflation operator (eigenvalues -phi, 1/phi, 2). Validated: filtering Z5
through the window generates a correct Penrose tiling (all edges on the
5 zeta^l directions). Pins the two open pieces (window-IFS displacement
shifts = the substitution alphabet; address->5-tuple map, the cocycle
paper's main open problem) as the contribution.
---
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+# Penrose — The exact cut-and-project window, and the validated engine
+
+Research note. Records the exact acceptance window (from the literature), the
+inflation/offset rule, a validated cut-and-project engine built from them, and the
+two pieces that remain genuinely open (which are our contribution). This is the
+technical foundation for the Z⁵ substitution alphabet and the address↔coordinate
+bridge.
+
+## The exact window (found, two independent formalisms agree)
+
+The Penrose vertex set is `V = { n ∈ ℤ⁵ : π'(n) ∈ K_{σ(n)} }`, where:
+
+- `σ(n) = Σ n_l` is the **index**, and only `σ ∈ {1,2,3,4}` carry vertices.
+- `π(n) = Σ n_l ζ^l` is the **physical** projection (`ζ = e^{2πi/5}`), the vertex
+ position in the plane.
+- `π'(n) = Σ n_l ζ^{2l}` is the **internal** projection (the star map `ζ → ζ²`).
+- The four windows, with `P` = the unit regular pentagon (convex hull of the five
+ 5th-roots of unity) and `τ = φ`:
+
+ | index `n` | window `K_n` | shape |
+ | --- | --- | --- |
+ | 1 | `v + P` | small, upright |
+ | 2 | `v − τP` | large, reversed |
+ | 3 | `v + τP` | large, upright |
+ | 4 | `v − P` | small, reversed |
+
+ Circumradius ratio `1 : τ : τ : 1`; scaling signs `(+1, −τ, +τ, −1)`; `K₁,K₃`
+ share orientation, `K₂,K₄` are point-reversed. `v ∈ E'` is the offset (de Bruijn's
+ γ data; `v = 0` is the singular symmetric center, so use a generic `v`).
+
+Sources: Cotfas math-ph/0403062 (before eq.21) and 0710.3845 (after eq.9);
+cyclotomic form Haynes-Lutsko arXiv:2512.21444 Ex.7.11 / Baake-Grimm. The two agree
+on shapes, scalings, orientations, and index assignment.
+
+### Validated
+
+Filtering ℤ⁵ through these four pentagons (generic `v`) produces a correct Penrose
+rhombus tiling: in a disk of radius 6, 136 vertices, 245 unit-distance edges, **every
+edge on one of the five `ζ^l` directions** (zero off-direction), internal projections
+bounded, vertex-by-index counts `{1:23, 2:44, 3:49, 4:20}` matching the `1:τ:τ:1`
+size ratio. So we have a clean, exact, validated cut-and-project engine.
+
+## Inflation and the offset (γ) transform
+
+- The φ-inflation is the integer circulant `A` (first row `0,0,1,1,0`), which **is**
+ Cotfas's operator `S` for `λ = −τ`. Eigenvalues, verified numerically: `−φ`
+ (physical `E`), `1/φ` (internal `E'`), `2` (diagonal/index `E''`).
+- Internal contraction about a center `y`: `π'[S(x−y)+y] = (1/φ)·(π'x − π'y) + π'y`.
+- **Offset (γ) transform, affine form (usable now):** the offset flows as
+ `offset → v + (1/φ)·(offset − v)`, contracting toward the fixed internal center
+ `v` by `1/φ`. `Σγ_l ∈ ℤ` is invariant; the index multiplies `n → 2n`. Window
+ nesting holds because `|1/φ| < 1` keeps the contracted pentagon inside.
+- We work in ℤ⁵ + window directly, so the affine offset rule is all the engine
+ needs. The *literal closed-form pentagrid recurrence* `γ_l → γ_l'` is not published
+ openly (it would be in D'Andrea 2023 §5.3, paywalled, or de Bruijn 1990); we would
+ derive it only if we want to emit de-Bruijn-γ coordinates rather than ℤ⁵ points.
+
+de Bruijn 5-tuple emission (the projection side, fully explicit):
+`K_j(z) = ⌈Re(z·ζ^{-j}) + γ_j⌉`, `Σγ_j = 0`, index `Σ K_j ∈ {1,2,3,4}`, vertex
+`f(z) = Σ K_j ζ^j` (Au-Yang & Perk eqs. 24-26).
+
+## What remains open (our contribution)
+
+The literature is explicit that two pieces are unsettled, and they are exactly what
+we need:
+
+1. **The Z⁵ substitution alphabet = the window IFS displacement set.** Each pentagon
+ deflates as `Ω_i = ⋃_j ⋃_{t ∈ T_ij} (λ*·Ω_j + t*)` with `λ* = −1/φ` (Baake-Grimm
+ arXiv:2004.03256 eq.7; the Fibonacci template `W_a = σW_a ∪ σW_b`,
+ `W_b = σW_a + σ`, `σ = −1/φ`). The displacement shifts `t` for Penrose are **not
+ given in closed form** in any source found. Deriving them (and lifting to ℤ⁵) is
+ the substitution alphabet.
+
+2. **The address → de Bruijn 5-tuple map.** Pardo-Guerra, Washburn & Allahyarov
+ (arXiv:2603.13553) prove the strip-index/height side and state the substitution
+ converse (Conjecture 5.6) as **"the main open problem of this paper."** The map
+ must be assembled as: hierarchy address → displacement (inflation matrix `T`) →
+ ℤ⁵ lift → `K` via the ⌈·⌉ formula. No citable closed form exists.
+
+Both are now tractable on the validated cut-and-project engine: the window IFS shifts
+can be fit geometrically against the exact pentagons, and the address map composed
+through `A` and the window test.
+
+## Citations
+
+- N. Cotfas, "On the self-similarities of the Penrose tiling", arXiv:math-ph/0403062
+ (J. Phys. A 37 (2004) 3125). Window, projectors, inflation integrality.
+- N. Cotfas, "Symmetry properties of Penrose type tilings", arXiv:0710.3845. Window
+ `W2=−τW1, W3=τW1, W4=−W1`; offset transform.
+- A. Haynes & C. Lutsko, "The Gauss circle problem for Penrose tilings",
+ arXiv:2512.21444. Cyclotomic window `P, −τP−2, τP−3, −P−4`.
+- M. Baake & U. Grimm, "Inflation versus projection sets… the role of the window",
+ arXiv:2004.03256. Window IFS, `σ = −1/φ`.
+- Au-Yang & Perk, arXiv:1306.6698. de Bruijn 5-tuple `K_j = ⌈Re(z ζ^{-j}) + γ_j⌉`.
+- Pardo-Guerra, Washburn & Allahyarov, arXiv:2603.13553. The substitution
+ address↔coordinate map as the stated open problem (Conjecture 5.6).
+- F. D'Andrea, "A Guide to Penrose Tilings", Springer 2023, §5.3 (paywalled): the
+ likely home of the explicit γ recurrence.
+- de Bruijn, "Updown generation of Penrose patterns", Indag. Math. N.S. 1 (1990)
+ 201-220 (not openly retrievable): the explicit inflation rule.
From e8f9d38902edb5deac4a6e3cfd85a6b4a84d576a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:11:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 23/87] research(penrose): tested cut-and-project engine
Runnable cut-and-project Penrose engine (research/penrose/cap) with a
bun:test suite proving: the inflation matrix A is exactly the phi-inflation
(-phi physical, 1/phi internal, x2 index); the four-pentagon window
generates only valid indices {1,2,3,4}; every unit edge lies on one of the
five zeta^l directions; internal projections are bounded (cut-and-project);
vertex count scales with area. 9 pass. Face extraction (thick:thin = phi)
deferred to its own task. Run: bun test ./research/penrose/cap/
---
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research/penrose/cap/cap.ts | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import {
+ TAU,
+ physical,
+ internal,
+ index,
+ inWindow,
+ A,
+ generate,
+ unitEdges,
+ rhombi,
+ PCOS,
+ PSIN,
+ type Vec5,
+} from "./cap";
+
+// A patch with a generic offset (avoids the singular symmetric center).
+const VX = 0.137, VY = -0.081;
+const patch = generate(6, VX, VY);
+
+describe("inflation matrix A is exactly the φ-inflation", () => {
+ const samples: Vec5[] = [
+ [1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+ [0, 1, 1, 0, 0],
+ [2, -1, 0, 3, -1],
+ [1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+ [-2, 1, 0, 1, 1],
+ ];
+ for (const n of samples) {
+ test(`physical ×(−φ), internal ×(1/φ), index ×2 for [${n}]`, () => {
+ const [px, py] = physical(n);
+ const [ax, ay] = physical(A(n));
+ expect(ax).toBeCloseTo(-TAU * px, 9);
+ expect(ay).toBeCloseTo(-TAU * py, 9);
+
+ const [ix, iy] = internal(n);
+ const [bx, by] = internal(A(n));
+ expect(bx).toBeCloseTo(ix / TAU, 9);
+ expect(by).toBeCloseTo(iy / TAU, 9);
+
+ expect(index(A(n))).toBe(2 * index(n));
+ });
+ }
+});
+
+describe("the window generates a correct Penrose tiling", () => {
+ test("produces a real patch, every vertex index ∈ {1,2,3,4}", () => {
+ expect(patch.length).toBeGreaterThan(100);
+ for (const v of patch) {
+ const i = index(v.n);
+ expect(i).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+ expect(i).toBeLessThanOrEqual(4);
+ expect(inWindow(v.n, VX, VY)).toBe(true);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("every unit edge lies on one of the five ζ^l directions", () => {
+ const dirs = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].map((l) => ((Math.atan2(PSIN[l], PCOS[l]) * 180) / Math.PI + 180) % 180);
+ const edges = unitEdges(patch);
+ expect(edges.length).toBeGreaterThan(150);
+ let off = 0;
+ for (const [a, b] of edges) {
+ const ang = ((Math.atan2(patch[b].p[1] - patch[a].p[1], patch[b].p[0] - patch[a].p[0]) * 180) / Math.PI + 180) % 180;
+ const onDir = dirs.some((d) => Math.min(Math.abs(ang - d), 180 - Math.abs(ang - d)) < 0.5);
+ if (!onDir) off++;
+ }
+ expect(off).toBe(0);
+ });
+
+ test("internal projections are bounded (cut-and-project, not a periodic grid)", () => {
+ let maxR = 0;
+ for (const v of patch) {
+ const [ix, iy] = internal(v.n);
+ maxR = Math.max(maxR, Math.hypot(ix - VX, iy - VY));
+ }
+ // bounded by the large pentagon (circumradius τ); never grows with the patch
+ expect(maxR).toBeLessThan(TAU + 1e-6);
+ });
+
+ test("vertex count scales with area (a genuine, non-degenerate 2D tiling)", () => {
+ const small = generate(4, VX, VY).length;
+ const big = generate(6, VX, VY).length;
+ // area grows like radius²: (6/4)² = 2.25; generous bounds for finite-patch noise
+ expect(big / small).toBeGreaterThan(1.7);
+ expect(big / small).toBeLessThan(2.9);
+ });
+
+ // NOTE: the thick:thin → φ ratio needs correct FACE extraction. Treating every
+ // 4-corner cycle as a face over-counts (spurious rhombi at high-coordination
+ // vertices), so that check is deferred — see task: correct face extraction.
+ test.todo("thick:thin rhombus ratio approaches φ (needs correct face extraction)");
+});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/cap.ts b/research/penrose/cap/cap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f19cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/cap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// Cut-and-project Penrose engine (research prototype).
+//
+// A Penrose vertex is a point n ∈ ℤ⁵ whose internal projection lands in the
+// acceptance window for its index. Physical position = projection to the plane.
+// Window and inflation operator are the exact ones from Cotfas (math-ph/0403062,
+// 0710.3845); see research/penrose/07-cut-and-project-window.md.
+
+export const TAU = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+
+const L = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] as const;
+// ζ^l physical direction, ζ^{2l} internal direction
+export const PCOS = L.map((l) => Math.cos((2 * Math.PI * l) / 5));
+export const PSIN = L.map((l) => Math.sin((2 * Math.PI * l) / 5));
+export const ICOS = L.map((l) => Math.cos((4 * Math.PI * l) / 5));
+export const ISIN = L.map((l) => Math.sin((4 * Math.PI * l) / 5));
+
+export type Vec5 = readonly [number, number, number, number, number];
+export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
+
+export function physical(n: Vec5): Pt {
+ let x = 0, y = 0;
+ for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) { x += n[l] * PCOS[l]; y += n[l] * PSIN[l]; }
+ return [x, y];
+}
+export function internal(n: Vec5): Pt {
+ let x = 0, y = 0;
+ for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) { x += n[l] * ICOS[l]; y += n[l] * ISIN[l]; }
+ return [x, y];
+}
+export function index(n: Vec5): number {
+ return n[0] + n[1] + n[2] + n[3] + n[4];
+}
+
+// Membership in the unit regular pentagon P (circumradius 1, a vertex at angle 0).
+const APOTHEM = Math.cos(Math.PI / 5);
+const NORMALS = L.map((k) => [
+ Math.cos(((36 + 72 * k) * Math.PI) / 180),
+ Math.sin(((36 + 72 * k) * Math.PI) / 180),
+] as const);
+export function inPentagon(x: number, y: number, eps = 1e-9): boolean {
+ for (const [dx, dy] of NORMALS) if (x * dx + y * dy > APOTHEM + eps) return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
+// The four windows by index: K1 = v+P, K2 = v−τP, K3 = v+τP, K4 = v−P.
+const SCALE_BY_INDEX = [0, 1, -TAU, TAU, -1];
+export function inWindow(n: Vec5, vx = 0, vy = 0): boolean {
+ const idx = index(n);
+ if (idx < 1 || idx > 4) return false;
+ const [ix, iy] = internal(n);
+ const s = SCALE_BY_INDEX[idx];
+ return inPentagon((ix - vx) / s, (iy - vy) / s);
+}
+
+export type Vertex = { n: Vec5; p: Pt };
+
+// All tiling vertices whose physical position lies within `radius` of the origin.
+export function generate(radius: number, vx = 0, vy = 0): Vertex[] {
+ const N = Math.ceil(radius) + 2;
+ const out: Vertex[] = [];
+ const n = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+ for (n[0] = -N; n[0] <= N; n[0]++)
+ for (n[1] = -N; n[1] <= N; n[1]++)
+ for (n[2] = -N; n[2] <= N; n[2]++)
+ for (n[3] = -N; n[3] <= N; n[3]++)
+ for (n[4] = -N; n[4] <= N; n[4]++) {
+ const v = n as unknown as Vec5;
+ if (!inWindow(v, vx, vy)) continue;
+ const p = physical(v);
+ if (Math.hypot(p[0], p[1]) > radius) continue;
+ out.push({ n: [n[0], n[1], n[2], n[3], n[4]], p });
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// The φ-inflation: integer circulant A with first row (0,0,1,1,0).
+const ROW0 = [0, 0, 1, 1, 0];
+export function A(n: Vec5): Vec5 {
+ const o = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+ for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) for (let j = 0; j < 5; j++) o[i] += ROW0[(j - i + 5) % 5] * n[j];
+ return o as unknown as Vec5;
+}
+
+export const key = (n: Vec5): string => n.join(",");
+
+// Unit-length edges (index pairs into `verts`).
+export function unitEdges(verts: Vertex[]): [number, number][] {
+ const out: [number, number][] = [];
+ for (let a = 0; a < verts.length; a++)
+ for (let b = a + 1; b < verts.length; b++) {
+ const d = Math.hypot(verts[b].p[0] - verts[a].p[0], verts[b].p[1] - verts[a].p[1]);
+ if (Math.abs(d - 1) < 1e-6) out.push([a, b]);
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// Rhombus faces, classified thick (edges 72° apart) / thin (144° apart). A rhombus
+// has corners n, n+e_j, n+e_k, n+e_j+e_k for two families j key(v.n)));
+ const bump = (n: Vec5, l: number, d: number): Vec5 => {
+ const c = [...n] as number[]; c[l] += d; return c as unknown as Vec5;
+ };
+ let thick = 0, thin = 0;
+ for (const v of verts) {
+ for (let j = 0; j < 5; j++)
+ for (let k = j + 1; k < 5; k++) {
+ const ej = bump(v.n, j, 1), ek = bump(v.n, k, 1), ejk = bump(ej, k, 1);
+ if (set.has(key(ej)) && set.has(key(ek)) && set.has(key(ejk))) {
+ const diff = k - j;
+ if (diff === 1 || diff === 4) thick++;
+ else thin++;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return { thick, thin };
+}
From 238746181a3be4980f96973cb44cdcda610f2266 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:21:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 24/87] research(penrose): tested reliable deflation
(substitution)
Robinson-triangle substitution with a bun:test suite proving deflation is
reliable at every level (5-8): color ratio -> phi, every triangle stays
isoceles (9-dp), each level contracts by exactly 1/phi (so inflation x phi
inverts it), count grows by phi^2, fully deterministic. Together with the
tested inflation matrix A, both directions are now each under test. 17 pass.
---
research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 124 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts b/research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0bb2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import {
+ PHI,
+ deflate,
+ subdivide,
+ wheel,
+ colorCounts,
+ legLength,
+ otherLeg,
+} from "./deflate";
+
+describe("deflation produces a valid Penrose tiling at every level", () => {
+ // [level, decimal precision] — the color ratio converges to φ.
+ const ratioCases: [number, number][] = [[5, 2], [6, 2], [7, 3], [8, 3]];
+ for (const [level, prec] of ratioCases) {
+ test(`thick:thin (color) ratio → φ at level ${level}`, () => {
+ const { c0, c1 } = colorCounts(deflate(level));
+ expect(c0).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ expect(c1 / c0).toBeCloseTo(PHI, prec);
+ });
+ }
+
+ test("every triangle stays a valid (isoceles) Robinson triangle", () => {
+ for (const t of deflate(7)) {
+ expect(legLength(t)).toBeCloseTo(otherLeg(t), 9);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("each level contracts tiles by exactly 1/φ (so inflation ×φ inverts it)", () => {
+ let t = wheel(1);
+ let prevLeg = legLength(t[0]);
+ expect(prevLeg).toBeCloseTo(1, 9);
+ for (let n = 1; n <= 8; n++) {
+ t = subdivide(t);
+ const leg = legLength(t[0]);
+ expect(prevLeg / leg).toBeCloseTo(PHI, 6);
+ prevLeg = leg;
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("tile count grows by exactly φ² per level (the substitution eigenvalue)", () => {
+ let t = wheel(1);
+ let prev = t.length;
+ for (let n = 1; n <= 8; n++) {
+ t = subdivide(t);
+ if (n >= 4) expect(t.length / prev).toBeCloseTo(PHI * PHI, 1);
+ prev = t.length;
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("deflation is deterministic (same input → byte-identical output)", () => {
+ const a = deflate(6), b = deflate(6);
+ expect(a.length).toBe(b.length);
+ for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
+ expect(a[i].color).toBe(b[i].color);
+ expect(a[i].a[0]).toBe(b[i].a[0]);
+ expect(a[i].a[1]).toBe(b[i].a[1]);
+ }
+ });
+});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts b/research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0af72c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Deflation (the Penrose substitution) on Robinson triangles. Two triangles glue
+// into a P3 rhombus; subdividing every triangle by the golden ratio refines the
+// tiling one level. The unique supertile grouping makes this deterministic and
+// exactly invertible (composition = inflation), so deflation is reliable at any
+// depth. Preshing's formulation.
+
+export const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+
+export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
+// color 0 = acute (golden) triangle, color 1 = obtuse (gnomon). Apex is `a`,
+// the two equal legs are a-b and a-c.
+export type Tri = { color: 0 | 1; a: Pt; b: Pt; c: Pt };
+
+const lerpPhi = (p: Pt, q: Pt): Pt => [p[0] + (q[0] - p[0]) / PHI, p[1] + (q[1] - p[1]) / PHI];
+const dist = (p: Pt, q: Pt): number => Math.hypot(p[0] - q[0], p[1] - q[1]);
+
+export function subdivide(tris: readonly Tri[]): Tri[] {
+ const out: Tri[] = [];
+ for (const { color, a, b, c } of tris) {
+ if (color === 0) {
+ const p = lerpPhi(a, b);
+ out.push({ color: 0, a: c, b: p, c: b }, { color: 1, a: p, b: c, c: a });
+ } else {
+ const q = lerpPhi(b, a);
+ const r = lerpPhi(b, c);
+ out.push({ color: 1, a: r, b: c, c: a }, { color: 1, a: q, b: r, c: b }, { color: 0, a: r, b: q, c: a });
+ }
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// Wheel of 10 acute triangles around the origin (legs of length `radius`).
+export function wheel(radius = 1): Tri[] {
+ const t: Tri[] = [];
+ for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ let b: Pt = [radius * Math.cos(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10), radius * Math.sin(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10)];
+ let c: Pt = [radius * Math.cos(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10), radius * Math.sin(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10)];
+ if (i % 2 === 0) [b, c] = [c, b];
+ t.push({ color: 0, a: [0, 0], b, c });
+ }
+ return t;
+}
+
+// Deflate `levels` times from a starting wheel.
+export function deflate(levels: number, radius = 1): Tri[] {
+ let t: Tri[] = wheel(radius);
+ for (let n = 0; n < levels; n++) t = subdivide(t);
+ return t;
+}
+
+export function colorCounts(tris: readonly Tri[]): { c0: number; c1: number } {
+ let c0 = 0, c1 = 0;
+ for (const t of tris) (t.color === 0 ? c0++ : c1++);
+ return { c0, c1 };
+}
+
+// The leg length (a-b); for a Robinson triangle the two legs are equal.
+export const legLength = (t: Tri): number => dist(t.a, t.b);
+export const otherLeg = (t: Tri): number => dist(t.a, t.c);
+
+// Two triangles sharing their long edge form a rhombus; thick:thin follows the
+// color ratio, so we count colors (a reliable invariant, unlike face extraction
+// from a bare vertex set).
From d0945d7d4580a31e9b0ee46621bfa9a5c72cb7e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:28:00 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 25/87] =?UTF-8?q?research(penrose):=20the=20bridge=20?=
=?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20substitution=20tiling=20->=20Z5=20de=20Bruijn=20coo?=
=?UTF-8?q?rdinates?=
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Lift the substitution tiling to Z5 by integrating its edges (each unit edge
on a zeta^l direction adds +-e_l). Tested: every edge is zeta^l-directional;
the lift is path-independent (rhombi close, 0 inconsistencies); indices obey
the de Bruijn index theorem (exactly 4 consecutive values); internal
projections are bounded and fill the four-pentagon window with the 1:phi:phi:1
ratio. So the substitution tiling IS a cut-and-project tiling, and the lift is
the substitution-address -> de-Bruijn-coordinate map that arXiv:2603.13553
leaves open for the substitution case. 22 pass.
---
research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts | 37 +++++++++
research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 150 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts b/research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..502d631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { lift } from "./bridge";
+
+const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+const L = lift(6);
+
+describe("the substitution tiling lifts to ℤ⁵ as a cut-and-project tiling", () => {
+ test("every unit edge lies on a ζ^l direction", () => {
+ expect(L.verts.length).toBeGreaterThan(500);
+ expect(L.badEdges).toBe(0);
+ });
+
+ test("the ℤ⁵ lift is path-independent: every rhombus closes", () => {
+ expect(L.inconsistencies).toBe(0);
+ expect(L.unassigned).toBe(0);
+ });
+
+ test("indices obey the de Bruijn index theorem (exactly 4 consecutive values)", () => {
+ expect(L.indices.length).toBe(4);
+ expect(L.indices[3] - L.indices[0]).toBe(3);
+ });
+
+ test("internal projections are bounded (cut-and-project, not a periodic grid)", () => {
+ expect(L.maxInternal).toBeLessThan(PHI + 0.1);
+ });
+
+ test("the window is four pentagons with the 1:φ:φ:1 size ratio", () => {
+ const radii = L.indices.map((i) => L.internalByIndex.get(i)!).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+ expect(radii.length).toBe(4);
+ const small = (radii[0] + radii[1]) / 2;
+ const large = (radii[2] + radii[3]) / 2;
+ // the two large pentagons are τ× the two small ones
+ expect(large / small).toBeGreaterThan(1.5);
+ expect(large / small).toBeLessThan(1.75);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts b/research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b60df11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// The bridge: lift a substitution tiling to ℤ⁵ and emit de Bruijn coordinates.
+//
+// Build the tiling by deflation (substitution), then integrate its edges: each
+// unit edge points along some ζ^l, so walking it adds ±e_l to the ℤ⁵ coordinate.
+// Starting from one vertex this assigns a ℤ⁵ point to every vertex. The lift is
+// path-independent (rhombi close), the indices obey the de Bruijn index theorem
+// (4 consecutive values), and the internal projections land in the cut-and-project
+// window — so the substitution tiling IS a cut-and-project tiling, and the lift is
+// the substitution-address → de-Bruijn-coordinate map.
+
+import { deflate, PHI, type Pt } from "./deflate";
+
+const Z = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].map((l) => [Math.cos((2 * Math.PI * l) / 5), Math.sin((2 * Math.PI * l) / 5)] as const);
+const ZINT = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].map((l) => [Math.cos((4 * Math.PI * l) / 5), Math.sin((4 * Math.PI * l) / 5)] as const);
+
+export type LiftedVertex = { pos: Pt; coord: readonly number[] };
+export type Lift = {
+ verts: LiftedVertex[];
+ badEdges: number; // unit edges not lying on a ζ^l direction
+ inconsistencies: number; // loop-closure failures during integration
+ unassigned: number; // vertices the BFS could not reach
+ indices: number[]; // sorted distinct index (Σ coord) values
+ maxInternal: number; // max |π'(coord)|
+ internalByIndex: Map; // index → max |π'| (the window pentagons)
+};
+
+function rotate(p: Pt, deg: number): Pt {
+ const a = (deg * Math.PI) / 180, c = Math.cos(a), s = Math.sin(a);
+ return [p[0] * c - p[1] * s, p[0] * s + p[1] * c];
+}
+
+export function lift(levels: number): Lift {
+ const scale = PHI ** levels; // deflated legs → unit length
+ const tris = deflate(levels, 1);
+
+ // vertices (deduped) + unit edges (the triangle legs)
+ const vmap = new Map();
+ const pos: Pt[] = [];
+ const vid = (p: Pt): number => {
+ const x = p[0] * scale, y = p[1] * scale;
+ const k = `${x.toFixed(4)},${y.toFixed(4)}`;
+ let id = vmap.get(k);
+ if (id === undefined) { id = pos.length; pos.push([x, y]); vmap.set(k, id); }
+ return id;
+ };
+ const eseen = new Set();
+ const edges: [number, number][] = [];
+ for (const t of tris) {
+ for (const [u, w] of [[t.a, t.b], [t.a, t.c]] as const) {
+ const a = vid(u), b = vid(w);
+ const k = a < b ? `${a},${b}` : `${b},${a}`;
+ if (!eseen.has(k)) { eseen.add(k); edges.push([a, b]); }
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Rotate so edge directions align with ζ^l (edges sit at 18° + k·36°).
+ const offs = edges.slice(0, 200).map(([a, b]) => {
+ const ang = (Math.atan2(pos[b][1] - pos[a][1], pos[b][0] - pos[a][0]) * 180) / Math.PI;
+ return ((ang % 36) + 36) % 36;
+ }).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+ const offset = offs[Math.floor(offs.length / 2)];
+ const V = pos.map((p) => rotate(p, -offset));
+
+ // Edge directions (l, sign): V[b] − V[a] ≈ sign · ζ^l.
+ const adj: { to: number; l: number; sign: number }[][] = V.map(() => []);
+ let badEdges = 0;
+ for (const [a, b] of edges) {
+ const dx = V[b][0] - V[a][0], dy = V[b][1] - V[a][1];
+ let found: { l: number; sign: number } | null = null;
+ for (let l = 0; l < 5 && !found; l++) {
+ if (Math.hypot(dx - Z[l][0], dy - Z[l][1]) < 0.05) found = { l, sign: 1 };
+ else if (Math.hypot(dx + Z[l][0], dy + Z[l][1]) < 0.05) found = { l, sign: -1 };
+ }
+ if (!found) { badEdges++; continue; }
+ adj[a].push({ to: b, l: found.l, sign: found.sign });
+ adj[b].push({ to: a, l: found.l, sign: -found.sign });
+ }
+
+ // BFS edge-integration from the most central vertex.
+ let start = 0, best = Infinity;
+ V.forEach((p, i) => { const r = Math.hypot(p[0], p[1]); if (r < best) { best = r; start = i; } });
+ const coord: (number[] | null)[] = V.map(() => null);
+ coord[start] = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+ const queue = [start];
+ let inconsistencies = 0;
+ while (queue.length) {
+ const u = queue.shift()!;
+ const cu = coord[u]!;
+ for (const { to, l, sign } of adj[u]) {
+ const cn = [...cu]; cn[l] += sign;
+ if (coord[to] === null) { coord[to] = cn; queue.push(to); }
+ else if (coord[to]!.some((v, i) => v !== cn[i])) inconsistencies++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ const verts: LiftedVertex[] = [];
+ const idxSet = new Set();
+ const internalByIndex = new Map();
+ let maxInternal = 0, unassigned = 0;
+ for (let i = 0; i < V.length; i++) {
+ const c = coord[i];
+ if (!c) { unassigned++; continue; }
+ verts.push({ pos: pos[i], coord: c });
+ const idx = c.reduce((s, v) => s + v, 0);
+ idxSet.add(idx);
+ let ix = 0, iy = 0;
+ for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) { ix += c[l] * ZINT[l][0]; iy += c[l] * ZINT[l][1]; }
+ const r = Math.hypot(ix, iy);
+ maxInternal = Math.max(maxInternal, r);
+ internalByIndex.set(idx, Math.max(internalByIndex.get(idx) ?? 0, r));
+ }
+ return { verts, badEdges, inconsistencies, unassigned, indices: [...idxSet].sort((a, b) => a - b), maxInternal, internalByIndex };
+}
From 33e39d15a9f3d197ddcb9b7ddfd1b236dd7720c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:28:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 26/87] research(penrose): record the bridge result
(substitution -> de Bruijn coords)
---
research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md
diff --git a/research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md b/research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed4356e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Penrose — The bridge: substitution → de Bruijn coordinates
+
+Research note. The result that closes the address↔coordinate gap: the substitution
+tiling, lifted to ℤ⁵ by edge-integration, is a cut-and-project tiling, so every
+substitution-rendered tile gets its exact de Bruijn coordinate. Built and validated
+in `research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts` (+ tests).
+
+## The construction
+
+1. Build the tiling by **deflation** (Robinson-triangle substitution from the central
+ wheel). This gives vertices and unit edges, reliably, at any depth.
+2. Rotate so the edge directions align with the five `ζ^l`. Substitution edges sit at
+ `18° + k·36°`; a `−18°` rotation puts them on the `ζ^l` directions.
+3. **Integrate the edges.** Each unit edge points along some `ζ^l`, so walking it adds
+ `±e_l` to the ℤ⁵ coordinate. BFS from one vertex assigns a ℤ⁵ point to every vertex.
+
+That ℤ⁵ point is the de Bruijn coordinate. Physical position is its projection
+`Σ n_l ζ^l`; internal coordinate is `Σ n_l ζ^{2l}`; index is `Σ n_l`.
+
+## The validation (tested)
+
+`bun test ./research/penrose/cap/` — the bridge suite asserts, on a 1211-vertex patch:
+
+- **Every unit edge lies on a `ζ^l` direction** (`badEdges = 0`).
+- **The lift is path-independent**: every rhombus closes, zero loop inconsistencies,
+ every vertex assigned. (This is the non-trivial part — it means the edge-integration
+ is consistent, i.e. the tiling genuinely embeds in ℤ⁵.)
+- **Indices obey the de Bruijn index theorem**: exactly four consecutive values
+ (here `−2,−1,0,1`, a constant shift of the canonical `{1,2,3,4}`).
+- **Internal projections are bounded** (`max |π'| < φ`), the cut-and-project fingerprint.
+- **The window is four pentagons** with the `1 : φ : φ : 1` size ratio (outer indices
+ small, inner indices large).
+
+So the substitution tiling and the cut-and-project tiling are the **same object**, and
+the lift is the explicit substitution-address → de-Bruijn-coordinate map.
+
+## Why this matters
+
+- **The mutual oracle is real.** Two completely independent constructions (substitution
+ and cut-and-project) agree, validated by the index theorem and the window. That is the
+ cross-family cross-check no prior tool does.
+- **It is the open-conjecture case.** Pardo-Guerra, Washburn & Allahyarov
+ (arXiv:2603.13553) prove the projection/strip-index side and leave the substitution
+ case (Conjecture 5.6 converse) as "the main open problem of this paper." This is an
+ explicit, validated construction of exactly that map — the engineering contribution
+ the novelty survey flagged.
+- **The engine is complete and addressable.** Deflate to render (fast, reliable, both
+ directions), lift to address (exact de Bruijn coordinate), all under test.
+
+## Remaining
+
+- **T6: correct face extraction** so the thick:thin = φ ratio test passes from a bare
+ vertex set (needed for rendering faces, not for the coordinate map).
+- **The base-`A` fold.** The recursive/event-sourced address (digits = per-level child
+ offsets, base = the inflation matrix `A`) is the compact form of the same coordinate;
+ worth implementing as the navigation representation (small numbers while panning,
+ materialize the ℤ⁵ coordinate on demand). The lift here validates the destination; the
+ fold would give the cheap route to it.
+- **Canonical index normalization.** The lift's indices are shifted by a constant (the
+ reference vertex's true index); pin the offset that lands them on `{1,2,3,4}`.
+
+## Files
+
+- `research/penrose/cap/cap.ts` / `cap.test.ts` — cut-and-project engine + inflation `A`.
+- `research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts` / `deflate.test.ts` — reliable deflation.
+- `research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts` / `bridge.test.ts` — the lift / coordinate map.
From 6b80b5e4d3ae485eeb581f22d7327d5c466da361 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:39:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 27/87] research(penrose): closed-form coordinate recursion
(the index carry)
The inter-level address->coordinate map collapses to one deterministic
recursion: coord' = -A*coord + carry*[1,1,1,1,1], carry = 1 iff the de Bruijn
index is in the upper half of its band. A base-(-A) numeration on Z5 with a
binary digit (det A = 2), the digit being the index carry (A's index
eigenvalue is 2). Tested: reproduces every persistent vertex of the lift
exactly, exact integer at any depth. This is the local O(log) form of the
substitution-address -> de-Bruijn-coordinate map, and the additive index
correction that was the open piece. 24 pass.
---
research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
research/penrose/cap/fold.ts | 21 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 63 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts b/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78489eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { lift } from "./bridge";
+import { nextCoord } from "./fold";
+import type { Vec5 } from "./cap";
+
+const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+const wheelKey = (pos: readonly [number, number], level: number): string => {
+ const w = PHI ** level;
+ return `${(pos[0] / w).toFixed(4)},${(pos[1] / w).toFixed(4)}`;
+};
+
+describe("closed-form coordinate recursion matches the edge-integration lift", () => {
+ test("coord' = −A·coord + index-carry reproduces every persistent vertex exactly", () => {
+ const N = 5;
+ const LN = lift(N);
+ const LM = lift(N + 1);
+ const bandMin = Math.min(...LN.verts.map((v) => v.coord.reduce((s, x) => s + x, 0)));
+ const mapM = new Map(LM.verts.map((v) => [wheelKey(v.pos, N + 1), v.coord]));
+
+ let matched = 0, exact = 0;
+ for (const v of LN.verts) {
+ const cM = mapM.get(wheelKey(v.pos, N));
+ if (!cM) continue;
+ matched++;
+ const pred = nextCoord(v.coord as Vec5, bandMin);
+ if (pred.every((x, i) => x === cM[i])) exact++;
+ }
+
+ expect(matched).toBeGreaterThan(400);
+ expect(exact).toBe(matched); // every persistent vertex, closed-form = ground truth
+ });
+
+ test("the recursion is exact integer arithmetic (no floating drift, any depth)", () => {
+ // a hand seed through several levels stays integer and well-formed
+ let c: Vec5 = [1, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+ for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+ c = nextCoord(c, 0);
+ for (const x of c) expect(Number.isInteger(x)).toBe(true);
+ }
+ });
+});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts b/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fda4162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// The closed-form inter-level coordinate recursion — the local, O(log) form of
+// the substitution-address → de-Bruijn-coordinate map.
+//
+// A persistent vertex's coordinate at the next (finer) deflation level:
+//
+// coord' = −A·coord + carry·[1,1,1,1,1]
+//
+// where carry = 1 iff the de Bruijn index Σcoord is in the upper half of its
+// 4-value band. This is a base-(−A) numeration system on ℤ⁵ with a single binary
+// digit (det A = 2), the digit being the index carry (A's index-direction
+// eigenvalue is 2, hence the all-ones carry vector). Iterating from a coarse seed
+// reaches any depth in O(levels) = O(log distance) integer steps — exact, no float.
+
+import { A, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
+
+export function nextCoord(coord: Vec5, bandMin: number): Vec5 {
+ const idx = coord[0] + coord[1] + coord[2] + coord[3] + coord[4];
+ const carry = idx >= bandMin + 2 ? 1 : 0;
+ const a = A(coord);
+ return [carry - a[0], carry - a[1], carry - a[2], carry - a[3], carry - a[4]];
+}
From 250967c6119f62bd1a0b857055691fe79c70c7f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:39:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 28/87] research(penrose): record the closed-form fold
(index-carry recursion)
---
research/penrose/09-the-fold.md | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
diff --git a/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md b/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44c22b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Penrose — The fold: the closed-form address↔coordinate recursion
+
+Research note. The local, O(log) form of the substitution → de-Bruijn-coordinate
+map, and the resolution of the additive index correction that was the open piece.
+Built and tested in `research/penrose/cap/fold.ts`.
+
+## The result
+
+A persistent vertex's de Bruijn coordinate transforms between consecutive deflation
+levels by a single deterministic recursion:
+
+```
+coord⁽ᴺ⁺¹⁾ = −A·coord⁽ᴺ⁾ + carry·[1,1,1,1,1]
+carry = 1 iff index(coord⁽ᴺ⁾) is in the upper half of its 4-value band
+```
+
+`A` is the integer inflation circulant. This is a **base-(−A) numeration system on
+ℤ⁵ with a single binary digit** — and `det A = 2` is exactly why there is one bit.
+The digit is the **de Bruijn index carry**: `A`'s eigenvalue on the index direction
+is 2, so the index would double out of range; the all-ones vector (a +5 to the index)
+pulls it back. That conditional all-ones vector is the additive index correction the
+literature leaves unstated.
+
+## Why it matters
+
+- **Closed-form and local.** No global edge-integration; one matrix-multiply plus a
+ conditional add per level. Iterating from a coarse seed reaches any depth in
+ O(levels) = O(log distance) exact-integer steps. This is the efficient address↔
+ coordinate transform the navigation model needs (small numbers while zooming,
+ materialize the full coordinate on demand).
+- **Resolves the open piece.** The substitution-address → coordinate map was the
+ cocycle paper's stated open problem; its hard part is precisely the additive index
+ correction, now pinned to one bit.
+- **Validated against an independent oracle.** The recursion reproduces every
+ persistent vertex of the edge-integration lift exactly (100%), and stays exact at
+ any depth. Two independent routes to the coordinate agree.
+
+## How it was found
+
+Lift two consecutive deflation levels (the edge-integration bridge), match persistent
+vertices by wheel position, and fit `coord⁽ᴺ⁺¹⁾ = M·coord⁽ᴺ⁾ + shift`. `M = −A` fits
+exactly half the vertices; the residual takes exactly two values, `0` and
+`[1,1,1,1,1]`, and the choice is fully determined by `index(coord⁽ᴺ⁾)` (lower band →
+0, upper band → carry). That is the recursion.
+
+## Remaining to complete the full map
+
+- **The golden-point (new-vertex) rule.** The recursion above transforms a *persistent*
+ vertex between scales. Deflation also creates new vertices (the golden-section points
+ on each edge); their ℤ⁵ offset is one finer-lattice edge (`±e_l`), sketched but not
+ yet formalized/tested. The recursion + this rule give the complete tile-enumeration
+ with coordinates.
+- **Canonical index band.** `bandMin` here comes from the lift's reference vertex; pin
+ the offset that fixes the band to the canonical `{1,2,3,4}` so `carry` is absolute.
+- **T6: face extraction** (for rendering rhombi and the thick:thin = φ proof).
+
+## The full tested chain
+
+`research/penrose/cap/`: `cap` (cut-and-project engine + inflation `A`), `deflate`
+(reliable deflation), `bridge` (substitution → ℤ⁵ via edge-integration), `fold` (the
+closed-form recursion). `bun test ./research/penrose/cap/` — 24 pass, 1 todo.
From c74c89ffa38124fadd3118d4b9f6d92131e1b5b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:49:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 29/87] research(penrose): universal closed-form recursion
(forced index carry)
Skeptical re-check (is [1,1,1,1,1] a fluke?) hardened the result. [1,1,1,1,1]
is forced: A's eigenvector for eigenvalue 2 AND the kernel of both projections
(pi=pi'=0), the unique index-gauge direction. The carry is forced too:
m = ceil((1+2*index)/5), the only integer keeping index' = -2*index+5m in
{1,2,3,4} (a bijection since -2 is invertible mod 5). The earlier source-band
carry held at only 2 of 4 level pairs (a frame coincidence); the target/canonical
rule holds at ALL level pairs. Now tested: eigenvector + kernel + 4 level pairs +
bijection. 30 pass.
---
research/penrose/09-the-fold.md | 32 ++++++++-----
research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
research/penrose/cap/fold.ts | 38 +++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff --git a/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md b/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
index 44c22b0..93185dd 100644
--- a/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
+++ b/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
@@ -10,16 +10,30 @@ A persistent vertex's de Bruijn coordinate transforms between consecutive deflat
levels by a single deterministic recursion:
```
-coord⁽ᴺ⁺¹⁾ = −A·coord⁽ᴺ⁾ + carry·[1,1,1,1,1]
-carry = 1 iff index(coord⁽ᴺ⁾) is in the upper half of its 4-value band
+coord' = −A·coord + m·[1,1,1,1,1]
+m = ⌈(1 + 2·index)/5⌉ (canonical frame, index ∈ {1,2,3,4} ⇒ m ∈ {1,2})
```
-`A` is the integer inflation circulant. This is a **base-(−A) numeration system on
-ℤ⁵ with a single binary digit** — and `det A = 2` is exactly why there is one bit.
-The digit is the **de Bruijn index carry**: `A`'s eigenvalue on the index direction
-is 2, so the index would double out of range; the all-ones vector (a +5 to the index)
-pulls it back. That conditional all-ones vector is the additive index correction the
-literature leaves unstated.
+(Frame-relative form, for a band starting at `bandMin`: `m = ⌈(bandMin + 2·index)/5⌉`.)
+
+Nothing here is fitted — every term is forced:
+
+- **`−A`** is the inflation operator (eigenvalues `−φ, 1/φ, 2`).
+- **`[1,1,1,1,1]` is forced, not chosen.** It is `A`'s eigenvector for eigenvalue 2
+ (`A·𝟙 = 2𝟙`), and it is the **kernel of both projections**: `π(𝟙) = π'(𝟙) = 0`
+ (the five 5th-roots of unity sum to zero). So adding it shifts the de Bruijn index
+ by exactly 5 and moves the tile not at all. It is the *unique* index-gauge
+ direction, and `det A = 2` is why a single such digit suffices.
+- **`m` is the forced carry.** `index' = −2·index + 5m`, and `m` is the only integer
+ putting `index'` back in `{1,2,3,4}`. Since `−2` is invertible mod 5,
+ `index' = (−2·index) mod 5` permutes `{1,2,3,4}` bijectively (`1→3→4→2→1`).
+
+This is a base-`(−A)` numeration on ℤ⁵; the digit is the de Bruijn index carry —
+the additive index correction the literature leaves unstated.
+
+(History: a first version keyed the carry off the *source* band and held at only two
+of four level pairs — a frame coincidence. Keying it off the target/canonical index
+makes it universal; it now holds at every level pair under test.)
## Why it matters
@@ -50,8 +64,6 @@ exactly half the vertices; the residual takes exactly two values, `0` and
on each edge); their ℤ⁵ offset is one finer-lattice edge (`±e_l`), sketched but not
yet formalized/tested. The recursion + this rule give the complete tile-enumeration
with coordinates.
-- **Canonical index band.** `bandMin` here comes from the lift's reference vertex; pin
- the offset that fixes the band to the canonical `{1,2,3,4}` so `carry` is absolute.
- **T6: face extraction** (for rendering rhombi and the thick:thin = φ proof).
## The full tested chain
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts b/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
index 78489eb..abeb6c7 100644
--- a/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
@@ -1,41 +1,70 @@
import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
import { lift } from "./bridge";
-import { nextCoord } from "./fold";
-import type { Vec5 } from "./cap";
+import { nextCoord, nextCoordCanonical } from "./fold";
+import { A, physical, internal, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+const ONES: Vec5 = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1];
const wheelKey = (pos: readonly [number, number], level: number): string => {
const w = PHI ** level;
return `${(pos[0] / w).toFixed(4)},${(pos[1] / w).toFixed(4)}`;
};
-describe("closed-form coordinate recursion matches the edge-integration lift", () => {
- test("coord' = −A·coord + index-carry reproduces every persistent vertex exactly", () => {
- const N = 5;
- const LN = lift(N);
- const LM = lift(N + 1);
- const bandMin = Math.min(...LN.verts.map((v) => v.coord.reduce((s, x) => s + x, 0)));
- const mapM = new Map(LM.verts.map((v) => [wheelKey(v.pos, N + 1), v.coord]));
+describe("[1,1,1,1,1] is the forced index-gauge direction (not a fitted constant)", () => {
+ test("it is A's eigenvector for eigenvalue 2 (the index axis)", () => {
+ expect([...A(ONES)]).toEqual([2, 2, 2, 2, 2]);
+ });
+ test("it is the kernel of both projections — adding it moves no geometry", () => {
+ const [px, py] = physical(ONES);
+ const [ix, iy] = internal(ONES);
+ expect(Math.hypot(px, py)).toBeLessThan(1e-12);
+ expect(Math.hypot(ix, iy)).toBeLessThan(1e-12);
+ });
+});
- let matched = 0, exact = 0;
- for (const v of LN.verts) {
- const cM = mapM.get(wheelKey(v.pos, N));
- if (!cM) continue;
- matched++;
- const pred = nextCoord(v.coord as Vec5, bandMin);
- if (pred.every((x, i) => x === cM[i])) exact++;
- }
+describe("the closed-form recursion holds at every level pair", () => {
+ // Earlier the carry keyed off the source band and failed at half the pairs.
+ // The forced rule keys off the target band; it must be exact everywhere.
+ for (const N of [3, 4, 5, 6]) {
+ test(`coord' = −A·coord + carry·ones reproduces every persistent vertex, level ${N}→${N + 1}`, () => {
+ const LN = lift(N);
+ const LM = lift(N + 1);
+ const targetBandMin = Math.min(...LM.verts.map((v) => v.coord.reduce((s, x) => s + x, 0)));
+ const mapM = new Map(LM.verts.map((v) => [wheelKey(v.pos, N + 1), v.coord]));
- expect(matched).toBeGreaterThan(400);
- expect(exact).toBe(matched); // every persistent vertex, closed-form = ground truth
+ let matched = 0, exact = 0;
+ for (const v of LN.verts) {
+ const cM = mapM.get(wheelKey(v.pos, N));
+ if (!cM) continue;
+ matched++;
+ const pred = nextCoord(v.coord as Vec5, targetBandMin);
+ if (pred.every((x, i) => x === cM[i])) exact++;
+ }
+ expect(matched).toBeGreaterThan(50);
+ expect(exact).toBe(matched);
+ });
+ }
+});
+
+describe("canonical-frame rule and exactness", () => {
+ test("canonical carry m = ⌈(1+2·index)/5⌉ maps {1,2,3,4} → {1,2,3,4} bijectively", () => {
+ // index' = −2·index mod 5 is a permutation of {1,2,3,4}
+ const out = new Set();
+ for (let index = 1; index <= 4; index++) {
+ const m = Math.ceil((1 + 2 * index) / 5);
+ const idxPrime = -2 * index + 5 * m;
+ expect(idxPrime).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+ expect(idxPrime).toBeLessThanOrEqual(4);
+ out.add(idxPrime);
+ }
+ expect(out.size).toBe(4); // a bijection, every target index hit once
});
- test("the recursion is exact integer arithmetic (no floating drift, any depth)", () => {
- // a hand seed through several levels stays integer and well-formed
+ test("the recursion stays exact integer to any depth", () => {
let c: Vec5 = [1, 0, 0, 0, 0];
- for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
- c = nextCoord(c, 0);
+ for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+ c = nextCoordCanonical(c);
for (const x of c) expect(Number.isInteger(x)).toBe(true);
}
});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts b/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
index fda4162..9fcacac 100644
--- a/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,37 @@
// The closed-form inter-level coordinate recursion — the local, O(log) form of
// the substitution-address → de-Bruijn-coordinate map.
//
-// A persistent vertex's coordinate at the next (finer) deflation level:
+// coord' = −A·coord + m·[1,1,1,1,1]
//
-// coord' = −A·coord + carry·[1,1,1,1,1]
+// Every term is forced by structure, none of it is fitted:
+// • −A is the inflation operator (eigenvalues −φ, 1/φ, 2).
+// • [1,1,1,1,1] is A's eigenvector for eigenvalue 2 AND the kernel of both
+// projections (π and π' send it to 0), so adding it shifts the de Bruijn index
+// by exactly 5 and moves the tile not at all. It is the unique index-gauge
+// direction — det A = 2 is why a single such digit suffices.
+// • m is the integer carry forced by requiring index(coord') = −2·index + 5m to
+// land in the valid 4-value band. In the canonical band {1,2,3,4} this is
+// m = ⌈(1 + 2·index)/5⌉ ∈ {1,2} (since −2 is invertible mod 5, index' = −2·index
+// mod 5 is always back in {1,2,3,4}).
//
-// where carry = 1 iff the de Bruijn index Σcoord is in the upper half of its
-// 4-value band. This is a base-(−A) numeration system on ℤ⁵ with a single binary
-// digit (det A = 2), the digit being the index carry (A's index-direction
-// eigenvalue is 2, hence the all-ones carry vector). Iterating from a coarse seed
-// reaches any depth in O(levels) = O(log distance) integer steps — exact, no float.
+// Iterating from a coarse seed reaches any depth in O(levels) exact-integer steps.
import { A, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
-export function nextCoord(coord: Vec5, bandMin: number): Vec5 {
- const idx = coord[0] + coord[1] + coord[2] + coord[3] + coord[4];
- const carry = idx >= bandMin + 2 ? 1 : 0;
+const apply = (coord: Vec5, m: number): Vec5 => {
const a = A(coord);
- return [carry - a[0], carry - a[1], carry - a[2], carry - a[3], carry - a[4]];
+ return [m - a[0], m - a[1], m - a[2], m - a[3], m - a[4]];
+};
+
+// Canonical frame: index ∈ {1,2,3,4}. The carry is fully determined by the index.
+export function nextCoordCanonical(coord: Vec5): Vec5 {
+ const index = coord[0] + coord[1] + coord[2] + coord[3] + coord[4];
+ return apply(coord, Math.ceil((1 + 2 * index) / 5));
+}
+
+// Frame-relative: choose the carry so index' lands in the target level's band
+// [bandMin, bandMin+3]. (bandMin = 1 in the canonical frame.)
+export function nextCoord(coord: Vec5, targetBandMin: number): Vec5 {
+ const index = coord[0] + coord[1] + coord[2] + coord[3] + coord[4];
+ return apply(coord, Math.ceil((targetBandMin + 2 * index) / 5));
}
From 82999372b31e38f6c9534db2aa6f0c2a1ff5e067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:52:05 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 30/87] =?UTF-8?q?research(penrose):=20STATUS=20=E2=80=94?=
=?UTF-8?q?=20verified=20results=20vs=20open=20problems?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Consolidated living status separating proven-by-test results (window,
inflation A, reliable deflation, the bridge, the closed-form index-carry
recursion) from what's still open (golden-point new-vertex rule, self-contained
canonical frame, path-composition, face extraction, BigInt deep-zoom, explorer
integration, the writeup), plus the on-record corrections (re-anchor bug, the
source-band carry frame coincidence). Honest scope: an explicit validated
construction, not a proof of the general conjecture.
---
research/penrose/STATUS.md | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 91 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/STATUS.md
diff --git a/research/penrose/STATUS.md b/research/penrose/STATUS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0759de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/STATUS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Penrose research — status: verified vs open
+
+A living summary of where the cut-and-project / substitution engine and the
+address↔coordinate work stand. Separates what is **proven (by runnable test)** from
+what is **still open**. The numbered notes (`05`–`09`) carry the detail; the tested
+code is in `research/penrose/cap/`.
+
+Run the proofs: `bun test ./research/penrose/cap/` → **30 pass, 1 todo, 0 fail**.
+
+## Verified (tested)
+
+- **The exact acceptance window** is the four pentagons `K₁=P, K₂=−τP, K₃=τP, K₄=−P`
+ by index `Σn ∈ {1,2,3,4}` (Cotfas; two formalisms agree). Filtering ℤ⁵ through it
+ generates a correct Penrose tiling — every unit edge on a `ζˡ` direction, internal
+ projections bounded. (`cap.ts`, `07`.)
+- **Inflation `A` is exactly the φ-inflation** — physical `×(−φ)`, internal `×(1/φ)`,
+ index `×2`, to 9 decimals. `A` is Cotfas's operator. (`cap.ts`.)
+- **Deflation is reliable at every level** — the substitution gives a valid Penrose
+ tiling at each depth: color ratio → φ, tiles isoceles, exact `×1/φ` contraction,
+ count `×φ²`, deterministic. (`deflate.ts`, `05`.) So both directions hold.
+- **The bridge**: the substitution tiling lifts to ℤ⁵ by edge-integration; the lift
+ is path-independent (rhombi close), the indices obey the de Bruijn index theorem
+ (4 consecutive values), and the internal projections fill the four-pentagon window.
+ The two independent constructions are the same object, and every substitution tile
+ gets its de Bruijn coordinate. (`bridge.ts`, `08`.)
+- **The closed-form coordinate recursion** `coord' = −A·coord + m·[1,1,1,1,1]`, with
+ `m = ⌈(1+2·index)/5⌉` forced by the index landing in `{1,2,3,4}`. `[1,1,1,1,1]` is
+ forced: `A`'s eigenvalue-2 eigenvector and the kernel of both projections (the
+ unique index gauge). Holds at every level pair (3→4 … 6→7), not a fit. (`fold.ts`,
+ `09`.)
+
+What this amounts to: an explicit, validated **substitution-address → de-Bruijn-
+coordinate map**, the case Pardo-Guerra/Washburn/Allahyarov (arXiv:2603.13553) leave
+as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
+
+## Open / unsolved (still working on)
+
+### Math / the map
+- **The golden-point (new-vertex) rule** (task #7). The recursion transforms
+ *persistent* vertices between scales. Deflation also creates new golden-section
+ vertices; their offset is one finer-lattice edge (`±eₗ`), sketched but not yet
+ formalized or tested. The recursion + this rule = complete tile-enumeration with
+ coordinates.
+- **Self-contained canonical frame.** The fold currently reads the target band's min
+ from the lift. A fully self-contained absolute frame (solve the reference vertex's
+ de Bruijn coordinate once, so the band is always `{1,2,3,4}` without a lift) would
+ remove the dependency. The rule itself is forced and universal; this is bookkeeping.
+- **Address-as-path → coordinate, composed.** We have the per-level recursion; the
+ complete O(log) addressing also wants the digit *sequence* (the hierarchy path)
+ formalized so a far tile's coordinate is read off its path directly. Partially in
+ hand (the recursion is the per-level step).
+- **Relation to the closed conjecture.** We have an explicit, validated *construction*
+ for the substitution case. Whether it constitutes a *proof* of the general
+ conjecture (every conservation-forced tiling is a Pisot CPT) is a broader claim we
+ do **not** make. Honest scope: a validated explicit map, not a theorem.
+
+### Literature we could not retrieve
+- de Bruijn 1990 "Updown generation" (the explicit `γ_l` pentagrid recurrence) and
+ D'Andrea 2023 §5.3 "Composition and pentagrids" are paywalled/unextracted. Worth
+ obtaining to check whether our closed form matches or extends theirs. (User offered
+ to source paywalled material.)
+
+### Rendering / engineering
+- **Correct face extraction** (task #6, the one `todo`). Naively counting 4-corner
+ cycles over-counts faces (spurious cycles at dense vertices → ratio 1.5–2.0, not φ).
+ Needs the acceptance-domain condition for a `(j,k)` tile. Required for rendering
+ rhombi and for proving thick:thin = φ from a bare vertex set.
+- **BigInt deep-zoom path.** The recursion is exact integer; wiring it to BigInt for
+ unbounded distance (and the pruned-deflation viewport generation) is unbuilt.
+
+### Downstream (not math-open)
+- **Explorer integration**: wire this engine into `/x/penrose` (the v1 we started
+ from), replacing the buggy viewport-anchor. The v1 spec
+ (`docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md`) predates this pivot and
+ needs a rewrite around the cut-and-project / substitution engine.
+- **Writeup / paper**: the bridge + the forced index-carry recursion is a genuine,
+ narrow, publishable contribution on an explicitly-open frontier.
+
+## Corrections on the record (for honesty)
+- The de Bruijn viewport-anchor in the original explorer does **not** preserve the
+ tiling across a re-anchor (any nonzero shift) — a real bug; the engine was replaced,
+ not patched. (`05`.)
+- The first version of the fold's carry keyed off the *source* band and held at only
+ two of four level pairs — a frame coincidence caught by a skeptical re-check. The
+ forced target/canonical rule is universal. (`09`.)
+
+## Map of the work
+- Notes: `05`-substitution-and-z5, `06`-addressing-and-applications, `07`-cut-and-
+ project-window, `08`-the-bridge, `09`-the-fold.
+- Code: `cap/{cap,deflate,bridge,fold}.ts` (+ `.test.ts`).
+- Tasks: #6 face extraction, #7 golden-point rule (both open).
From 6bfeb2cfee83a47846073348b93a901639c27ae8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:01:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 31/87] research(penrose): face extraction, proven exact
against the substitution
The corner-acceptance condition (a 2-face [n;j,k] is a tile iff all four corners
n, n+e_j, n+e_k, n+e_j+e_k are accepted vertices) is exact: validated tile-for-
tile against the substitution (pair triangles by shared base edge), zero phantoms,
none missing, types agree, thick:thin -> phi. The earlier over-count was finite-
patch boundary noise, not a wrong condition. Clears the cap todo. 33 pass.
---
research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts | 6 +--
research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts | 30 +++++++++++
research/penrose/cap/faces.ts | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts
create mode 100644 research/penrose/cap/faces.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts b/research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts
index 46e2055..e378fd3 100644
--- a/research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ describe("the window generates a correct Penrose tiling", () => {
expect(big / small).toBeLessThan(2.9);
});
- // NOTE: the thick:thin → φ ratio needs correct FACE extraction. Treating every
- // 4-corner cycle as a face over-counts (spurious rhombi at high-coordination
- // vertices), so that check is deferred — see task: correct face extraction.
- test.todo("thick:thin rhombus ratio approaches φ (needs correct face extraction)");
+ // thick:thin → φ is proven exact in faces.test.ts: the corner-acceptance face
+ // condition matches the substitution tile-for-tile (no phantoms) on a large patch.
});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts b/research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56f0f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { extractFaces, substitutionFaces, thickThinRatio } from "./faces";
+
+const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+
+describe("face extraction is exact against the substitution ground truth", () => {
+ const { faces: subFaces, verts } = substitutionFaces(6);
+ const naiveFaces = extractFaces(verts);
+ const subKeys = new Set(subFaces.map((f) => f.key));
+ const naiveKeys = new Set(naiveFaces.map((f) => f.key));
+
+ test("the corner-acceptance condition has no phantom faces and misses none", () => {
+ expect(subKeys.size).toBeGreaterThan(800);
+ // no phantoms: every naive face is a real substitution face
+ for (const f of naiveFaces) expect(subKeys.has(f.key)).toBe(true);
+ // complete: every substitution face is found by the naive extractor
+ for (const f of subFaces) expect(naiveKeys.has(f.key)).toBe(true);
+ expect(naiveKeys.size).toBe(subKeys.size);
+ });
+
+ test("thick/thin classification agrees on every face", () => {
+ const subType = new Map(subFaces.map((f) => [f.key, f.type]));
+ for (const f of naiveFaces) expect(f.type).toBe(subType.get(f.key));
+ });
+
+ test("thick:thin ratio approaches φ", () => {
+ expect(thickThinRatio(naiveFaces)).toBeCloseTo(PHI, 1); // within 0.05
+ });
+});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/faces.ts b/research/penrose/cap/faces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d32a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/faces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Face extraction from a cut-and-project vertex set, and the substitution-pairing
+// ground truth used to validate it. The face condition is the naive one — a
+// 2-face [n; j,k] is a tile iff all four corners n, n+e_j, n+e_k, n+e_j+e_k are
+// accepted vertices — which turns out to be exact (no phantoms), validated tile-
+// for-tile against the substitution. A rhombus is thick when |j−k| ∈ {1,4} (edges
+// 72° apart), thin when {2,3} (144°).
+
+import { deflate, PHI, type Pt } from "./deflate";
+import { lift, type LiftedVertex } from "./bridge";
+
+const SCALE_FOR = (levels: number) => PHI ** levels;
+
+export type Face = { key: string; type: "thick" | "thin" };
+
+const bump = (n: readonly number[], l: number): number[] => {
+ const c = [...n];
+ c[l]++;
+ return c;
+};
+
+// Extract faces from a vertex set by the corner-acceptance condition.
+export function extractFaces(verts: readonly LiftedVertex[]): Face[] {
+ const set = new Set(verts.map((v) => v.coord.join(",")));
+ const out: Face[] = [];
+ for (const v of verts) {
+ for (let j = 0; j < 5; j++)
+ for (let k = j + 1; k < 5; k++) {
+ const ej = bump(v.coord, j), ek = bump(v.coord, k), ejk = bump(ej, k);
+ if (set.has(ej.join(",")) && set.has(ek.join(",")) && set.has(ejk.join(","))) {
+ const d = k - j;
+ out.push({ key: `${v.coord.join(",")}|${j}${k}`, type: d === 1 || d === 4 ? "thick" : "thin" });
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// Ground-truth faces from the substitution: pair triangles by their shared base
+// edge, map each rhombus's corners to lifted ℤ⁵ coordinates, recover (n; j,k).
+export function substitutionFaces(levels: number): { faces: Face[]; verts: LiftedVertex[] } {
+ const scale = SCALE_FOR(levels);
+ const L = lift(levels);
+ const pkey = (p: Pt) => `${p[0].toFixed(3)},${p[1].toFixed(3)}`;
+ const coordAt = new Map();
+ for (const v of L.verts) coordAt.set(pkey(v.pos), v.coord);
+
+ const tris = deflate(levels, 1);
+ const byBase = new Map();
+ for (const t of tris) {
+ const b: Pt = [t.b[0] * scale, t.b[1] * scale];
+ const c: Pt = [t.c[0] * scale, t.c[1] * scale];
+ const a: Pt = [t.a[0] * scale, t.a[1] * scale];
+ const k = [pkey(b), pkey(c)].sort().join("|");
+ const e = byBase.get(k) ?? byBase.set(k, { apexes: [], base: [b, c] }).get(k)!;
+ e.apexes.push(a);
+ }
+
+ const faces: Face[] = [];
+ for (const { apexes, base } of byBase.values()) {
+ if (apexes.length !== 2) continue;
+ const corners = [apexes[0], base[0], apexes[1], base[1]];
+ const coords = corners.map((p) => coordAt.get(pkey(p))).filter(Boolean) as number[][];
+ if (coords.length !== 4) continue;
+ const varying: number[] = [];
+ for (let s = 0; s < 5; s++) if (new Set(coords.map((c) => c[s])).size > 1) varying.push(s);
+ if (varying.length !== 2) continue;
+ const [j, k] = varying;
+ const minJ = Math.min(...coords.map((c) => c[j])), minK = Math.min(...coords.map((c) => c[k]));
+ const n = coords.find((c) => c[j] === minJ && c[k] === minK);
+ if (!n) continue;
+ const d = k - j;
+ faces.push({ key: `${n.join(",")}|${j}${k}`, type: d === 1 || d === 4 ? "thick" : "thin" });
+ }
+ return { faces, verts: L.verts };
+}
+
+export function thickThinRatio(faces: readonly Face[]): number {
+ const thick = faces.filter((f) => f.type === "thick").length;
+ const thin = faces.filter((f) => f.type === "thin").length;
+ return thick / thin;
+}
From ecd28364f9b31792698727ff1edee2290ab88ea2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:06:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 32/87] =?UTF-8?q?research(penrose):=20golden-point=20rule?=
=?UTF-8?q?=20=E2=80=94=20complete=20coordinate-space=20deflation?=
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The deflation-created vertices are exactly goldenPoint(A,l) = fold(A) + e_l
(one step in the edge direction from the folded parent), proven against the lift
(every matched edge exact). With nextCoord (existing vertices) + goldenPoint (new
vertices) + the corner-acceptance face condition, deflation runs entirely in Z5
coordinates, no geometry. 34 pass.
---
research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
research/penrose/cap/fold.ts | 10 ++++++++
2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts b/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
index abeb6c7..b1831f7 100644
--- a/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
import { lift } from "./bridge";
-import { nextCoord, nextCoordCanonical } from "./fold";
+import { nextCoord, nextCoordCanonical, goldenPoint } from "./fold";
import { A, physical, internal, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
@@ -69,3 +69,39 @@ describe("canonical-frame rule and exactness", () => {
}
});
});
+
+describe("the golden-point rule completes coordinate-space deflation", () => {
+ test("every deflation-created vertex equals goldenPoint(A, l) = fold(A) + e_l", () => {
+ const N = 5;
+ const LN = lift(N);
+ const LM = lift(N + 1);
+ const targetBandMin = Math.min(...LM.verts.map((v) => v.coord.reduce((s, x) => s + x, 0)));
+ const key = (r: readonly [number, number]) => `${r[0].toFixed(5)},${r[1].toFixed(5)}`;
+ const rawOf = (p: readonly [number, number], level: number): [number, number] => [p[0] / PHI ** level, p[1] / PHI ** level];
+ const coordM = new Map(LM.verts.map((v) => [key(rawOf(v.pos, N + 1)), v.coord]));
+ const vN = LN.verts.map((v) => ({ raw: rawOf(v.pos, N), coord: v.coord }));
+ const edgeLen = 1 / PHI ** N;
+
+ let checked = 0, exact = 0;
+ for (let a = 0; a < vN.length; a++) {
+ for (let b = a + 1; b < vN.length; b++) {
+ const dx = vN[b].raw[0] - vN[a].raw[0], dy = vN[b].raw[1] - vN[a].raw[1];
+ if (Math.abs(Math.hypot(dx, dy) - edgeLen) > edgeLen * 1e-4) continue;
+ const diff = vN[b].coord.map((v, i) => v - vN[a].coord[i]);
+ const nz = diff.map((v, i) => [v, i] as [number, number]).filter(([v]) => v !== 0);
+ if (nz.length !== 1 || Math.abs(nz[0][0]) !== 1) continue;
+ const l = nz[0][1], sign = nz[0][0];
+ const A0 = sign > 0 ? vN[a] : vN[b];
+ const B0 = sign > 0 ? vN[b] : vN[a];
+ const P: [number, number] = [A0.raw[0] + (B0.raw[0] - A0.raw[0]) / PHI, A0.raw[1] + (B0.raw[1] - A0.raw[1]) / PHI];
+ const actual = coordM.get(key(P));
+ if (!actual) continue;
+ checked++;
+ const expected = goldenPoint(A0.coord as Vec5, l, targetBandMin);
+ if (expected.every((x, i) => x === actual[i])) exact++;
+ }
+ }
+ expect(checked).toBeGreaterThan(100);
+ expect(exact).toBe(checked);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts b/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
index 9fcacac..fba939e 100644
--- a/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
+++ b/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
@@ -35,3 +35,13 @@ export function nextCoord(coord: Vec5, targetBandMin: number): Vec5 {
const index = coord[0] + coord[1] + coord[2] + coord[3] + coord[4];
return apply(coord, Math.ceil((targetBandMin + 2 * index) / 5));
}
+
+// Deflation also creates a NEW vertex on each coarse edge: the golden-section point
+// at the lower (A) end of an edge in direction l. Its finer coordinate is the fold
+// of A plus one step in the edge direction — a single basis vector. Together,
+// nextCoord (existing vertices) and this (new vertices) deflate the tiling entirely
+// in coordinate space, no geometry required.
+export function goldenPoint(coordA: Vec5, l: number, targetBandMin: number): Vec5 {
+ const c = nextCoord(coordA, targetBandMin) as number[];
+ return [c[0] + (l === 0 ? 1 : 0), c[1] + (l === 1 ? 1 : 0), c[2] + (l === 2 ? 1 : 0), c[3] + (l === 3 ? 1 : 0), c[4] + (l === 4 ? 1 : 0)];
+}
From 46a821e4aa9d496ea83181e84e85c340c6c7544c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:07:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 33/87] =?UTF-8?q?research(penrose):=20STATUS=20=E2=80=94?=
=?UTF-8?q?=20faces=20+=20golden-point=20rule=20verified,=20T6/T7=20closed?=
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Both remaining open math/rendering pieces are now proven by test: face
extraction (corner-acceptance, exact vs substitution) and the golden-point rule
(fold(A)+e_l). The math/engine is complete and tested (34 pass); what remains is
bookkeeping and engineering (canonical frame, path composition, BigInt deep-zoom,
explorer integration, writeup).
---
research/penrose/STATUS.md | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/research/penrose/STATUS.md b/research/penrose/STATUS.md
index b0759de..00aa4ec 100644
--- a/research/penrose/STATUS.md
+++ b/research/penrose/STATUS.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ address↔coordinate work stand. Separates what is **proven (by runnable test)**
what is **still open**. The numbered notes (`05`–`09`) carry the detail; the tested
code is in `research/penrose/cap/`.
-Run the proofs: `bun test ./research/penrose/cap/` → **30 pass, 1 todo, 0 fail**.
+Run the proofs: `bun test ./research/penrose/cap/` → **34 pass, 0 fail**.
## Verified (tested)
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ Run the proofs: `bun test ./research/penrose/cap/` → **30 pass, 1 todo, 0 fail
forced: `A`'s eigenvalue-2 eigenvector and the kernel of both projections (the
unique index gauge). Holds at every level pair (3→4 … 6→7), not a fit. (`fold.ts`,
`09`.)
+- **Face extraction is exact.** A 2-face `[n;j,k]` is a tile iff all four corners are
+ accepted vertices — validated tile-for-tile against the substitution (no phantoms,
+ none missing, types agree, thick:thin → φ). (`faces.ts`.)
+- **The golden-point rule completes coordinate-space deflation.** A deflation-created
+ vertex on edge `(A,B)` in direction `l` is exactly `goldenPoint(A,l) = fold(A) + eₗ`,
+ proven against the lift. So deflation runs entirely in ℤ⁵: existing vertices by the
+ fold, new vertices by `fold(A)+eₗ`, faces by corner-acceptance. (`fold.ts`.)
What this amounts to: an explicit, validated **substitution-address → de-Bruijn-
coordinate map**, the case Pardo-Guerra/Washburn/Allahyarov (arXiv:2603.13553) leave
@@ -36,11 +43,6 @@ as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
## Open / unsolved (still working on)
### Math / the map
-- **The golden-point (new-vertex) rule** (task #7). The recursion transforms
- *persistent* vertices between scales. Deflation also creates new golden-section
- vertices; their offset is one finer-lattice edge (`±eₗ`), sketched but not yet
- formalized or tested. The recursion + this rule = complete tile-enumeration with
- coordinates.
- **Self-contained canonical frame.** The fold currently reads the target band's min
from the lift. A fully self-contained absolute frame (solve the reference vertex's
de Bruijn coordinate once, so the band is always `{1,2,3,4}` without a lift) would
@@ -61,10 +63,6 @@ as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
to source paywalled material.)
### Rendering / engineering
-- **Correct face extraction** (task #6, the one `todo`). Naively counting 4-corner
- cycles over-counts faces (spurious cycles at dense vertices → ratio 1.5–2.0, not φ).
- Needs the acceptance-domain condition for a `(j,k)` tile. Required for rendering
- rhombi and for proving thick:thin = φ from a bare vertex set.
- **BigInt deep-zoom path.** The recursion is exact integer; wiring it to BigInt for
unbounded distance (and the pruned-deflation viewport generation) is unbuilt.
@@ -87,5 +85,7 @@ as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
## Map of the work
- Notes: `05`-substitution-and-z5, `06`-addressing-and-applications, `07`-cut-and-
project-window, `08`-the-bridge, `09`-the-fold.
-- Code: `cap/{cap,deflate,bridge,fold}.ts` (+ `.test.ts`).
-- Tasks: #6 face extraction, #7 golden-point rule (both open).
+- Code: `cap/{cap,deflate,bridge,fold,faces}.ts` (+ `.test.ts`). 34 tests pass.
+- Tasks #6 (face extraction) and #7 (golden-point rule) are now done; the math/engine
+ is complete and tested. What remains is bookkeeping (canonical frame, path
+ composition) and engineering (BigInt deep-zoom, explorer integration, the writeup).
From 59a08dde744cabb0f36e3a32aeb04d7fd2124ac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:06:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 34/87] docs(penrose): v1 spec rewrite around the tested engine
+ explorer plan, research citations
---
.../plans/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-explorer.md | 1076 +++++++++++++++++
.../specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md | 31 +-
.../specs/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-design.md | 371 ++++++
research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md | 7 +
research/penrose/07-cut-and-project-window.md | 7 +-
research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md | 6 +
research/penrose/09-the-fold.md | 7 +
research/penrose/STATUS.md | 93 +-
8 files changed, 1563 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-explorer.md
create mode 100644 docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-design.md
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-explorer.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-explorer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff3967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-explorer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,1076 @@
+# Penrose v1 Explorer Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** Ship a working, shareable bounded Penrose explorer at `/x/penrose/explore`, built on the tested cut-and-project / substitution engine, where every tile under the cursor shows its exact ℤ⁵ address and any view is a shareable URL.
+
+**Architecture:** Port the tested engine (`research/penrose/cap/`) into the app. Add three thin pure modules on top: a patch builder (engine faces → render model with corner positions, one frame), hit-testing (point → tile), and an address codec (ℤ⁵ tile + camera ↔ URL). Rewrite the explorer component to build one large patch at mount and pan/zoom over it as camera math, salvaging the existing canvas/interaction layer. Client-side only, no server runtime.
+
+**Tech Stack:** Next.js App Router, React, TypeScript, native 2D canvas, Bun (`bun test`), Playwright (`bunx playwright test`). No new dependencies.
+
+**Scope:** This plan is the explorer (spec slices 1–4). The teaching spine (palette tokens, landing writeup, Sketch harness, sketches) is a separate follow-up plan. The B1 Mosaic palette is deferred; this plan renders with the existing `--color-moment-*` tokens as an interim, swapped out in the palette slice.
+
+**Spec:** `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-design.md`.
+
+## Global Constraints
+
+- **Tooling:** `bun` and `bunx` only. Never `npm`/`npx`/`yarn`/`pnpm`.
+- **Client-only:** No server data flow, no `useSearchParams`, no Suspense for the explorer, no `export const runtime/revalidate/dynamic`. URL state is read once from `window.location.search` and written with debounced `history.replaceState`.
+- **No architectural drift:** No caching primitives, no module-level singletons, no `'use cache'`. The patch is a per-mount client object.
+- **Frame discipline:** Render and hit-test exclusively in the `LiftedVertex.pos` frame. Never reconstruct corner positions with `physical(coord)`; look them up by coord key in the lifted vertex set. `pos` and `physical(coord)` differ by a fixed rotation.
+- **Tests:** Colocated `*.test.ts` with `bun:test`, table-driven where the shape fits. Engine tests must stay green after the port (`bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/` → 34 pass). E2E lives in `e2e/x/penrose/`.
+- **Prose:** No emdashes in any user-facing copy. Use periods and commas.
+- **Routing:** `/x/penrose/explore` is confirmed safe against `src/lib/tripwire/patterns.ts` (the `/x/` prefix short-circuits the matcher). Do not add a route matching a tripwire pattern.
+- **Engine is classical and tested:** Do not modify the ported engine's math. It reproduces de Bruijn / D'Andrea results; see `research/penrose/STATUS.md`.
+
+---
+
+## File Structure
+
+- **Move (git mv), no edits needed (relative imports preserved):**
+ - `research/penrose/cap/cap.ts` → `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/cap.ts`
+ - `research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts` → `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/deflate.ts`
+ - `research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts` → `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/bridge.ts`
+ - `research/penrose/cap/fold.ts` → `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.ts`
+ - `research/penrose/cap/faces.ts` → `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts`
+ - the matching `*.test.ts` for each
+- **Create:**
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts` — engine faces → render model (corners, centroid, bounds), one frame.
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts`
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts` — spatial grid + point-in-rhombus.
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts`
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts` — address/seed/zoom URL codec.
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts`
+ - `e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts` — canvas-mount smoke + share round-trip.
+- **Modify:**
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx` — rewrite onto the new modules.
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx` — `h-screen` → `h-dvh`.
+- **Delete:**
+ - `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts` — the old buggy engine (after the explorer stops importing it, in Task 4).
+
+Each file has one responsibility: `patch` builds geometry, `hitTest` answers point queries, `codec` is pure URL serialization, the component is camera + interaction + paint.
+
+---
+
+## Task 1: Port the tested engine into the app
+
+**Files:**
+- Move: `research/penrose/cap/{cap,deflate,bridge,fold,faces}.ts` and their `.test.ts` → `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Produces: the engine API in its new home. `substitutionFaces(level): { faces: Face[]; verts: LiftedVertex[] }`, `Face = { key: string; type: "thick" | "thin" }`, `LiftedVertex = { pos: readonly [number, number]; coord: readonly number[] }`, plus `lift`, `deflate`, `extractFaces`, `thickThinRatio`, `physical`, `internal`, `index`, `A`, `nextCoordCanonical`, `PHI`, `TAU`. All unchanged.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Move the engine files with git, preserving the tests**
+
+```bash
+cd /Users/n2p5/src/github.com/funcimp/func.lol
+git mv research/penrose/cap/cap.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/cap.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/cap.test.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/deflate.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/deflate.test.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/bridge.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/bridge.test.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/fold.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.test.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/faces.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts
+git mv research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.test.ts
+```
+
+The five engine modules import each other only by relative path (`./deflate`, `./bridge`, `./cap`), so moving them together needs no edits.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the ported engine tests in their new location**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/`
+Expected: `34 pass, 0 fail` (24 `test()` blocks, several table-driven).
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Confirm nothing else imported from the old research path**
+
+Run: `grep -rn "research/penrose/cap" src/ ; grep -rn "research/penrose/cap" docs/ || true`
+Expected: no `src/` import references the old path. (`research/penrose/STATUS.md` may reference `cap/` as the research home; that is documentation, leave it. Note in the commit that the engine now lives in the app.)
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Verify the old engine is still present and untouched (deleted later)**
+
+The old `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts` is still imported by `PenroseExplorer.tsx`. Do NOT delete it yet; the explorer is rewritten in Task 4. The build stays green.
+Run: `bunx tsc --noEmit` (or `bun run build` if that is the project's typecheck path)
+Expected: no new type errors.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add -A
+git commit -m "feat(penrose): port tested cut-and-project engine into the explorer app"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 2: Patch builder (engine faces → render model)
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts`
+- Test: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `substitutionFaces(level)`, `LiftedVertex`, `Face` from `./faces` and `./bridge`.
+- Produces:
+ - `type Pt = readonly [number, number]`
+ - `type RenderFace = { key: string; coord: readonly number[]; type: "thick" | "thin"; corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt]; centroid: Pt }`
+ - `type Patch = { level: number; faces: RenderFace[]; bounds: { minX: number; minY: number; maxX: number; maxY: number } }`
+ - `function buildPatch(level: number): Patch`
+
+The `corners` are in **cyclic polygon order** `n, n+eⱼ, n+eⱼ+eₖ, n+eₖ`, all looked up by coord key in the lifted vertex `pos` frame.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing test**
+
+```ts
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { buildPatch } from "./patch";
+
+describe("buildPatch produces a render-ready patch in the pos frame", () => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(6);
+
+ test("returns faces with the level recorded", () => {
+ expect(patch.level).toBe(6);
+ expect(patch.faces.length).toBeGreaterThan(100);
+ });
+
+ test("every face has a 5-component address, a type, and four finite corners", () => {
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ expect(f.coord.length).toBe(5);
+ expect(f.type === "thick" || f.type === "thin").toBe(true);
+ expect(f.corners.length).toBe(4);
+ for (const [x, y] of f.corners) {
+ expect(Number.isFinite(x)).toBe(true);
+ expect(Number.isFinite(y)).toBe(true);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("corners form a rhombus: all four edges are ~unit length", () => {
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ const c = f.corners;
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const a = c[i], b = c[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const len = Math.hypot(b[0] - a[0], b[1] - a[1]);
+ expect(Math.abs(len - 1)).toBeLessThan(0.02);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("centroid is the corner average and lies inside the bounds", () => {
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ const mx = (f.corners[0][0] + f.corners[1][0] + f.corners[2][0] + f.corners[3][0]) / 4;
+ const my = (f.corners[0][1] + f.corners[1][1] + f.corners[2][1] + f.corners[3][1]) / 4;
+ expect(Math.abs(f.centroid[0] - mx)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+ expect(Math.abs(f.centroid[1] - my)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+ expect(f.centroid[0]).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.minX);
+ expect(f.centroid[0]).toBeLessThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.maxX);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("thick:thin ratio approaches phi on a real patch", () => {
+ const thick = patch.faces.filter((f) => f.type === "thick").length;
+ const thin = patch.faces.filter((f) => f.type === "thin").length;
+ expect(thick / thin).toBeGreaterThan(1.5);
+ expect(thick / thin).toBeLessThan(1.75);
+ });
+
+ test("face keys are unique", () => {
+ const keys = new Set(patch.faces.map((f) => f.key));
+ expect(keys.size).toBe(patch.faces.length);
+ });
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run it to confirm it fails**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts`
+Expected: FAIL with module-not-found / `buildPatch is not a function`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement `patch.ts`**
+
+```ts
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
+// Turn the tested engine's faces into a render model: each rhombus carries its
+// four corner positions (cyclic order) and centroid, all in the LiftedVertex.pos
+// frame. Corner positions are looked up by coord key, never recomputed via
+// physical() — pos and physical(coord) differ by a fixed rotation.
+
+import { substitutionFaces } from "./faces";
+
+export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
+
+export type RenderFace = {
+ key: string; // the engine Face.key, "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk" — the ℤ⁵ address
+ coord: readonly number[]; // base corner n (length 5), the address anchor
+ type: "thick" | "thin";
+ corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt]; // cyclic: n, n+e_j, n+e_j+e_k, n+e_k
+ centroid: Pt;
+};
+
+export type Patch = {
+ level: number;
+ faces: RenderFace[];
+ bounds: { minX: number; minY: number; maxX: number; maxY: number };
+};
+
+const bump = (n: readonly number[], l: number): number[] => {
+ const c = [...n];
+ c[l]++;
+ return c;
+};
+
+export function buildPatch(level: number): Patch {
+ const { faces, verts } = substitutionFaces(level);
+
+ const posByCoord = new Map();
+ for (const v of verts) posByCoord.set(v.coord.join(","), v.pos);
+
+ const out: RenderFace[] = [];
+ let minX = Infinity, minY = Infinity, maxX = -Infinity, maxY = -Infinity;
+
+ for (const f of faces) {
+ const [coordStr, jk] = f.key.split("|");
+ const n = coordStr.split(",").map(Number);
+ const j = Number(jk[0]);
+ const k = Number(jk[1]);
+
+ // Cyclic corner coords around the rhombus.
+ const cn = n;
+ const cj = bump(n, j);
+ const cjk = bump(cj, k);
+ const ck = bump(n, k);
+
+ const p0 = posByCoord.get(cn.join(","));
+ const p1 = posByCoord.get(cj.join(","));
+ const p2 = posByCoord.get(cjk.join(","));
+ const p3 = posByCoord.get(ck.join(","));
+ if (!p0 || !p1 || !p2 || !p3) continue; // corner-acceptance guarantees presence
+
+ const corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] = [p0, p1, p2, p3];
+ const centroid: Pt = [
+ (p0[0] + p1[0] + p2[0] + p3[0]) / 4,
+ (p0[1] + p1[1] + p2[1] + p3[1]) / 4,
+ ];
+ for (const [x, y] of corners) {
+ if (x < minX) minX = x;
+ if (y < minY) minY = y;
+ if (x > maxX) maxX = x;
+ if (y > maxY) maxY = y;
+ }
+ out.push({ key: f.key, coord: n, type: f.type, corners, centroid });
+ }
+
+ return { level, faces: out, bounds: { minX, minY, maxX, maxY } };
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run the tests to confirm they pass**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts`
+Expected: PASS (all cases).
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
+git commit -m "feat(penrose): patch builder turns engine faces into a render model"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 3: Hit-testing (point → tile)
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts`
+- Test: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `RenderFace`, `Pt` from `./patch`.
+- Produces:
+ - `type HitIndex = { cell: number; grid: Map }`
+ - `function buildHitIndex(faces: readonly RenderFace[], cell?: number): HitIndex`
+ - `function hitFace(index: HitIndex, x: number, y: number): RenderFace | null`
+
+A uniform grid buckets each face into every cell its corner bounding box overlaps. `hitFace` tests only the faces in the query point's cell, with a convex point-in-quad test. Faces do not overlap, so the first hit wins.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing test**
+
+```ts
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { buildPatch } from "./patch";
+import { buildHitIndex, hitFace } from "./hitTest";
+
+describe("hit-testing returns the tile under a point", () => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(6);
+ const index = buildHitIndex(patch.faces);
+
+ test("a face centroid hits its own face", () => {
+ // Sample across the patch to keep the test fast but representative.
+ const step = Math.max(1, Math.floor(patch.faces.length / 200));
+ for (let i = 0; i < patch.faces.length; i += step) {
+ const f = patch.faces[i];
+ const hit = hitFace(index, f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]);
+ expect(hit?.key).toBe(f.key);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("a point well outside the patch hits nothing", () => {
+ const far = patch.bounds.maxX + 1000;
+ expect(hitFace(index, far, far)).toBeNull();
+ });
+
+ test("a hit's corners actually contain the query point", () => {
+ const f = patch.faces[Math.floor(patch.faces.length / 2)];
+ const hit = hitFace(index, f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]);
+ expect(hit).not.toBeNull();
+ // centroid is strictly interior to a convex rhombus
+ expect(hit!.key).toBe(f.key);
+ });
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run it to confirm it fails**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts`
+Expected: FAIL with `buildHitIndex is not a function`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement `hitTest.ts`**
+
+```ts
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts
+// Point → tile, accelerated by a uniform spatial grid. Tiles are ~unit sized in
+// the pos frame, so a cell near 1.5 units keeps buckets small. Each face is
+// bucketed into every cell its bounding box overlaps; a query tests only its
+// own cell. Faces are non-overlapping, so the first containing face wins.
+
+import type { Pt, RenderFace } from "./patch";
+
+export type HitIndex = { cell: number; grid: Map };
+
+const cellKey = (cx: number, cy: number) => `${cx},${cy}`;
+
+export function buildHitIndex(faces: readonly RenderFace[], cell = 1.5): HitIndex {
+ const grid = new Map();
+ for (const f of faces) {
+ let minX = Infinity, minY = Infinity, maxX = -Infinity, maxY = -Infinity;
+ for (const [x, y] of f.corners) {
+ if (x < minX) minX = x;
+ if (y < minY) minY = y;
+ if (x > maxX) maxX = x;
+ if (y > maxY) maxY = y;
+ }
+ const cx0 = Math.floor(minX / cell), cx1 = Math.floor(maxX / cell);
+ const cy0 = Math.floor(minY / cell), cy1 = Math.floor(maxY / cell);
+ for (let cx = cx0; cx <= cx1; cx++) {
+ for (let cy = cy0; cy <= cy1; cy++) {
+ const key = cellKey(cx, cy);
+ const bucket = grid.get(key);
+ if (bucket) bucket.push(f);
+ else grid.set(key, [f]);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return { cell, grid };
+}
+
+function pointInQuad(px: number, py: number, q: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt]): boolean {
+ let sign = 0;
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const a = q[i], b = q[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const cross = (b[0] - a[0]) * (py - a[1]) - (b[1] - a[1]) * (px - a[0]);
+ if (cross !== 0) {
+ const s = cross > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+ if (sign === 0) sign = s;
+ else if (s !== sign) return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+export function hitFace(index: HitIndex, x: number, y: number): RenderFace | null {
+ const cx = Math.floor(x / index.cell), cy = Math.floor(y / index.cell);
+ const bucket = index.grid.get(cellKey(cx, cy));
+ if (!bucket) return null;
+ for (const f of bucket) {
+ if (pointInQuad(x, y, f.corners)) return f;
+ }
+ return null;
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run the tests to confirm they pass**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts`
+Expected: PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
+git commit -m "feat(penrose): spatial-grid hit-testing maps a point to its tile"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 4: Rewrite the explorer onto the new engine
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx` (full rewrite, salvaging the canvas/interaction layer)
+- Modify: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx` (`h-screen` → `h-dvh`)
+- Delete: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts`
+- Test: `e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts` (canvas-mount smoke)
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `buildPatch`, `Patch`, `RenderFace` from `./lib/patch`; `buildHitIndex`, `hitFace`, `HitIndex` from `./lib/hitTest`.
+- Produces: a working `` that builds one patch at mount, pans/zooms over it, and shows the address under the cursor.
+
+Colors are interim (`--color-moment-1` thick, `--color-moment-4` thin, `--color-paper` grout). The B1 palette is a later slice.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Replace `PenroseExplorer.tsx` in full**
+
+```tsx
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+import { buildPatch, type Patch } from "./lib/patch";
+import { buildHitIndex, hitFace, type HitIndex } from "./lib/hitTest";
+
+const PATCH_LEVEL = 10; // ~55k faces, world radius ~123 unit edges, ~350ms one-time build
+const DEFAULT_ZOOM = 40; // px per unit edge
+
+function readCssVar(name: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return "#000";
+ return getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
+}
+
+// Deterministic seed → camera center: hash the seed, pick a face centroid in a
+// mid-radius band so the default view is generic — off the singular sun center
+// at the origin, in from the patch boundary.
+function seedToCenter(seed: string, patch: Patch): readonly [number, number] {
+ let h = 2166136261;
+ for (let i = 0; i < seed.length; i++) {
+ h ^= seed.charCodeAt(i);
+ h = Math.imul(h, 16777619);
+ }
+ const { minX, minY, maxX, maxY } = patch.bounds;
+ const cx = (minX + maxX) / 2, cy = (minY + maxY) / 2;
+ const rMax = Math.min(maxX - cx, maxY - cy);
+ const band = patch.faces.filter((f) => {
+ const r = Math.hypot(f.centroid[0] - cx, f.centroid[1] - cy);
+ return r > rMax * 0.25 && r < rMax * 0.6;
+ });
+ const pool = band.length > 0 ? band : patch.faces;
+ return pool[(h >>> 0) % pool.length].centroid;
+}
+
+export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string }) {
+ const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+ const containerRef = useRef(null);
+
+ const patchRef = useRef(null);
+ const hitRef = useRef(null);
+ const offsetRef = useRef<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
+ const zoomRef = useRef(DEFAULT_ZOOM);
+ const dprRef = useRef(1);
+ const sizeRef = useRef<{ w: number; h: number }>({ w: 0, h: 0 });
+ const dirtyRef = useRef(true);
+ const rafRef = useRef(null);
+
+ const [hoverAddress, setHoverAddress] = useState(null);
+ const [ready, setReady] = useState(false);
+
+ // Build the patch once for this seed (synchronous; the overlay paints first).
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(PATCH_LEVEL);
+ patchRef.current = patch;
+ hitRef.current = buildHitIndex(patch.faces);
+ const c = seedToCenter(seed, patch);
+ offsetRef.current = [c[0], c[1]];
+ setReady(true);
+ }, [seed]);
+
+ useEffect(() => {
+ if (!ready) return;
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ const container = containerRef.current;
+ if (!canvas || !container) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+
+ const requestRender = () => {
+ dirtyRef.current = true;
+ if (rafRef.current === null) rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(render);
+ };
+
+ const resize = () => {
+ const rect = container.getBoundingClientRect();
+ const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ sizeRef.current = { w: rect.width, h: rect.height };
+ canvas.width = Math.round(rect.width * dpr);
+ canvas.height = Math.round(rect.height * dpr);
+ canvas.style.width = `${rect.width}px`;
+ canvas.style.height = `${rect.height}px`;
+ requestRender();
+ };
+
+ const ro = new ResizeObserver(resize);
+ ro.observe(container);
+ resize();
+
+ const themeObserver = new MutationObserver(requestRender);
+ themeObserver.observe(document.documentElement, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ["data-theme"] });
+
+ const pointers = new Map();
+ let gesture: { midX: number; midY: number; dist: number } | null = null;
+
+ const updateHover = (clientX: number, clientY: number) => {
+ const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+ const cx = clientX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
+ const cy = clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
+ const wx = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
+ const wy = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
+ const f = hitRef.current ? hitFace(hitRef.current, wx, wy) : null;
+ setHoverAddress(f ? f.coord : null);
+ };
+
+ const refreshGesture = () => {
+ if (pointers.size < 2) { gesture = null; return; }
+ const pts = [...pointers.values()];
+ const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2, midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
+ const dist = Math.hypot(pts[1][0] - pts[0][0], pts[1][1] - pts[0][1]);
+ gesture = { midX, midY, dist };
+ };
+
+ const onPointerDown = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+ canvas.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+ pointers.set(e.pointerId, [e.clientX, e.clientY]);
+ refreshGesture();
+ };
+
+ const onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+ const prev = pointers.get(e.pointerId);
+ if (prev) {
+ const dx = e.clientX - prev[0], dy = e.clientY - prev[1];
+ pointers.set(e.pointerId, [e.clientX, e.clientY]);
+ if (pointers.size === 1) {
+ offsetRef.current[0] -= dx / zoomRef.current;
+ offsetRef.current[1] -= dy / zoomRef.current;
+ requestRender();
+ } else if (pointers.size >= 2 && gesture !== null) {
+ const pts = [...pointers.values()];
+ const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2, midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
+ const dist = Math.hypot(pts[1][0] - pts[0][0], pts[1][1] - pts[0][1]);
+ if (dist > 0 && gesture.dist > 0) {
+ const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+ const px = midX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
+ const py = midY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
+ const worldX = px / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
+ const worldY = py / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
+ const newZoom = clamp(zoomRef.current * (dist / gesture.dist), 4, 800);
+ zoomRef.current = newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[0] = worldX - px / newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[1] = worldY - py / newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[0] -= (midX - gesture.midX) / newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[1] -= (midY - gesture.midY) / newZoom;
+ requestRender();
+ }
+ gesture = { midX, midY, dist };
+ }
+ }
+ updateHover(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+ };
+
+ const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+ pointers.delete(e.pointerId);
+ try { canvas.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId); } catch { /* ignore */ }
+ refreshGesture();
+ };
+
+ const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
+ e.preventDefault();
+ const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+ const cx = e.clientX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
+ const cy = e.clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
+ const worldX = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
+ const worldY = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
+ const newZoom = clamp(zoomRef.current * Math.exp(-e.deltaY * 0.001), 4, 800);
+ zoomRef.current = newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[0] = worldX - cx / newZoom;
+ offsetRef.current[1] = worldY - cy / newZoom;
+ requestRender();
+ };
+
+ canvas.addEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
+ canvas.addEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+ canvas.addEventListener("pointerup", onPointerUp);
+ canvas.addEventListener("pointercancel", onPointerUp);
+ canvas.addEventListener("wheel", onWheel, { passive: false });
+
+ function render() {
+ rafRef.current = null;
+ if (!dirtyRef.current) return;
+ dirtyRef.current = false;
+ const patch = patchRef.current;
+ if (!patch) return;
+ const { w, h } = sizeRef.current;
+ const dpr = dprRef.current;
+ const thick = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || "#C89B3C";
+ const thin = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || "#3E6B7C";
+ const grout = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#0f0e0c";
+ ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ ctx!.fillStyle = grout;
+ ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
+
+ const zoom = zoomRef.current;
+ const [ox, oy] = offsetRef.current;
+ const cx = w / 2, cy = h / 2;
+ const halfW = w / 2 / zoom + 2, halfH = h / 2 / zoom + 2;
+ const x0 = ox - halfW, x1 = ox + halfW, y0 = oy - halfH, y1 = oy + halfH;
+
+ ctx!.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx!.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx!.strokeStyle = grout;
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ if (f.centroid[0] < x0 || f.centroid[0] > x1 || f.centroid[1] < y0 || f.centroid[1] > y1) continue;
+ const [a, b, c, d] = f.corners;
+ ctx!.beginPath();
+ ctx!.moveTo((a[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (a[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((b[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (b[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((c[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (c[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((d[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (d[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.closePath();
+ ctx!.fillStyle = f.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx!.fill();
+ ctx!.stroke();
+ }
+ }
+
+ requestRender();
+
+ return () => {
+ ro.disconnect();
+ themeObserver.disconnect();
+ canvas.removeEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
+ canvas.removeEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+ canvas.removeEventListener("pointerup", onPointerUp);
+ canvas.removeEventListener("pointercancel", onPointerUp);
+ canvas.removeEventListener("wheel", onWheel);
+ if (rafRef.current !== null) cancelAnimationFrame(rafRef.current);
+ };
+ }, [ready]);
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+
seed {seed}
+ {hoverAddress &&
address [{hoverAddress.join(",")}]
}
+
+ {!ready && (
+
+ building tiling
+
+ )}
+
+ );
+}
+
+function clamp(x: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
+ return Math.min(Math.max(x, lo), hi);
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Delete the old engine and fix the shell**
+
+```bash
+git rm src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
+```
+
+In `src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx`, change the explorer shell from `h-screen` to `h-dvh`:
+
+```tsx
+// before:
+// after:
+
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Typecheck and confirm no stale imports**
+
+Run: `grep -rn "pentagrid" src/` then `bunx tsc --noEmit`
+Expected: no `pentagrid` references remain; no type errors.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Write the canvas-mount E2E smoke**
+
+```ts
+// e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts
+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+test("explorer mounts a canvas", async ({ page }) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose/explore");
+ const canvas = page.locator("canvas[aria-label='Penrose tiling explorer canvas']");
+ await expect(canvas).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("explorer shows the seed in the HUD", async ({ page }) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose/explore");
+ await expect(page.getByText(/seed/i)).toBeVisible();
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Run the E2E smoke**
+
+Run: `bunx playwright test e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts`
+Expected: PASS (canvas visible, seed shown). If the dev server is not auto-started by the Playwright config, start it per the repo's E2E setup first.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Manual check (one line in the PR notes)**
+
+Run the dev server, open `/x/penrose/explore`, confirm: tiling paints after a brief "building tiling" flash, pan/zoom/pinch work, and hovering a tile shows `address [..]` that stays stable as you pan back and forth over the same tile.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add -A
+git commit -m "feat(penrose): rewrite explorer onto the tested engine, bounded patch with exact addresses"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 5: Address codec (tile + camera ↔ URL)
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts`
+- Test: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Produces:
+ - `function encodeAddress(coord: readonly number[]): string` — five integers joined by `.`, e.g. `"3.-1.0.2.-4"`.
+ - `function decodeAddress(raw: string | string[] | undefined): number[] | null` — exactly five integers, else null.
+ - `function parseSeed(raw: string | string[] | undefined): string | null` — `^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,32}$`, else null.
+ - `function parseZoom(raw: string | string[] | undefined): number | null` — finite number clamped to `[4, 800]`, else null.
+
+Decimal (not base62): the components are tiny signed integers, so decimal is clearer and round-trips signs without extra encoding. This is the v2 seam; when addresses widen to BigInt, widen the codec here. The strict "return null on bad input" contract mirrors `prime-moments/lib/share.ts`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing test**
+
+```ts
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { encodeAddress, decodeAddress, parseSeed, parseZoom } from "./codec";
+
+describe("address codec round-trips ℤ⁵ coordinates", () => {
+ const cases: number[][] = [
+ [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+ [3, -1, 0, 2, -4],
+ [10, 11, -12, 13, -14],
+ [-1, -1, -1, -1, -1],
+ ];
+ for (const coord of cases) {
+ test(`round-trips [${coord}]`, () => {
+ expect(decodeAddress(encodeAddress(coord))).toEqual(coord);
+ });
+ }
+});
+
+describe("decodeAddress rejects bad input", () => {
+ const bad: (string | string[] | undefined)[] = [
+ undefined,
+ ["3.0.0.0.0"],
+ "",
+ "1.2.3", // too few
+ "1.2.3.4.5.6", // too many
+ "1.2.x.4.5", // non-integer
+ "1.2.3.4.5.5", // too many
+ "1.5.0.0.0", // non-integer (decimal)
+ ];
+ for (const raw of bad) {
+ test(`rejects ${JSON.stringify(raw)}`, () => {
+ expect(decodeAddress(raw)).toBeNull();
+ });
+ }
+});
+
+describe("parseSeed", () => {
+ test("accepts a short alnum seed", () => {
+ expect(parseSeed("funclol")).toBe("funclol");
+ expect(parseSeed("a_b-9")).toBe("a_b-9");
+ });
+ test("rejects empty, array, too long, or illegal chars", () => {
+ expect(parseSeed("")).toBeNull();
+ expect(parseSeed(["x"])).toBeNull();
+ expect(parseSeed("a".repeat(33))).toBeNull();
+ expect(parseSeed("has space")).toBeNull();
+ });
+});
+
+describe("parseZoom", () => {
+ test("accepts and clamps", () => {
+ expect(parseZoom("40")).toBe(40);
+ expect(parseZoom("1")).toBe(4); // clamped up
+ expect(parseZoom("9999")).toBe(800); // clamped down
+ });
+ test("rejects non-numbers", () => {
+ expect(parseZoom("abc")).toBeNull();
+ expect(parseZoom(undefined)).toBeNull();
+ expect(parseZoom(["40"])).toBeNull();
+ });
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run it to confirm it fails**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts`
+Expected: FAIL with `encodeAddress is not a function`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement `codec.ts`**
+
+```ts
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts
+// URL serialization for the explorer's share link. The tile address is the ℤ⁵
+// coordinate (five small signed integers); the camera adds seed and zoom. Every
+// parser returns null on bad input — the caller treats null as "ignore this
+// param, use the default," never an error. Decimal encoding keeps signs trivial
+// and is the v2 seam (widen here when addresses become BigInt).
+
+export function encodeAddress(coord: readonly number[]): string {
+ return coord.join(".");
+}
+
+export function decodeAddress(raw: string | string[] | undefined): number[] | null {
+ if (typeof raw !== "string") return null;
+ if (raw.trim() === "") return null;
+ const parts = raw.split(".");
+ if (parts.length !== 5) return null;
+ const coord = parts.map((s) => Number(s));
+ if (coord.some((n) => !Number.isInteger(n) || Math.abs(n) > 100000)) return null;
+ return coord;
+}
+
+export function parseSeed(raw: string | string[] | undefined): string | null {
+ if (typeof raw !== "string") return null;
+ return /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,32}$/.test(raw) ? raw : null;
+}
+
+export function parseZoom(raw: string | string[] | undefined): number | null {
+ if (typeof raw !== "string") return null;
+ const z = Number(raw);
+ if (!Number.isFinite(z)) return null;
+ return Math.min(Math.max(z, 4), 800);
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run the tests to confirm they pass**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts`
+Expected: PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts
+git commit -m "feat(penrose): URL codec for tile address, seed, and zoom"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 6: Pin, origin, share (the one operation) + share E2E
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx` (add pin, URL read-once, debounced write)
+- Modify: `e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts` (share round-trip)
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `encodeAddress`, `decodeAddress`, `parseSeed`, `parseZoom` from `./lib/codec`; `hitFace` from `./lib/hitTest`.
+- Produces: click-to-pin that recenters the camera on the tile and writes `?s=&t=&z=`; a load that reads those back and centers on the pinned tile.
+
+A pinned tile is found in the patch by matching `RenderFace.coord` to the decoded address. Pin = camera origin = share are the same action.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing share round-trip E2E**
+
+```ts
+// add to e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts
+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+test("a shared address URL loads and reports that tile", async ({ page }) => {
+ // A concrete tile address present in the default patch. If this address is not
+ // found (engine change), the test fails loudly — update it from a hover readout.
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose/explore?s=funclol&t=0.0.0.0.0&z=40");
+ const canvas = page.locator("canvas[aria-label='Penrose tiling explorer canvas']");
+ await expect(canvas).toBeVisible();
+ // The pinned address is echoed in the HUD.
+ await expect(page.getByText(/pinned/i)).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("the URL gains s, t, z after a click", async ({ page }) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose/explore");
+ const canvas = page.locator("canvas[aria-label='Penrose tiling explorer canvas']");
+ await expect(canvas).toBeVisible();
+ await canvas.click({ position: { x: 200, y: 200 } });
+ await expect(page).toHaveURL(/[?&]t=/);
+ await expect(page).toHaveURL(/[?&]s=/);
+ await expect(page).toHaveURL(/[?&]z=/);
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run it to confirm it fails**
+
+Run: `bunx playwright test e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts`
+Expected: FAIL (no "pinned" HUD line, URL unchanged after click).
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Add pin state and the click handler to the component**
+
+In `PenroseExplorer.tsx`, add a pinned ref and a pinned-address state next to the existing refs:
+
+```tsx
+ const pinnedRef = useRef(null);
+ const [pinnedAddress, setPinnedAddress] = useState(null);
+```
+
+Add a helper that centers the camera on a face and pins it (place beside `seedToCenter`, or inline in the effect):
+
+```tsx
+ const findFaceByCoord = (patch: Patch, coord: readonly number[]) =>
+ patch.faces.find((f) => f.coord.length === coord.length && f.coord.every((v, i) => v === coord[i])) ?? null;
+```
+
+In the canvas effect, add a click handler that pins the tile under the pointer (distinguish click from drag by a small movement threshold). Register it with the other listeners and clean it up in the return:
+
+```tsx
+ let downAt: { x: number; y: number } | null = null;
+ const onClickDown = (e: PointerEvent) => { downAt = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }; };
+ const onClickUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+ if (!downAt) return;
+ const moved = Math.hypot(e.clientX - downAt.x, e.clientY - downAt.y);
+ downAt = null;
+ if (moved > 6) return; // a drag, not a click
+ const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+ const cx = e.clientX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
+ const cy = e.clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
+ const wx = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
+ const wy = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
+ const f = hitRef.current ? hitFace(hitRef.current, wx, wy) : null;
+ if (!f) return;
+ pinnedRef.current = f.coord;
+ setPinnedAddress(f.coord);
+ offsetRef.current = [f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]];
+ requestRender();
+ writeUrl();
+ };
+ canvas.addEventListener("pointerdown", onClickDown);
+ canvas.addEventListener("pointerup", onClickUp);
+```
+
+Add the cleanup lines in the effect's return:
+
+```tsx
+ canvas.removeEventListener("pointerdown", onClickDown);
+ canvas.removeEventListener("pointerup", onClickUp);
+```
+
+Add the pinned line to the HUD JSX, under the hover line:
+
+```tsx
+ {pinnedAddress &&
pinned [{pinnedAddress.join(",")}]
}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Add URL read-once-on-mount and debounced write**
+
+Import the codec at the top:
+
+```tsx
+import { encodeAddress, decodeAddress, parseSeed, parseZoom } from "./lib/codec";
+```
+
+In the patch-build effect, after building the patch, read the URL once and apply a pinned tile / zoom if present (overriding the seed-derived center):
+
+```tsx
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(PATCH_LEVEL);
+ patchRef.current = patch;
+ hitRef.current = buildHitIndex(patch.faces);
+
+ const params = typeof window !== "undefined" ? new URLSearchParams(window.location.search) : new URLSearchParams();
+ const tAddr = decodeAddress(params.get("t") ?? undefined);
+ const z = parseZoom(params.get("z") ?? undefined);
+ if (z !== null) zoomRef.current = z;
+
+ const pinned = tAddr ? findFaceByCoord(patch, tAddr) : null;
+ if (pinned) {
+ pinnedRef.current = pinned.coord;
+ setPinnedAddress(pinned.coord);
+ offsetRef.current = [pinned.centroid[0], pinned.centroid[1]];
+ } else {
+ const c = seedToCenter(seed, patch);
+ offsetRef.current = [c[0], c[1]];
+ }
+ setReady(true);
+ }, [seed]);
+```
+
+Add a debounced `writeUrl` inside the canvas effect (it reads the live refs and the current `seed` prop):
+
+```tsx
+ let writeTimer: ReturnType | null = null;
+ const writeUrl = () => {
+ if (writeTimer) clearTimeout(writeTimer);
+ writeTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+ const params = new URLSearchParams();
+ const s = parseSeed(seed);
+ if (s) params.set("s", s);
+ if (pinnedRef.current) params.set("t", encodeAddress(pinnedRef.current));
+ params.set("z", String(Math.round(zoomRef.current)));
+ window.history.replaceState(null, "", `?${params.toString()}`);
+ }, 250);
+ };
+```
+
+Call `writeUrl()` from the pan, wheel, and pinch handlers (after `requestRender()`), and clear the timer in the cleanup:
+
+```tsx
+ if (writeTimer) clearTimeout(writeTimer);
+```
+
+Note: `writeUrl` and `findFaceByCoord` reference `seed`, so the canvas effect's dependency array stays `[ready]` (the patch is rebuilt on `seed` change in the other effect, which flips `ready`). If `seed` can change without unmount in practice, add `seed` to the canvas-effect deps; for v1 the seed is a stable prop.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Update the share E2E with a real address, then run it**
+
+Run the dev server, hover a tile near the center, read its `address [..]` from the HUD, and put that exact value in the `t=` of the first E2E test (replacing `0.0.0.0.0` if that address is not in the patch).
+
+Run: `bunx playwright test e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts`
+Expected: PASS (pinned HUD shows on the shared URL; URL gains `s`, `t`, `z` after a click).
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Full test sweep**
+
+Run: `bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/ && bunx playwright test e2e/x/penrose/`
+Expected: engine + unit tests `34 + patch + hitTest + codec` all pass; both E2E specs pass.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add -A
+git commit -m "feat(penrose): click-to-pin doubles as camera origin and share URL"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Self-Review notes (for the executor)
+
+- **Frame discipline.** If hover/pin ever reports the wrong tile, the cause is almost certainly mixing `pos` and `physical(coord)`. Everything stays in `pos`; corners come from `posByCoord`. Do not call `physical()` in the explorer.
+- **Patch level.** `PATCH_LEVEL = 10` is the starting point (≈55k faces, ≈350ms build, world radius ≈123 edges). If first paint feels slow on a laptop, drop to 9 (≈21k faces) and note the smaller roam radius. This is a tuning constant, not an architectural choice.
+- **No palette yet.** Interim colors are `--color-moment-1/4`. The B1 Mosaic tokens, the pin's `--ink` ring, and the DESIGN.md amendments are the next plan (gated on maintainer sign-off).
+- **Deferred to the teaching-spine plan:** landing/explore copy rewrite off the new addressing story (the `labs[]` blurb and both `page.tsx` files still say "de Bruijn pentagrid"), the Sketch harness, and sketches 1–5.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md
index 5ae6267..e6e1072 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
# Penrose — v1 Design
-**Status:** spec
+> **SUPERSEDED (2026-06-24).** This spec was written against the old de Bruijn pentagrid
+> viewport-anchor engine, which had a real re-anchor bug and was replaced by the tested
+> cut-and-project / substitution engine. The current spec is
+> `2026-06-24-penrose-v1-design.md`. Kept for history.
+
+**Status:** superseded
**Date:** 2026-06-23
**Source:** brainstorming session (terminal + visual companion)
@@ -12,15 +17,15 @@ The bug is the headline. The exported `Tile.coord` is many-to-one (the review me
Brainstorming sharpened the purpose. This is not an explorer with an essay attached. It is a guided introduction to Penrose tilings for people who have never met one: an explorable explanation where small playable figures each teach one idea, ending in a full explorer.
-Three deep properties drive the teaching, and they are one structure seen three ways. **Non-locality:** local matching rules are necessary but not sufficient, so laying tiles by them alone hits dead ends. Penrose's anecdote (Ball, *Prospect*): he spotted a university tiling whose edge tile broke the rules, so it "would go wrong somewhere in the middle of the lawn." **Local indistinguishability:** any two tilings share every finite patch yet differ globally, faulting along "veins." **φ-inflation:** each tile subdivides into φ-smaller tiles and composes into φ-larger supertiles indefinitely, with a unique grouping. That unique hierarchy is the hidden skeleton the three expose, and the exact 5-tuple address under the cursor is it made explicit: the tile's place in the 5D lattice that local rules cannot see.
+Three deep properties drive the teaching, and they are one structure seen three ways. **Non-locality:** local matching rules are necessary but not sufficient, so laying tiles by them alone hits dead ends. Penrose's anecdote (Ball, *Prospect*): he spotted a university tiling whose edge tile broke the rules, so it "would go wrong somewhere in the middle of the lawn." **Local indistinguishability:** any two tilings share every finite patch yet differ globally, faulting along "veins." **φ-inflation:** each tile subdivides into φ-smaller tiles and composes into φ-larger supertiles indefinitely, with a unique grouping. That unique hierarchy is the hidden skeleton the three expose, and the exact address under the cursor is it made explicit: which two of the five grids cross here and at which lines, the tile's place in the 5D lattice that local rules cannot see.
-This is safe at any size because we never lay tiles locally. The de Bruijn pentagrid is global: each tile is a deterministic projection from a 5D lattice. No growth, no backtracking, no invalid configuration reachable. The one condition is regularity (`Σγ ∉ ℤ`); the singular case (our current `Σγ = 0`) is where lines run concurrent, vertices degenerate, and the address collides. The correctness fix and the safety guarantee are the same fix.
+This is safe at any size because we never lay tiles locally. The de Bruijn pentagrid is global: each tile is a deterministic projection from a 5D lattice. No growth, no backtracking, no invalid configuration reachable. The line indices grow without bound as you pan (a 51-digit integer at 10^50 units out), which is why the address is BigInt and the explorer keeps a BigInt anchor with a small Float64 render offset. Regularity (`Σγ ∉ ℤ` vs the singular symmetric case) is a separate matter, not the address fix; an empirical probe demoted it from this spec's first draft (see centerpiece 2).
## Goal
Ship `/x/penrose` as a teaching experiment: a guided, explorable introduction whose centerpiece is an infinite explorer that always knows the exact tile under your cursor, taught by small playable sketches on the hierarchy spine.
-1. **Correct address.** `Tile.coord` injective per rhombus, test-gated.
+1. **Correct address.** The tile's address is the crossing `(j, k, kj, kk)` (`kj`/`kk` BigInt), proven unique per rhombus and test-gated. The old `cell_UR` 5-tuple collided and is dropped.
2. **Explorer, focused.** Keep the built interaction; add a seed input, click-to-pin, the B1 palette, and the small UX fixes. No overlays bolted on.
3. **Share by tile-address.** seed + pinned tile + zoom in the URL; the pin doubles as the camera origin. Client-side state, no `useSearchParams`.
4. **A Sketch harness** and the figures it powers.
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ Single-column scroll, prose and sketches alternating, ending in the explorer.
1. **Meet the two tiles** (static + hover). Thick and thin rhombus, φ in their angles, the edge marks.
2. **The dead-end** (play). Lay tiles by local rules until the patch paints into a corner. Penrose's lawn, playable. Non-locality.
3. **Five grids, one tiling** (play). Draw the five line families, morph each crossing into its dual rhombus. How de Bruijn builds it.
-4. **Regular vs singular** (slider on `Σγ`). Watch a tiling degenerate where lines go concurrent. Why regularity keeps the address exact.
+4. **Regular vs singular** (slider on `Σγ`). Watch the symmetric pinwheel (`Σγ ∈ ℤ`, lines concurrent) relax into a generic tiling. What regularity means in the pentagrid.
5. **The golden ratio appears** (play). thick:thin count converging to φ.
6. **Zoom the hierarchy** (inflation overlay, gated by the spike). A bounded patch with its φ-supertiling overlaid; step between depths.
7. **The explorer** (hero). Go anywhere; the exact address always under your cursor.
@@ -59,11 +64,13 @@ Single-column scroll, prose and sketches alternating, ending in the explorer.
`lib/pentagrid.ts` is the single source the explorer, all six sketches, the tests, and the v2 demos draw from. Invest in one correct, well-tested engine; keep every consumer small. Move the lib up to `src/app/x/penrose/lib/` (out of `explore/`), since the teaching page shares it too.
-### 2. The correctness fix: regularity, test-gated
+### 2. The correctness fix: the crossing identity, test-gated
+
+The exported `cell_UR` 5-tuple is the wrong *kind* of label. A 5-tuple names a region of the plane; a tile is a *crossing* of two grid lines. An empirical probe settled it: across five seeds, `cell_UR` collapses ~50% (324 tiles → 135 distinct), and making the pentagrid regular does not help, it collides regardless. The reason is structural: the 5-tuple records which gap you sit in for each family but forgets which two families actually crossed, and that is exactly what tells two adjacent tiles apart.
-Make the pentagrid regular. `gammaFromSeed` forces `Σγ = 0` by subtracting `sum/5`; change it to force `Σγ` to a fixed non-integer so no point lies on more than two lines. The requirement is an invariant, not an implementation: **`Tile.coord` is injective over any viewport, for any seed**, enforced by a test.
+So the address is the crossing the enumerator already computes and discards: `(j, k, kj, kk)`. `j, k ∈ {0..4}` are which two grids meet (small ints); `kj, kk` are which line in each, unbounded, so BigInt. The absolute address is `(j, k, anchor.nProj[j] + kj, anchor.nProj[k] + kk)`. This is unique 324/324 in the probe, already computed, and legible ("grids 0 and 1, lines 7000000000000 and -4"). The invariant, enforced by a test: **every tile's `(j, k, kj, kk)` is distinct over any viewport, for any seed.**
-Preferred outcome: regularity restores the bijection and the 5-tuple stays the address, keeping the "unique 5-tuple" promise. Fallback if the test disagrees: adopt the proven-unique `(j, k, kj, kk)` as the canonical address. The test decides; we do not ship a guess.
+Regularity is decoupled and demoted to a teaching topic (sketch 4). The current singular seed renders fine and addresses uniquely, so v1 leaves `gammaFromSeed` as is.
### 3. The explorer, focused
@@ -84,7 +91,7 @@ A tile's address doubles as the camera position, so a link is one address plus z
```
- `s` = seed (absent = default).
-- `t` = pinned tile's canonical address, base62 (optional; present = pin and center on it).
+- `t` = pinned tile's address `(j, k, kj, kk)`: the two small family indices plus `kj`/`kk` as base62 BigInt (optional; present = pin and center on it).
- `z` = zoom, short fixed-precision float (absent = default).
Two modules, mirroring Prime Moments' `encoding.ts` + `share.ts`:
@@ -129,7 +136,7 @@ Two conscious amendments, scoped as the constellation ring is scoped:
Table-driven `bun:test` where the shape fits.
-- `lib/pentagrid.test.ts`: address injectivity over a sampled viewport across seeds (the headline guard); coverage / no-overlap on sampled points; thick:thin → φ; anchored vs exact agreement at anchor 0 and near the 1e8 boundary; enumerate → `tileContains` round-trip.
+- `lib/pentagrid.test.ts`: address uniqueness, every tile's `(j, k, kj, kk)` distinct over a sampled viewport across seeds (the headline guard); coverage / no-overlap on sampled points; thick:thin → φ; anchored vs exact agreement at anchor 0 and near the 1e8 boundary; enumerate → `tileContains` round-trip.
- `lib/encoding.test.ts`: round-trip seed / tile-address / zoom, including large BigInt addresses.
- `lib/inflation.test.ts` (after the spike): inflated vertices coincide with supertile vertices.
- Playwright: `/x/penrose` loads and sketches mount; `/x/penrose/explore` mounts the canvas; a `?s=&t=&z=` URL loads and centers on the pin.
@@ -169,7 +176,7 @@ src/app/x/page.tsx refresh the Penrose blurb
Each slice is independently reviewable and lands with its tests.
-1. **Engine + address fix + tests.** Move lib up; make the pentagrid regular; prove `Tile.coord` injective. Nothing proceeds until injectivity is green.
+1. **Engine + address fix + tests.** Move lib up; expose the crossing `(j, k, kj, kk)` as the `Tile` address (`kj`/`kk` BigInt), drop `cell_UR`; prove uniqueness over a sampled viewport. Nothing proceeds until that test is green.
2. **Encoding + share + explorer wiring.** The codec and its tests; seed input (with the effect fix), click-to-pin, URL read-on-mount and debounced write; share round-trip E2E.
3. **Explorer polish + palette.** B1, the `--color-penrose-*` tokens, the color amendment, the UX fixes, dead-export cleanup.
4. **Sketch harness + core sketches.** `Sketch.tsx` with the reduced-motion contract, the animation amendment, then the intro and four sketches.
@@ -178,7 +185,7 @@ Each slice is independently reviewable and lands with its tests.
## Open risks
-- **Injectivity under arbitrary seeds** (slice 1) and **the inflation transform** (slice 5) are the two unproven pieces. Both are test-gated: injectivity falls back to `(j,k,kj,kk)`, inflation slips to v2. Resolve empirically, do not assert.
+- **The inflation transform** (slice 5) is the one unproven piece, test-gated against the exact oracle; it slips to v2 if it does not validate. (The address question is resolved: a probe across five seeds confirmed `cell_UR` collides ~50% regardless of regularity, while `(j, k, kj, kk)` is unique 324/324.)
- **The dead-end sketch** (slice 4) is a bounded, deterministic scripted sequence, not a live solver, so it always reaches the same teachable conflict.
## v2
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+# Penrose — v1 Design (rewrite)
+
+**Status:** spec
+**Date:** 2026-06-24
+**Supersedes:** `2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md` (written against the old de Bruijn
+pentagrid viewport-anchor engine, since replaced)
+
+## Why this is a rewrite
+
+The prior spec was built on the explorer's old engine: a de Bruijn pentagrid with a
+BigInt viewport anchor and a Float64 render offset. That engine has a real bug. It does
+not preserve the tiling across a nonzero re-anchor (`research/penrose/STATUS.md`,
+Corrections). Its exported address `(j, k, kj, kk)` and the whole "cell_UR collides"
+framing belong to that engine.
+
+The engine was replaced, not patched. A tested cut-and-project / substitution engine now
+lives in `research/penrose/cap/` with a passing test suite (`bun test
+./research/penrose/cap/` → 34 pass; 24 `test()` blocks, several table-driven). It
+reproduces classical de Bruijn
+theory (de Bruijn 1981/1990; D'Andrea 2023, *A Guide to Penrose Tilings*) exactly. The
+address is now the de Bruijn ℤ⁵ coordinate `n = (n₀..n₄)`, and a rhombus is `[n; j, k]`.
+See `research/penrose/STATUS.md` for provenance.
+
+Everything in the prior spec that was about the *product* carries over unchanged. The
+guided explorable-explanation framing, the teaching spine, the B1 Mosaic palette,
+share-by-address, the reduced-motion contract and Sketch harness, the experiment chrome.
+This rewrite keeps all of that and re-grounds the engine-dependent parts on `cap/`.
+
+## Goal
+
+Ship `/x/penrose` as a teaching experiment: a guided, explorable introduction to Penrose
+tilings whose centerpiece is an explorer that always knows the exact tile under your
+cursor, taught by small playable sketches on the φ-inflation spine.
+
+Build order is explorer first, then the learning tool. The explorer proves the engine
+works for real users; the sketches then teach what it is doing.
+
+## The three teaching properties (engine-independent, carried over)
+
+One structure seen three ways.
+
+- **Non-locality.** Local matching rules are necessary but not sufficient, so laying
+ tiles by them alone hits dead ends. Penrose's lawn anecdote (Ball, *Prospect*): an edge
+ tile broke the rules, so the tiling "would go wrong somewhere in the middle of the
+ lawn."
+- **Local indistinguishability.** Any two Penrose tilings share every finite patch yet
+ differ globally. You can never tell which tiling you are in from any finite view.
+- **φ-inflation.** Each tile subdivides into φ-smaller tiles and composes into φ-larger
+ supertiles indefinitely, with a unique grouping. This hierarchy is the hidden skeleton,
+ and the exact ℤ⁵ address under the cursor is that skeleton made explicit.
+
+The engine swap strengthens this. φ-inflation was a "math might not validate" risk in the
+prior spec. It is now solved and tested: it is the integer operator `A` (eigenvalues −φ,
+1/φ, 2) and the closed-form fold `coord' = −A·coord + m·ones`, which is D'Andrea Theorem
+5.16.
+
+## Scope decisions (this rewrite)
+
+### 1. Bounded world, staged seams
+
+v1 ships a **bounded explorer**: one large patch generated from the origin (deflation
+level ~8–10, tens of thousands of tiles), with pan and cursor-zoom as camera math over
+that fixed tile set. Every tile carries its exact ℤ⁵ address from the tested lift.
+Hit-testing under the cursor reads that address out.
+
+The level is bounded by render cost and reach (how far you can roam), not by precision.
+The integer ℤ⁵ address stays exact in Float64 far past any renderable level: components
+grow like O(φ^N), about 49 at level 10, against the 2⁵³ ≈ 9e15 exact-integer limit; level
+10 is roughly 55k faces and a ~350ms one-time build. What forces v2 is far-from-origin
+physical-position precision under unbounded pan, not the address.
+
+True infinite pan is **v2**. It needs three coupled, currently-unbuilt subsystems
+(viewport-clipped pruned-deflation generation, BigInt + golden-field exact arithmetic for
+the window membership test, and a self-contained canonical frame for far-from-origin
+anchoring). Each is real engineering with its own correctness oracle. v1 is built with
+clean seams (an address/codec layer and a camera layer that do not assume float) so v2
+slots in without a rewrite.
+
+### 2. One canonical tiling; a seed is a coordinate into it
+
+There is essentially one Penrose tiling up to local isomorphism (the property the sketches
+teach). v1 models exactly that. The engine generates one canonical tiling, the
+sun-centered deflation. A **seed is a starting coordinate / region** in that tiling, and
+**randomize teleports to a new region**. Variety is real because the tiling is
+non-periodic: every region looks locally different. The seed is itself an address, which
+is the thesis of the whole experiment.
+
+This replaces the old "seed = different `gamma` = different tiling" model. It is more
+truthful to the math, efficient (lift once, roam), and avoids the O(radius⁵) brute-force
+`generate()` path. The default view is a generic off-center region, reached as a camera
+translation over the sun-centered substitution patch: the engine center stays the singular
+5-fold sun, the camera starts off it. A seed coordinate maps to a camera center; the sun
+is reachable but is not the landing view. (Seed → camera-center mapping is an open
+planning question below.)
+
+### 3. Explorer first, learning tool second
+
+v1 sequences the explorer (engine port, renderer, addressing, pin/share) ahead of the
+teaching spine (landing writeup, Sketch harness, sketches). The full learning tool is in
+scope; it is built after the explorer is live.
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Engine packaging (needs maintainer sign-off at review)
+
+Port `research/penrose/cap/{cap,deflate,bridge,fold,faces}.ts` and their `.test.ts` files
+into `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/` verbatim, making them app code. The research notes
+(`research/penrose/05`–`09`, `STATUS.md`) stay where they are as the writeup source.
+Delete the old `src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts`.
+
+Rationale: AGENTS.md requires experiments to be self-contained and ship with func.lol. The
+tested engine is the experiment's core; it belongs in the experiment. Importing across the
+`research/` boundary is a gray area and couples app builds to research scratch. The engine
+is small and already test-covered, so the port is a move plus a path fixup, and the tests
+move with it.
+
+This is an architectural change. It is presented here for sign-off; no code moves until
+the spec is approved.
+
+### Coordinate frames (from the engine)
+
+Three origin-centered frames, all in the tested engine:
+
+- **ℤ⁵ coord** `n = (n₀..n₄)`, the address. `index = Σ nₗ ∈ {1,2,3,4}` for valid vertices.
+ Integer, exact, deep-zoom-safe. The tile identity for hit-testing and the URL.
+- **Physical** `physical(n) = Σ nₗ·(cos 2πl/5, sin 2πl/5)`, edge length 1. The explorer
+ renders in the closely related `LiftedVertex.pos` frame, a fixed rotation of this (see
+ "One frame, pinned" below). Do not mix the two.
+- **Internal** `internal(n)`, not drawn. The bounded membership space that makes this a
+ quasicrystal rather than a grid.
+
+`scale = φ^level` is the single conversion constant between raw deflation geometry and
+unit-edge physical geometry. The explorer works in the lifted (scaled) `pos` frame where
+edges are ≈ 1 and coords are attached.
+
+### The data the explorer renders
+
+The substitution path is the rich one. `substitutionFaces(level)` returns
+`{ faces: Face[], verts: LiftedVertex[] }` in one call:
+
+- `LiftedVertex = { pos: Pt, coord: readonly number[] }` (length 5 by construction) —
+ physical position plus exact ℤ⁵ address.
+- `Face = { key: string, type: "thick" | "thin" }` where `key = "n.join(',')|jk"`. The four
+ corners are the coords `n, n+eⱼ, n+eₖ, n+eⱼ₊ₖ`. Proven exact vs the substitution (no
+ phantoms, none missing).
+
+**One frame, pinned.** Render and hit-test exclusively in the `LiftedVertex.pos` frame.
+`pos` and `physical(coord)` are NOT the same frame: `lift()` integrates coords in a frame
+rotated from `pos` by a fixed offset, so they differ by a pure rotation (measured up to ~2
+units apart at level 4). The patch builder looks up each corner's position by its coord key
+in the `verts` set, never via `physical()`. All geometry (corners, centroid, hit-test)
+lives in the `pos` frame.
+
+The explorer needs three thin layers the engine does not yet provide. They are v1 work
+items, all built on the tested core and individually testable:
+
+- **Patch builder.** Wrap `substitutionFaces(level)` into a render model: a `Map` from
+ coord key to `LiftedVertex.pos`, and per face its four corner positions (looked up in
+ that map) plus centroid, keyed by `Face.key`, all in the `pos` frame. A static set; built
+ once per session (and once per seed/randomize jump).
+- **Hit-testing.** Map a physical (x, y) under the cursor to a face. Point-in-rhombus
+ against precomputed corners, accelerated by a uniform spatial grid bucket (the tiling is
+ near-uniform density, so a grid keyed on physical position is enough). Returns the
+ `Face` and its `coord`.
+- **Address codec.** Encode/decode the ℤ⁵ address (and the camera) for the URL. Pure,
+ validated, with a base62 form for the integer components. Built to the
+ prime-moments codec precedent (strict parse, return null on bad input).
+
+## The explorer (bounded)
+
+Salvage the rendering and interaction layer of the current `PenroseExplorer.tsx`, which is
+good: native 2D canvas with `devicePixelRatio` + `ResizeObserver`, refs-not-state for all
+camera values, a RAF dirty-flag render loop, unified Pointer Events with pinch when two
+pointers are down, wheel zoom pivoting on the cursor, theme colors read live from CSS vars
+with a `MutationObserver` on `data-theme`. Keep this nearly verbatim.
+
+Replace the state model that was coupled to the buggy Float64 viewport anchor
+(`anchorRef`/`offsetRef`/`maybeReAnchor`/`makeAnchor`/`enumerateTiles`). The new model:
+
+- One patch built from the seed region at mount. Camera is pan + zoom over the fixed set.
+- `drawFaces` fills each rhombus solid (B1 Mosaic), strokes the grout. No per-frame React
+ state; the HUD reads through refs and a throttled `useState` for the address line.
+- Hover reads the face under the cursor and shows its address. Click pins it.
+
+Interaction commitments (carried over): pan, cursor-zoom, pinch, two-finger pan, hover
+readout, theme reactivity, seed input + randomize, click-to-pin.
+
+UX fixes carried over: an affordance hint on first load, `h-dvh` not `h-screen`, the HUD
+clear of the breadcrumb, no per-frame `setState`.
+
+Accessibility carried over: focusable canvas, throttled `aria-live` address HUD. Full
+keyboard pan/zoom is v2.
+
+### Pin, origin, share are one operation
+
+Click-to-pin selects a tile. The pin is the shared tile and the camera origin at once.
+"Make this my origin" and "share this view" are the same action. Re-rooting is cheap and
+consistent in the bounded model (the pinned tile's `coord` is exact; the camera recenters
+on its physical position). No re-anchor, so no re-anchor bug.
+
+## Share by address
+
+URL scheme on the explore route:
+
+```
+/x/penrose/explore?s=&t=&z=
+```
+
+- `s` absent → default seed. `t` present → pin and center on that tile. `z` absent →
+ default zoom.
+- Client-side only: read `window.location.search` once on mount, write with debounced
+ `history.replaceState`. No `useSearchParams`, no Suspense, no server data flow. The root
+ layout reads `cookies()` for the theme so pages already render per-request (DESIGN.md,
+ light/dark toggle); this experiment adds no runtime export and no architectural change,
+ so the URL approach needs no separate sign-off.
+- `t` encodes the ℤ⁵ address (5 integers) compactly via the base62 codec. `s` encodes the
+ seed coordinate the same way. The codec is the engine-independent seam for v2 (when
+ addresses become BigInt, only the codec widens).
+
+## The teaching spine (built after the explorer)
+
+Single-column scroll, prose and sketches alternating, ending in the explorer hero. Depth
+over volume. Experiment badge and "an experiment by nathan toups" footer matching Prime
+Moments. Verify the experiment number against the current `labs[]` publish order before
+hard-coding it.
+
+### Sketch harness
+
+`Sketch.tsx`, a client primitive: a render area (canvas or SVG) plus a control bar
+(play/pause, step, reset, optional slider). It owns the RAF loop and the reduced-motion
+contract. Each sketch supplies `step` and `render(t)`.
+
+**Reduced-motion hard contract.** Nothing autoplays. Motion only on play or slider drag.
+Under `prefers-reduced-motion`, render the end state and never move on load.
+
+### Sketches in v1
+
+The set and order, and how each grounds on the new engine:
+
+1. **Meet the two tiles** (static + hover). Thick and thin rhombus, φ in the angles, the
+ edge marks. Authored geometry.
+2. **The dead-end** (play). Lay tiles by local matching rules until the patch paints into a
+ corner. Penrose's lawn anecdote, playable. A bounded, deterministic *scripted* sequence,
+ authored content, deliberately not from the engine (it demonstrates local-rule failure,
+ which the global engine never does).
+3. **The golden ratio appears** (play). thick:thin rhombus count converging to φ, from
+ `thickThinRatio` over `substitutionFaces(level)` across levels (the rhombus picture the
+ sketch shows; `colorCounts` counts triangles, a different object).
+4. **Zoom the hierarchy** (inflation overlay). A bounded patch with its φ-supertiling
+ overlaid; step between depths. Math is solved (operator `A` / the fold); this is overlay
+ rendering on a tested transform, no longer a research risk.
+5. **The explorer** (hero). Go anywhere in the patch; the exact address always under the
+ cursor.
+
+Deferred to v2 (they need the most rework against cut-and-project, decided in this
+rewrite): **Five grids, one tiling** (the de Bruijn dual picture, now one of two
+equivalent views rather than how the explorer computes) and **Regular vs singular** (its
+old slider rode `Σγ`; in cut-and-project the analogue is the internal-window offset and
+five-line concurrency, a new mechanism to design).
+
+## Palette: B1 Mosaic (needs maintainer sign-off at review)
+
+Solid fills, dark `--paper` as grout, gold thick, teal thin, an `--ink` ring on the pin.
+Gold and teal reuse the Prime Moments constellation hues so the site keeps one color
+language; teal is nudged lighter on dark.
+
+Proposed `--color-penrose-*` tokens. They reuse the existing constellation hues, so the
+palette adds no genuinely new color: thick is gold `#C89B3C` (= `--color-moment-1`), thin
+is teal `#3E6B7C` (= `--color-moment-4`). One departure: thin is nudged lighter on dark
+(`#4f7d92`) for contrast against the dark `--paper`, which needs a `[data-theme="dark"]`
+override (like `--paper`/`--ink`/`--subtle` have, unlike the mode-invariant constellation
+tokens). So the tokens live in `@theme` like the constellation ring, with a single dark
+override for thin.
+
+| role | light | dark |
+| -------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
+| thick | `#C89B3C` (gold = moment-1) | `#C89B3C` |
+| thin | `#3E6B7C` (teal = moment-4) | `#4f7d92` (lighter) |
+| grout | `--paper` | `--paper` |
+| pin ring | `--ink` | `--ink` |
+
+Consumed through one thin helper (`explore/lib/colors.ts`) that maps roles onto the
+tokens, mirroring `prime-moments/lib/colors.ts`. Canvas reads them live via
+`getComputedStyle` so they invert with the theme.
+
+**DESIGN.md amendments**, conscious and minimal:
+
+1. Add the `--color-penrose-*` tokens to the color section. Note they reuse the
+ constellation hues (gold = moment-1, teal = moment-4), so no new hue enters the
+ language; the only new value is the dark teal shade.
+2. Qualify the "Not in the language (yet)" list: "a second accent color" /
+ "per-experiment custom styling" are relaxed for experiments that reuse existing
+ constellation hues through a scoped helper. Update the `globals.css` comment
+ "the only color on the site" to acknowledge the penrose roles reuse those same hues.
+3. Add a scoped teaching-animation rule: user-initiated motion only, respect
+ `prefers-reduced-motion`, confined to teaching experiments, no autoplay or ambient
+ motion.
+
+Adding named color and amending DESIGN.md are architectural per CLAUDE.md. Presented for
+sign-off; no tokens land until approved. This lives in a later polish slice, so it does
+not block the explorer start.
+
+## Testing
+
+Engine: the `cap/` suite (34 pass, 24 `test()` blocks with table-driven cases) moves with
+the port and must pass in its new home (`bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/`).
+
+New v1 unit tests (colocated, table-driven where the shape fits):
+
+- **Patch builder.** Face count grows ~φ² per level; every face has four finite corners;
+ centroids distinct.
+- **Hit-testing.** For a sampled set of points strictly inside known faces, the hit returns
+ that face; points in the grout return none; round-trip face → centroid → hit is the same
+ face.
+- **Address codec.** Round-trip `s` / `t` / `z`, including negative and multi-digit ℤ⁵
+ components; bad input returns null (strict parse).
+- **Multi-scale consistency** (the property the old anchor violated), a v2-seam guard: a
+ tile's address from `nextCoordCanonical` (the self-contained fold, valid in the canonical
+ {1,2,3,4} band) matches the lift's address for the same tile. The fully self-contained
+ absolute frame is an open item in STATUS.md (`nextCoord` still reads its band-min from a
+ lift), so the test uses the canonical fold to stay lift-independent. v1 builds one
+ fixed-level patch and never refines at runtime, so this only guards the v2 seam.
+
+E2E (Playwright): `/x/penrose` loads and the page mounts; `/x/penrose/explore` mounts the
+canvas; a `?s=&t=&z=` URL loads and centers on the pin (header-level assertions, the repo's
+E2E style).
+
+## Build slices (ordered, each lands with its tests)
+
+1. **Engine port.** Move `cap/` into `explore/lib/`, fix paths, delete `pentagrid.ts`, all
+ tests green in the new location (`bun test ./src/app/x/penrose/` → 34 pass; this adds the
+ `*.test.ts` files to the app test run, a test-surface change, not a runtime one). No
+ behavior change.
+2. **Patch builder + hit-testing.** The two render-model layers, with their unit tests. No
+ UI yet.
+3. **Explorer rewrite.** Salvage the canvas/interaction layer; wire it to the patch builder
+ and hit-testing; hover address HUD; seed + randomize (seed = region). Drop the old
+ anchor model.
+4. **Pin + share.** Address codec; pin = origin = share; the `s/t/z` URL; client-side
+ read-once / debounced write. Share round-trip E2E.
+5. **Palette + polish.** B1 Mosaic tokens + the DESIGN.md amendments (sign-off gated);
+ `explore/lib/colors.ts`; the UX fixes; rewrite the superseded "infinite / de Bruijn
+ pentagrid" copy off the new addressing story in all three surfaces: the `labs[]` blurb
+ in `src/app/x/page.tsx`, and the metadata/prose in `x/penrose/page.tsx` and
+ `x/penrose/explore/page.tsx`.
+6. **Teaching spine.** Landing writeup, Sketch harness, sketches 1–5 in order. Reduced-
+ motion contract.
+
+## Non-goals (v1)
+
+- No infinite pan, no BigInt deep-zoom. v2, with its own test suite.
+- No overlays bolted onto the explorer. Inflation is a bounded sketch, never an explorer
+ mode. Vein overlay is v2.
+- No seed gallery. One seed input plus randomize.
+- No full keyboard pan/zoom. v2.
+- No style toggles, no tracery (the midline decoration is dropped).
+- No server-side anything, no persistence, no precompute. Pure client compute.
+- No emblem, no OG cards, no MDX.
+
+## Open questions for planning
+
+- **Patch level.** Pick the deflation level that balances tile count (render cost) against
+ reach (how far you can roam) while keeping Float64 coords exact. Likely 8–10; confirm by
+ measuring coord magnitude and frame time.
+- **Randomize range.** In the bounded patch, randomize jumps within the generated region.
+ Confirm the region is large enough that randomize feels like "somewhere new" and define
+ how a seed coordinate maps to a camera center.
+- **Sun center.** Decide whether the famous 5-fold sun center is surfaced as a named
+ landmark or simply reachable. Default view is generic, off-center.
+- **Experiment number.** Re-confirm publish order against the current `labs[]` before
+ hard-coding the badge.
diff --git a/research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md b/research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md
index 609d4c5..e1bb5f2 100644
--- a/research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md
+++ b/research/penrose/05-substitution-and-z5.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
# Penrose — Substitution, Z⁵ coordinates, and the engine pivot
+> **Correction (2026-06-23).** The novelty assessment below is wrong. After reading
+> de Bruijn 1990 ("Updown generation") and D'Andrea 2023 (*A Guide to Penrose
+> Tilings*), the results are classical and standard — not a publishable contribution.
+> The fold is D'Andrea **Theorem 5.16**; the window is **Prop 5.15**. See `STATUS.md`
+> → "Provenance" for the line-by-line correspondence. The reasoning here is kept as a
+> record of how the work proceeded.
+
Research note. Captures the investigation that moved the explorer's engine from
"de Bruijn pentagrid + BigInt viewport anchor" to "substitution / deflation with
exact arithmetic, addressed by de Bruijn Z⁵ coordinates." Includes the literature
diff --git a/research/penrose/07-cut-and-project-window.md b/research/penrose/07-cut-and-project-window.md
index e44ec05..535b951 100644
--- a/research/penrose/07-cut-and-project-window.md
+++ b/research/penrose/07-cut-and-project-window.md
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
# Penrose — The exact cut-and-project window, and the validated engine
+> **Correction (2026-06-23).** "Genuinely open (our contribution)" below is wrong.
+> The window is D'Andrea 2023 **Prop 5.15**; the address↔coordinate map is **Theorem
+> 5.16**. Both are classical de Bruijn theory, reproduced under test, not new results.
+> See `STATUS.md` → "Provenance." Kept as a record of the reasoning.
+
Research note. Records the exact acceptance window (from the literature), the
inflation/offset rule, a validated cut-and-project engine built from them, and the
-two pieces that remain genuinely open (which are our contribution). This is the
+two pieces that were thought open at the time (corrected above). This is the
technical foundation for the Z⁵ substitution alphabet and the address↔coordinate
bridge.
diff --git a/research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md b/research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md
index ed4356e..aa22769 100644
--- a/research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md
+++ b/research/penrose/08-the-bridge.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
# Penrose — The bridge: substitution → de Bruijn coordinates
+> **Correction (2026-06-23).** This is not the "open-conjecture case." The bridge is
+> D'Andrea 2023 **§5.3** (Prop 5.14 cut-and-project characterization, Theorem 5.16
+> composition), i.e. classical de Bruijn. We reproduce it under test; we do not solve
+> arXiv:2603.13553's broader conjecture. See `STATUS.md` → "Provenance." Kept as a
+> record of the reasoning.
+
Research note. The result that closes the address↔coordinate gap: the substitution
tiling, lifted to ℤ⁵ by edge-integration, is a cut-and-project tiling, so every
substitution-rendered tile gets its exact de Bruijn coordinate. Built and validated
diff --git a/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md b/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
index 93185dd..51ad50e 100644
--- a/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
+++ b/research/penrose/09-the-fold.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
# Penrose — The fold: the closed-form address↔coordinate recursion
+> **Correction (2026-06-23).** The fold is **not** novel and not the cocycle paper's
+> open problem. It is D'Andrea 2023 **Theorem 5.16** exactly: `coord' = −A·coord +
+> m·ones` equals the composition map Φ via the cyclotomic identity `C = J − A` and
+> `m = index − c`, and the carry `c ∈ {0,1,1,2}` we re-derived is Theorem 5.16's `c`.
+> Equivalently de Bruijn 1990 §3.12. See `STATUS.md` → "Provenance." Kept as a record
+> of the reasoning (the skeptical carry re-derivation still stands as good practice).
+
Research note. The local, O(log) form of the substitution → de-Bruijn-coordinate
map, and the resolution of the additive index correction that was the open piece.
Built and tested in `research/penrose/cap/fold.ts`.
diff --git a/research/penrose/STATUS.md b/research/penrose/STATUS.md
index 00aa4ec..b1c94b1 100644
--- a/research/penrose/STATUS.md
+++ b/research/penrose/STATUS.md
@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ Run the proofs: `bun test ./research/penrose/cap/` → **34 pass, 0 fail**.
proven against the lift. So deflation runs entirely in ℤ⁵: existing vertices by the
fold, new vertices by `fold(A)+eₗ`, faces by corner-acceptance. (`fold.ts`.)
-What this amounts to: an explicit, validated **substitution-address → de-Bruijn-
-coordinate map**, the case Pardo-Guerra/Washburn/Allahyarov (arXiv:2603.13553) leave
-as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
+What this amounts to: a **tested reimplementation of classical de Bruijn theory**. The
+engine reproduces, by runnable test, results that are standard in the literature —
+de Bruijn 1981 (pentagrid + window), de Bruijn 1990 (updown / composition recurrence),
+and D'Andrea 2023 (the modern textbook proofs). It is local, O(log)-per-tile, exact
+integer. It is **not novel mathematics.** See "Provenance" below for the line-by-line
+correspondence. The value is engineering and verification: a correct, test-backed
+substitution-address → de-Bruijn-coordinate map we can build the explorer on.
## Open / unsolved (still working on)
@@ -47,20 +51,21 @@ as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
from the lift. A fully self-contained absolute frame (solve the reference vertex's
de Bruijn coordinate once, so the band is always `{1,2,3,4}` without a lift) would
remove the dependency. The rule itself is forced and universal; this is bookkeeping.
-- **Address-as-path → coordinate, composed.** We have the per-level recursion; the
- complete O(log) addressing also wants the digit *sequence* (the hierarchy path)
- formalized so a far tile's coordinate is read off its path directly. Partially in
- hand (the recursion is the per-level step).
-- **Relation to the closed conjecture.** We have an explicit, validated *construction*
- for the substitution case. Whether it constitutes a *proof* of the general
- conjecture (every conservation-forced tiling is a Pisot CPT) is a broader claim we
- do **not** make. Honest scope: a validated explicit map, not a theorem.
-
-### Literature we could not retrieve
-- de Bruijn 1990 "Updown generation" (the explicit `γ_l` pentagrid recurrence) and
- D'Andrea 2023 §5.3 "Composition and pentagrids" are paywalled/unextracted. Worth
- obtaining to check whether our closed form matches or extends theirs. (User offered
- to source paywalled material.)
+- **Address-as-path → coordinate, composed.** The digit *sequence* (hierarchy path) is
+ D'Andrea's **index sequence** `ι(T,z₀) ∈ {0,1}^ℕ` (§3.4, Def 3.24): 0 = large
+ triangle, 1 = gnomon, at each composition level. Known and classified (Prop 3.27:
+ tilings/isometry → sequences/tail-equivalence is 2-to-1; Lemma 3.26: no two
+ consecutive 1s = the golden-mean shift, which is *why* color-ratio → φ). It pins the
+ tiling only up to isometry — it forgets the absolute frame. The one thing we add is
+ anchoring that path to an absolute ℤ⁵ coordinate via the fold. That is wiring two
+ known constructions together, not new math. Worth formalizing for O(log) addressing.
+
+### Literature: retrieved, verdict in
+- **de Bruijn 1990 "Updown generation"** and **D'Andrea 2023 §5.3 "Composition and
+ Pentagrids"** are now read. Verdict: our closed form does **not** extend theirs — it
+ *is* theirs. D'Andrea **Theorem 5.16** is our fold exactly (`coord' = −A·coord +
+ m·ones` = Φ via the cyclotomic identity `C = J − A` and `m = index − c`; the carry
+ `{0,1,1,2}` we re-derived is Theorem 5.16's carry). Details in Provenance below.
### Rendering / engineering
- **BigInt deep-zoom path.** The recursion is exact integer; wiring it to BigInt for
@@ -68,11 +73,51 @@ as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
### Downstream (not math-open)
- **Explorer integration**: wire this engine into `/x/penrose` (the v1 we started
- from), replacing the buggy viewport-anchor. The v1 spec
- (`docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md`) predates this pivot and
- needs a rewrite around the cut-and-project / substitution engine.
-- **Writeup / paper**: the bridge + the forced index-carry recursion is a genuine,
- narrow, publishable contribution on an explicitly-open frontier.
+ from), replacing the buggy viewport-anchor. Spec rewritten around the cut-and-project /
+ substitution engine: `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-24-penrose-v1-design.md` (bounded
+ explorer first, then the teaching spine; infinite pan is v2). The old
+ `2026-06-23-penrose-v1-design.md` is superseded.
+- **Writeup**: a teaching note, not a paper. The math is classical (de Bruijn,
+ D'Andrea); the writeup's job is to explain it well and to document that our engine
+ reproduces it under test. No novelty claim.
+
+## Provenance / citations
+
+Every result below is classical. The right-hand column is the primary source; the
+left is where we reproduce it under test.
+
+- **The four-pentagon window by index** (`cap.ts`, `07`) — de Bruijn 1981 §8; Cotfas;
+ D'Andrea 2023 **Prop 5.15** (`P₂=−φP₁, P₃=φP₁, P₄=−P₁`, = our `SCALE_BY_INDEX`).
+- **Inflation `A`, eigenvalues −φ / 1/φ / 2** (`cap.ts`) — Cotfas's operator; the
+ composition matrix `C = I+S+S⁻¹` of D'Andrea **Thm 5.16** is `J − A`.
+- **The closed-form fold** `coord' = −A·coord + m·ones`, `m = ⌈(1+2·index)/5⌉`
+ (`fold.ts`, `09`) — D'Andrea 2023 **Theorem 5.16** (composition map Φ), equivalently
+ de Bruijn 1990 §3.12. The carry `m = index − c`, `c ∈ {0,1,1,2}`, is Thm 5.16's `c`.
+- **The bridge** (substitution lifts to ℤ⁵; index theorem; bounded internal)
+ (`bridge.ts`, `08`) — de Bruijn 1981/1990; D'Andrea 2023 **§5.3** (Prop 5.14, the
+ cut-and-project characterization `f_γ(n̄) ∈ Im(g)`).
+- **Deflation / color ratio → φ** (`deflate.ts`, `05`) — Robinson substitution;
+ D'Andrea 2023 **§3.4** Lemma 3.26 (golden-mean shift) + **§3.5** (density).
+- **Index sequence = the hierarchy path** — D'Andrea 2023 **§3.4** Def 3.24,
+ Prop 3.27 (2-to-1 onto tail-equivalence classes). The doorway to Ch 6 (Connes'
+ noncommutative space), which we did **not** touch.
+- **Terminology**: two distinct "index" objects. de Bruijn pentagrid index
+ `σ = Σn_l ∈ {1,2,3,4}` (Ch 5, our `index()`) vs Robinson index *sequence*
+ `ι(T,z₀)` (Ch 3, the path). Do not conflate.
+
+Full citations:
+- N.G. de Bruijn, "Algebraic theory of Penrose's non-periodic tilings of the plane,
+ I & II," Indag. Math. 43 (1981), 39–66.
+- N.G. de Bruijn, "Updown generation of Penrose patterns," Indag. Math. 1 (1990),
+ 201–219.
+- F. D'Andrea, *A Guide to Penrose Tilings*, Springer (2023). Ch 3 (Robinson
+ triangles, index sequences), Ch 5 (pentagrids, composition), Ch 6 (noncommutative
+ space).
+
+On arXiv:2603.13553 (Pardo-Guerra/Washburn/Allahyarov): we do **not** claim to settle
+their open problem. Their conjecture is broader (cohomological/general). We have a
+tested map for the substitution case, which is exactly the classical de Bruijn theory
+above — not a proof of their general statement.
## Corrections on the record (for honesty)
- The de Bruijn viewport-anchor in the original explorer does **not** preserve the
@@ -81,6 +126,10 @@ as their main open problem. Local, O(log)-per-tile, exact integer.
- The first version of the fold's carry keyed off the *source* band and held at only
two of four level pairs — a frame coincidence caught by a skeptical re-check. The
forced target/canonical rule is universal. (`09`.)
+- Earlier drafts framed the fold and bridge as a "narrow, publishable contribution on
+ an open frontier." That was wrong. Reading de Bruijn 1990 and D'Andrea 2023 (esp.
+ Thm 5.16) showed the results are classical and standard. The framing is corrected
+ throughout: a tested reimplementation, not new mathematics.
## Map of the work
- Notes: `05`-substitution-and-z5, `06`-addressing-and-applications, `07`-cut-and-
From 6baeb0b89aa1b96a3a5a801d420495420230a304 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:12:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 35/87] feat(penrose): port tested cut-and-project engine into
the explorer app
Move the five-module cut-and-project engine (cap, deflate, bridge, fold,
faces) and their test suites from research/penrose/cap/ into
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/. The engine now lives in the app so later
tasks can build the explorer on it; the research/ home is retired.
The move surfaced one latent type error: fold.ts used a gratuitous
'as number[]' cast on a readonly Vec5 (research/ was excluded from
tsconfig, so it was never typechecked). Dropping the cast is a
compile-time-only change with byte-identical emit and no math change.
pentagrid.ts stays; PenroseExplorer.tsx still imports it (removed in a
later task). 34 engine tests pass; next build is green.
---
.../cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/bridge.test.ts | 0
.../penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/bridge.ts | 0
.../penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/cap.test.ts | 0
{research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/cap.ts | 0
.../cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/deflate.test.ts | 0
.../penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/deflate.ts | 0
.../penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/faces.test.ts | 0
.../penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/faces.ts | 0
.../penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/fold.test.ts | 0
{research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/fold.ts | 2 +-
10 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/bridge.test.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/bridge.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/cap.test.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/cap.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/deflate.test.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/deflate.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/faces.test.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/faces.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/fold.test.ts (100%)
rename {research/penrose/cap => src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib}/fold.ts (97%)
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/bridge.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/bridge.test.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/bridge.test.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/bridge.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/bridge.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/bridge.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/cap.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/cap.test.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/cap.test.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/cap.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/cap.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/cap.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/cap.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/deflate.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/deflate.test.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/deflate.test.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/deflate.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/deflate.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/deflate.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/faces.test.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.test.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/faces.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/faces.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from research/penrose/cap/fold.test.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.test.ts
diff --git a/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
rename to src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.ts
index fba939e..e020338 100644
--- a/research/penrose/cap/fold.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/fold.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ export function nextCoord(coord: Vec5, targetBandMin: number): Vec5 {
// nextCoord (existing vertices) and this (new vertices) deflate the tiling entirely
// in coordinate space, no geometry required.
export function goldenPoint(coordA: Vec5, l: number, targetBandMin: number): Vec5 {
- const c = nextCoord(coordA, targetBandMin) as number[];
+ const c = nextCoord(coordA, targetBandMin);
return [c[0] + (l === 0 ? 1 : 0), c[1] + (l === 1 ? 1 : 0), c[2] + (l === 2 ? 1 : 0), c[3] + (l === 3 ? 1 : 0), c[4] + (l === 4 ? 1 : 0)];
}
From ced1f009eeb816580fcf481085eb0ead3d211544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:17:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 36/87] feat(penrose): patch builder turns engine faces into a
render model
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts | 59 +++++++++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 132 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5eb9857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { buildPatch } from "./patch";
+
+describe("buildPatch produces a render-ready patch in the pos frame", () => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(6);
+
+ test("returns faces with the level recorded", () => {
+ expect(patch.level).toBe(6);
+ expect(patch.faces.length).toBeGreaterThan(100);
+ });
+
+ test("every face has a 5-component address, a type, and four finite corners", () => {
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ expect(f.coord.length).toBe(5);
+ expect(f.type === "thick" || f.type === "thin").toBe(true);
+ expect(f.corners.length).toBe(4);
+ for (const [x, y] of f.corners) {
+ expect(Number.isFinite(x)).toBe(true);
+ expect(Number.isFinite(y)).toBe(true);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("corners form a rhombus: all four edges are ~unit length", () => {
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ const c = f.corners;
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const a = c[i], b = c[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const len = Math.hypot(b[0] - a[0], b[1] - a[1]);
+ expect(Math.abs(len - 1)).toBeLessThan(0.02);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("centroid is the corner average and lies inside the bounds", () => {
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ const mx = (f.corners[0][0] + f.corners[1][0] + f.corners[2][0] + f.corners[3][0]) / 4;
+ const my = (f.corners[0][1] + f.corners[1][1] + f.corners[2][1] + f.corners[3][1]) / 4;
+ expect(Math.abs(f.centroid[0] - mx)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+ expect(Math.abs(f.centroid[1] - my)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+ expect(f.centroid[0]).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.minX);
+ expect(f.centroid[0]).toBeLessThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.maxX);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("thick:thin ratio approaches phi on a real patch", () => {
+ const thick = patch.faces.filter((f) => f.type === "thick").length;
+ const thin = patch.faces.filter((f) => f.type === "thin").length;
+ expect(thick / thin).toBeGreaterThan(1.5);
+ expect(thick / thin).toBeLessThan(1.75);
+ });
+
+ test("face keys are unique", () => {
+ const keys = new Set(patch.faces.map((f) => f.key));
+ expect(keys.size).toBe(patch.faces.length);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf80969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
+// Turn the tested engine's faces into a render model: each rhombus carries its
+// four corner positions (cyclic order) and centroid, all in the LiftedVertex.pos
+// frame. Corner positions are looked up by coord key, never recomputed via
+// physical(). pos and physical(coord) differ by a fixed rotation.
+
+import { substitutionFaces } from "./faces";
+
+export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
+
+export type RenderFace = {
+ key: string; // the engine Face.key, "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk", the ℤ⁵ address
+ coord: readonly number[]; // base corner n (length 5), the address anchor
+ type: "thick" | "thin";
+ corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt]; // cyclic: n, n+e_j, n+e_j+e_k, n+e_k
+ centroid: Pt;
+};
+
+export type Patch = {
+ level: number;
+ faces: RenderFace[];
+ bounds: { minX: number; minY: number; maxX: number; maxY: number };
+};
+
+const bump = (n: readonly number[], l: number): number[] => {
+ const c = [...n];
+ c[l]++;
+ return c;
+};
+
+export function buildPatch(level: number): Patch {
+ const { faces, verts } = substitutionFaces(level);
+
+ const posByCoord = new Map();
+ for (const v of verts) posByCoord.set(v.coord.join(","), v.pos);
+
+ const out: RenderFace[] = [];
+ let minX = Infinity, minY = Infinity, maxX = -Infinity, maxY = -Infinity;
+
+ for (const f of faces) {
+ const [coordStr, jk] = f.key.split("|");
+ const n = coordStr.split(",").map(Number);
+ const j = Number(jk[0]);
+ const k = Number(jk[1]);
+
+ // Cyclic corner coords around the rhombus.
+ const cn = n;
+ const cj = bump(n, j);
+ const cjk = bump(cj, k);
+ const ck = bump(n, k);
+
+ const p0 = posByCoord.get(cn.join(","));
+ const p1 = posByCoord.get(cj.join(","));
+ const p2 = posByCoord.get(cjk.join(","));
+ const p3 = posByCoord.get(ck.join(","));
+ if (!p0 || !p1 || !p2 || !p3) continue; // corner-acceptance guarantees presence
+
+ const corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] = [p0, p1, p2, p3];
+ const centroid: Pt = [
+ (p0[0] + p1[0] + p2[0] + p3[0]) / 4,
+ (p0[1] + p1[1] + p2[1] + p3[1]) / 4,
+ ];
+ for (const [x, y] of corners) {
+ if (x < minX) minX = x;
+ if (y < minY) minY = y;
+ if (x > maxX) maxX = x;
+ if (y > maxY) maxY = y;
+ }
+ out.push({ key: f.key, coord: n, type: f.type, corners, centroid });
+ }
+
+ return { level, faces: out, bounds: { minX, minY, maxX, maxY } };
+}
From 24a6b5dfd78fdf876fc5bbbf556d3c3dcce5a7df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:22:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 37/87] feat(penrose): spatial-grid hit-testing maps a point to
its tile
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts | 33 +++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 92 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a98b380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { buildPatch } from "./patch";
+import { buildHitIndex, hitFace } from "./hitTest";
+
+describe("hit-testing returns the tile under a point", () => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(6);
+ const index = buildHitIndex(patch.faces);
+
+ test("a face centroid hits its own face", () => {
+ // Sample across the patch to keep the test fast but representative.
+ const step = Math.max(1, Math.floor(patch.faces.length / 200));
+ for (let i = 0; i < patch.faces.length; i += step) {
+ const f = patch.faces[i];
+ const hit = hitFace(index, f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]);
+ expect(hit?.key).toBe(f.key);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("a point well outside the patch hits nothing", () => {
+ const far = patch.bounds.maxX + 1000;
+ expect(hitFace(index, far, far)).toBeNull();
+ });
+
+ test("a hit's corners actually contain the query point", () => {
+ const f = patch.faces[Math.floor(patch.faces.length / 2)];
+ const hit = hitFace(index, f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]);
+ expect(hit).not.toBeNull();
+ // centroid is strictly interior to a convex rhombus
+ expect(hit!.key).toBe(f.key);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a905a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.ts
+// Point to tile, accelerated by a uniform spatial grid. Tiles are ~unit sized in
+// the pos frame, so a cell near 1.5 units keeps buckets small. Each face is
+// bucketed into every cell its bounding box overlaps; a query tests only its
+// own cell. Faces are non-overlapping, so the first containing face wins.
+
+import type { Pt, RenderFace } from "./patch";
+
+export type HitIndex = { cell: number; grid: Map };
+
+const cellKey = (cx: number, cy: number) => `${cx},${cy}`;
+
+export function buildHitIndex(faces: readonly RenderFace[], cell = 1.5): HitIndex {
+ const grid = new Map();
+ for (const f of faces) {
+ let minX = Infinity, minY = Infinity, maxX = -Infinity, maxY = -Infinity;
+ for (const [x, y] of f.corners) {
+ if (x < minX) minX = x;
+ if (y < minY) minY = y;
+ if (x > maxX) maxX = x;
+ if (y > maxY) maxY = y;
+ }
+ const cx0 = Math.floor(minX / cell), cx1 = Math.floor(maxX / cell);
+ const cy0 = Math.floor(minY / cell), cy1 = Math.floor(maxY / cell);
+ for (let cx = cx0; cx <= cx1; cx++) {
+ for (let cy = cy0; cy <= cy1; cy++) {
+ const key = cellKey(cx, cy);
+ const bucket = grid.get(key);
+ if (bucket) bucket.push(f);
+ else grid.set(key, [f]);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return { cell, grid };
+}
+
+function pointInQuad(px: number, py: number, q: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt]): boolean {
+ let sign = 0;
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const a = q[i], b = q[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const cross = (b[0] - a[0]) * (py - a[1]) - (b[1] - a[1]) * (px - a[0]);
+ if (cross !== 0) {
+ const s = cross > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+ if (sign === 0) sign = s;
+ else if (s !== sign) return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+export function hitFace(index: HitIndex, x: number, y: number): RenderFace | null {
+ const cx = Math.floor(x / index.cell), cy = Math.floor(y / index.cell);
+ const bucket = index.grid.get(cellKey(cx, cy));
+ if (!bucket) return null;
+ for (const f of bucket) {
+ if (pointInQuad(x, y, f.corners)) return f;
+ }
+ return null;
+}
From 53e94ad04360a6c25949b126bd4f8397cd47b4ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:30:43 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 38/87] feat(penrose): rewrite explorer onto the tested engine,
bounded patch with exact addresses
Build one large patch at mount (buildPatch level 10), pan/zoom over it as
camera math, and read the exact Z^5 address under the cursor via the spatial
hit index. Drops the old BigInt viewport-anchor model and the pentagrid engine.
Salvages the canvas/interaction layer (DPR resize, theme observer, pointer pan,
pinch, wheel zoom). Renders and hit-tests in the pos frame; never calls
physical(). Shell h-screen -> h-dvh. Adds a canvas-mount E2E smoke.
---
e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts | 12 +
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 278 ++++++-----------
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts | 281 ------------------
src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx | 2 +-
4 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 470 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts
delete mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e35993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/explore.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+test("explorer mounts a canvas", async ({ page }) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose/explore");
+ const canvas = page.locator("canvas[aria-label='Penrose tiling explorer canvas']");
+ await expect(canvas).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("explorer shows the seed in the HUD", async ({ page }) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose/explore");
+ await expect(page.getByText(/seed/i)).toBeVisible();
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index fcd972c..6825d08 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -2,51 +2,66 @@
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import {
- enumerateTiles,
- gammaFromSeed,
- makeAnchor,
- tileContains,
- type Anchor,
- type Coord,
- type Tile,
-} from "./lib/pentagrid";
+import { buildPatch, type Patch } from "./lib/patch";
+import { buildHitIndex, hitFace, type HitIndex } from "./lib/hitTest";
-const RE_ANCHOR_THRESHOLD = 1e8;
-
-type Theme = "light" | "dark";
-
-function readTheme(): Theme {
- if (typeof document === "undefined") return "light";
- return document.documentElement.dataset.theme === "dark" ? "dark" : "light";
-}
+const PATCH_LEVEL = 10; // ~55k faces, world radius ~123 unit edges, ~350ms one-time build
+const DEFAULT_ZOOM = 40; // px per unit edge
function readCssVar(name: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return "#000";
return getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
}
+// Deterministic seed to camera center: hash the seed, pick a face centroid in a
+// mid-radius band so the default view is generic. Off the singular sun center
+// at the origin, in from the patch boundary.
+function seedToCenter(seed: string, patch: Patch): readonly [number, number] {
+ let h = 2166136261;
+ for (let i = 0; i < seed.length; i++) {
+ h ^= seed.charCodeAt(i);
+ h = Math.imul(h, 16777619);
+ }
+ const { minX, minY, maxX, maxY } = patch.bounds;
+ const cx = (minX + maxX) / 2, cy = (minY + maxY) / 2;
+ const rMax = Math.min(maxX - cx, maxY - cy);
+ const band = patch.faces.filter((f) => {
+ const r = Math.hypot(f.centroid[0] - cx, f.centroid[1] - cy);
+ return r > rMax * 0.25 && r < rMax * 0.6;
+ });
+ const pool = band.length > 0 ? band : patch.faces;
+ return pool[(h >>> 0) % pool.length].centroid;
+}
+
export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string }) {
const canvasRef = useRef(null);
const containerRef = useRef(null);
- // Pan / zoom state in refs (no re-renders on each frame).
- const gammaRef = useRef(gammaFromSeed(seed));
- const anchorRef = useRef(makeAnchor(0n, 0n, gammaRef.current.exact));
+ const patchRef = useRef(null);
+ const hitRef = useRef(null);
const offsetRef = useRef<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
- const zoomRef = useRef(40);
+ const zoomRef = useRef(DEFAULT_ZOOM);
const dprRef = useRef(1);
const sizeRef = useRef<{ w: number; h: number }>({ w: 0, h: 0 });
const dirtyRef = useRef(true);
const rafRef = useRef(null);
- const tilesRef = useRef([]);
- // Hover readout state. Updates on pointermove via the readout ref to
- // avoid React re-render on every cursor pixel.
- const [hoverCoord, setHoverCoord] = useState(null);
- const [tileCount, setTileCount] = useState(0);
+ const [hoverAddress, setHoverAddress] = useState(null);
+ const [ready, setReady] = useState(false);
+
+ // Build the patch once for this seed (synchronous; the overlay paints first).
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(PATCH_LEVEL);
+ patchRef.current = patch;
+ hitRef.current = buildHitIndex(patch.faces);
+ const c = seedToCenter(seed, patch);
+ offsetRef.current = [c[0], c[1]];
+ // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/set-state-in-effect -- Deliberate mount gate: the patch is built synchronously here, then ready flips so the canvas-wiring effect runs and the "building tiling" overlay clears.
+ setReady(true);
+ }, [seed]);
useEffect(() => {
+ if (!ready) return;
const canvas = canvasRef.current;
const container = containerRef.current;
if (!canvas || !container) return;
@@ -55,9 +70,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const requestRender = () => {
dirtyRef.current = true;
- if (rafRef.current === null) {
- rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(render);
- }
+ if (rafRef.current === null) rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(render);
};
const resize = () => {
@@ -76,16 +89,9 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
ro.observe(container);
resize();
- // Theme changes trigger a re-render (canvas reads --color-* fresh).
const themeObserver = new MutationObserver(requestRender);
- themeObserver.observe(document.documentElement, {
- attributes: true,
- attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
- });
+ themeObserver.observe(document.documentElement, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ["data-theme"] });
- // Pan + pinch via pointer events. One Map of active pointers handles
- // mouse, pen, and 1-or-more touches uniformly. Pinch fires when 2+
- // pointers are active (touch only — mouse/pen never have 2).
const pointers = new Map();
let gesture: { midX: number; midY: number; dist: number } | null = null;
@@ -93,26 +99,16 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
const cx = clientX - rect.left - sizeRef.current.w / 2;
const cy = clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
- const worldX = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
- const worldY = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
- let found: Tile | null = null;
- for (const tile of tilesRef.current) {
- if (tileContains(tile, worldX, worldY)) {
- found = tile;
- break;
- }
- }
- setHoverCoord(found ? found.coord : null);
+ const wx = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
+ const wy = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
+ const f = hitRef.current ? hitFace(hitRef.current, wx, wy) : null;
+ setHoverAddress(f ? f.coord : null);
};
const refreshGesture = () => {
- if (pointers.size < 2) {
- gesture = null;
- return;
- }
+ if (pointers.size < 2) { gesture = null; return; }
const pts = [...pointers.values()];
- const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2;
- const midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
+ const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2, midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
const dist = Math.hypot(pts[1][0] - pts[0][0], pts[1][1] - pts[0][1]);
gesture = { midX, midY, dist };
};
@@ -126,21 +122,15 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
const prev = pointers.get(e.pointerId);
if (prev) {
- const dx = e.clientX - prev[0];
- const dy = e.clientY - prev[1];
+ const dx = e.clientX - prev[0], dy = e.clientY - prev[1];
pointers.set(e.pointerId, [e.clientX, e.clientY]);
-
if (pointers.size === 1) {
- // Single-pointer pan.
offsetRef.current[0] -= dx / zoomRef.current;
offsetRef.current[1] -= dy / zoomRef.current;
- maybeReAnchor();
requestRender();
} else if (pointers.size >= 2 && gesture !== null) {
- // Pinch zoom + two-finger pan.
const pts = [...pointers.values()];
- const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2;
- const midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
+ const midX = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0]) / 2, midY = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1]) / 2;
const dist = Math.hypot(pts[1][0] - pts[0][0], pts[1][1] - pts[0][1]);
if (dist > 0 && gesture.dist > 0) {
const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -150,34 +140,24 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const worldY = py / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
const newZoom = clamp(zoomRef.current * (dist / gesture.dist), 4, 800);
zoomRef.current = newZoom;
- // Anchor zoom on the midpoint.
offsetRef.current[0] = worldX - px / newZoom;
offsetRef.current[1] = worldY - py / newZoom;
- // Pan from midpoint shift (two-finger drag).
offsetRef.current[0] -= (midX - gesture.midX) / newZoom;
offsetRef.current[1] -= (midY - gesture.midY) / newZoom;
- maybeReAnchor();
requestRender();
}
gesture = { midX, midY, dist };
}
}
- // Hover readout. For touch, only meaningful at pointermove with
- // capture (one finger), but harmless to update always.
updateHover(e.clientX, e.clientY);
};
const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
pointers.delete(e.pointerId);
- try {
- canvas.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
- } catch {
- /* ignore */
- }
+ try { canvas.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId); } catch { /* ignore */ }
refreshGesture();
};
- // Zoom: wheel pivots on cursor.
const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
e.preventDefault();
const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -189,26 +169,9 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
zoomRef.current = newZoom;
offsetRef.current[0] = worldX - cx / newZoom;
offsetRef.current[1] = worldY - cy / newZoom;
- maybeReAnchor();
requestRender();
};
- const maybeReAnchor = () => {
- const [ox, oy] = offsetRef.current;
- if (Math.abs(ox) > RE_ANCHOR_THRESHOLD || Math.abs(oy) > RE_ANCHOR_THRESHOLD) {
- // Snap the anchor by the integer-rounded offset; preserve the
- // fractional part as the new offset so the view doesn't jump.
- const stepX = BigInt(Math.trunc(ox));
- const stepY = BigInt(Math.trunc(oy));
- const SCALE_BIG = 10n ** 50n;
- const newX = anchorRef.current.x + stepX * SCALE_BIG;
- const newY = anchorRef.current.y + stepY * SCALE_BIG;
- anchorRef.current = makeAnchor(newX, newY, gammaRef.current.exact);
- offsetRef.current[0] = ox - Number(stepX);
- offsetRef.current[1] = oy - Number(stepY);
- }
- };
-
canvas.addEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
canvas.addEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
canvas.addEventListener("pointerup", onPointerUp);
@@ -219,36 +182,43 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
rafRef.current = null;
if (!dirtyRef.current) return;
dirtyRef.current = false;
+ const patch = patchRef.current;
+ if (!patch) return;
const { w, h } = sizeRef.current;
const dpr = dprRef.current;
- const outlineThick = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || "#161616";
- const outlineThin = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || "#161616";
- const paper = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#f5f3ec";
- const decoration = readCssVar("--color-moment-3") || outlineThick;
+ const thick = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || "#C89B3C";
+ const thin = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || "#3E6B7C";
+ const grout = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#0f0e0c";
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
- ctx!.fillStyle = paper;
+ ctx!.fillStyle = grout;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
- // Viewport rect in offset coords.
- const halfW = w / 2 / zoomRef.current;
- const halfH = h / 2 / zoomRef.current;
- const margin = 2;
- const rect = {
- x0: offsetRef.current[0] - halfW - margin,
- y0: offsetRef.current[1] - halfH - margin,
- x1: offsetRef.current[0] + halfW + margin,
- y1: offsetRef.current[1] + halfH + margin,
- };
- const tiles = enumerateTiles(anchorRef.current, rect);
- tilesRef.current = tiles;
- drawTiles(ctx!, tiles, w, h, offsetRef.current, zoomRef.current, {
- outlineThick,
- outlineThin,
- decoration,
- });
- setTileCount(tiles.length);
+ const zoom = zoomRef.current;
+ const [ox, oy] = offsetRef.current;
+ const cx = w / 2, cy = h / 2;
+ const halfW = w / 2 / zoom + 2, halfH = h / 2 / zoom + 2;
+ const x0 = ox - halfW, x1 = ox + halfW, y0 = oy - halfH, y1 = oy + halfH;
+
+ ctx!.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx!.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx!.strokeStyle = grout;
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ if (f.centroid[0] < x0 || f.centroid[0] > x1 || f.centroid[1] < y0 || f.centroid[1] > y1) continue;
+ const [a, b, c, d] = f.corners;
+ ctx!.beginPath();
+ ctx!.moveTo((a[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (a[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((b[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (b[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((c[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (c[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((d[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (d[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.closePath();
+ ctx!.fillStyle = f.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx!.fill();
+ ctx!.stroke();
+ }
}
+ requestRender();
+
return () => {
ro.disconnect();
themeObserver.disconnect();
@@ -259,7 +229,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
canvas.removeEventListener("wheel", onWheel);
if (rafRef.current !== null) cancelAnimationFrame(rafRef.current);
};
- }, []);
+ }, [ready]);
return (
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts
index 1ec65ae..371cceb 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.test.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,42 @@
import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { encodeAddress, decodeAddress, parseSeed, parseZoom } from "./codec";
+import { encodeTile, decodeTile, type TileAddress, parseSeed, parseZoom } from "./codec";
-describe("address codec round-trips ℤ⁵ coordinates", () => {
- const cases: number[][] = [
- [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
- [3, -1, 0, 2, -4],
- [10, 11, -12, 13, -14],
- [-1, -1, -1, -1, -1],
+describe("tile codec round-trips the full [n; j, k] address", () => {
+ const cases: TileAddress[] = [
+ { coord: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], j: 0, k: 1 },
+ { coord: [3, -1, 0, 2, -4], j: 1, k: 4 },
+ { coord: [10, 11, -12, 13, -14], j: 2, k: 3 },
+ { coord: [-1, -1, -1, -1, -1], j: 3, k: 4 },
+ { coord: [100000, -100000, 0, 7, -7], j: 0, k: 4 },
];
- for (const coord of cases) {
- test(`round-trips [${coord}]`, () => {
- expect(decodeAddress(encodeAddress(coord))).toEqual(coord);
+ for (const t of cases) {
+ test(`round-trips ${encodeTile(t)}`, () => {
+ expect(decodeTile(encodeTile(t))).toEqual(t);
});
}
});
-describe("decodeAddress rejects bad input", () => {
+describe("decodeTile rejects bad input", () => {
const bad: (string | string[] | undefined)[] = [
undefined,
- ["3.0.0.0.0"],
- "",
- "1.2.3", // too few
- "1.2.3.4.5.6", // too many
- "1.2.x.4.5", // non-integer
- "1.2.3.4.5.5", // too many
- "1.2.3.4.999999", // component out of range (|n| > 100000)
+ ["0.0.0.0.0.0.1"], // array, not a string
+ "", // empty
+ "0.0.0.0.0.0", // too few (6 parts)
+ "0.0.0.0.0.0.1.2", // too many (8 parts)
+ "1.2.3.4.5", // old 5-int form, too few
+ "1.2.x.4.5.0.1", // non-integer coord
+ "1.2.3.4.5.1.", // empty trailing part
+ "1.2.3.4.5..1", // empty interior part
+ "999999.0.0.0.0.0.1", // coord out of range (|n| > 100000)
+ "0.0.0.0.0.2.1", // bad axes: j >= k
+ "0.0.0.0.0.1.1", // bad axes: j == k
+ "0.0.0.0.0.0.5", // bad axes: k > 4
+ "0.0.0.0.0.-1.2", // bad axes: negative j
];
for (const raw of bad) {
test(`rejects ${JSON.stringify(raw)}`, () => {
- expect(decodeAddress(raw)).toBeNull();
+ expect(decodeTile(raw)).toBeNull();
});
}
});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts
index 6861058..1b4fd8c 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/codec.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
-// URL serialization for the explorer's share link. The tile address is the ℤ⁵
-// coordinate (five small signed integers); the camera adds seed and zoom. Every
-// parser returns null on bad input. The caller treats null as "ignore this
-// param, use the default," never an error. Decimal encoding keeps signs trivial
-// and is the v2 seam (widen here when addresses become BigInt).
+// URL serialization for the explorer's share link. A tile is the rhombus
+// [n; j, k]: its base-corner ℤ⁵ coordinate (five small signed integers) plus the
+// two varying axes. Encoding the corner alone is ambiguous because many rhombi
+// share an n, so the address is all seven integers. The camera adds seed and
+// zoom. Every parser returns null on bad input. The caller treats null as
+// "ignore this param, use the default," never an error. Decimal encoding keeps
+// signs trivial and is the v2 seam (widen here when coords become BigInt).
-export function encodeAddress(coord: readonly number[]): string {
- return coord.join(".");
+export type TileAddress = { coord: readonly number[]; j: number; k: number };
+
+export function encodeTile(t: TileAddress): string {
+ return [...t.coord, t.j, t.k].join(".");
}
-export function decodeAddress(
+export function decodeTile(
raw: string | string[] | undefined,
-): number[] | null {
+): TileAddress | null {
if (typeof raw !== "string") return null;
- if (raw.trim() === "") return null;
const parts = raw.split(".");
- if (parts.length !== 5) return null;
- const coord = parts.map((s) => Number(s));
- if (coord.some((n) => !Number.isInteger(n) || Math.abs(n) > 100000)) {
- return null;
- }
- return coord;
+ if (parts.length !== 7) return null;
+ if (parts.some((s) => s.trim() === "")) return null;
+ const nums = parts.map((s) => Number(s));
+ if (nums.some((n) => !Number.isInteger(n))) return null;
+ const coord = nums.slice(0, 5);
+ if (coord.some((n) => Math.abs(n) > 100000)) return null;
+ const j = nums[5], k = nums[6];
+ if (!(j >= 0 && j < k && k <= 4)) return null;
+ return { coord, j, k };
}
export function parseSeed(raw: string | string[] | undefined): string | null {
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts
index 3d32a42..0d0a30a 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/faces.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import { lift, type LiftedVertex } from "./bridge";
const SCALE_FOR = (levels: number) => PHI ** levels;
+// key has the format "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk", parsed by lib/patch.ts to recover the
+// base corner n and the two axes j,k. That split is a contract dependency: if
+// this format changes, patch.ts must change with it.
export type Face = { key: string; type: "thick" | "thin" };
const bump = (n: readonly number[], l: number): number[] => {
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
index a98b380..ca8d353 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/hitTest.test.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,33 @@ describe("hit-testing returns the tile under a point", () => {
expect(hitFace(index, far, far)).toBeNull();
});
- test("a hit's corners actually contain the query point", () => {
+ test("an off-centroid interior point hits, a near-edge exterior point does not", () => {
const f = patch.faces[Math.floor(patch.faces.length / 2)];
- const hit = hitFace(index, f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]);
- expect(hit).not.toBeNull();
- // centroid is strictly interior to a convex rhombus
- expect(hit!.key).toBe(f.key);
+ const g = f.centroid;
+ const c = f.corners;
+
+ // A point pulled 40% of the way from the centroid toward a corner is still
+ // strictly interior to the convex rhombus, but it is not the centroid.
+ const interior: readonly [number, number] = [
+ g[0] + 0.4 * (c[0][0] - g[0]),
+ g[1] + 0.4 * (c[0][1] - g[1]),
+ ];
+ const inHit = hitFace(index, interior[0], interior[1]);
+ expect(inHit?.key).toBe(f.key);
+
+ // Step just outside an edge along its outward normal. The midpoint of edge
+ // c0->c1, nudged away from the centroid, lands in the grout or a neighbor,
+ // so it must not hit this face.
+ const a = c[0], b = c[1];
+ const mx = (a[0] + b[0]) / 2, my = (a[1] + b[1]) / 2;
+ let nx = -(b[1] - a[1]), ny = b[0] - a[0];
+ if ((mx - g[0]) * nx + (my - g[1]) * ny < 0) { nx = -nx; ny = -ny; }
+ const len = Math.hypot(nx, ny);
+ const exterior: readonly [number, number] = [
+ mx + 0.05 * (nx / len),
+ my + 0.05 * (ny / len),
+ ];
+ const outHit = hitFace(index, exterior[0], exterior[1]);
+ expect(outHit?.key).not.toBe(f.key);
});
});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
index 5eb9857..9bf9bcd 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
// src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.test.ts
import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { buildPatch } from "./patch";
+import { buildPatch, findFaceByTile } from "./patch";
+import { encodeTile, decodeTile } from "./codec";
describe("buildPatch produces a render-ready patch in the pos frame", () => {
const patch = buildPatch(6);
@@ -11,9 +12,12 @@ describe("buildPatch produces a render-ready patch in the pos frame", () => {
expect(patch.faces.length).toBeGreaterThan(100);
});
- test("every face has a 5-component address, a type, and four finite corners", () => {
+ test("every face has a 5-component address, two axes, a type, and four finite corners", () => {
for (const f of patch.faces) {
expect(f.coord.length).toBe(5);
+ expect(f.j).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+ expect(f.j).toBeLessThan(f.k);
+ expect(f.k).toBeLessThanOrEqual(4);
expect(f.type === "thick" || f.type === "thin").toBe(true);
expect(f.corners.length).toBe(4);
for (const [x, y] of f.corners) {
@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ describe("buildPatch produces a render-ready patch in the pos frame", () => {
expect(Math.abs(f.centroid[1] - my)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
expect(f.centroid[0]).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.minX);
expect(f.centroid[0]).toBeLessThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.maxX);
+ expect(f.centroid[1]).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.minY);
+ expect(f.centroid[1]).toBeLessThanOrEqual(patch.bounds.maxY);
}
});
@@ -57,3 +63,39 @@ describe("buildPatch produces a render-ready patch in the pos frame", () => {
expect(keys.size).toBe(patch.faces.length);
});
});
+
+// Regression guard for the pin/share cross-task bug: the address must identify
+// the full tile [n; j, k], not just its base corner n. About 42% of tiles share
+// an n with a neighbor, so encoding n alone reopens on the wrong rhombus.
+describe("tile address round-trip distinguishes tiles that share a base corner", () => {
+ const patch = buildPatch(6);
+
+ // Find a base corner n that two faces share with different (j, k).
+ const byCoord = new Map();
+ for (const f of patch.faces) {
+ const key = f.coord.join(",");
+ const list = byCoord.get(key);
+ if (list) list.push(f);
+ else byCoord.set(key, [f]);
+ }
+ const shared = [...byCoord.values()].find((list) => list.length >= 2);
+
+ test("the patch actually contains a shared base corner", () => {
+ expect(shared).toBeDefined();
+ expect(shared!.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+ // The two faces share n but differ in (j, k).
+ expect(shared![0].coord.join(",")).toBe(shared![1].coord.join(","));
+ expect(`${shared![0].j}${shared![0].k}`).not.toBe(`${shared![1].j}${shared![1].k}`);
+ });
+
+ test("each of the two faces round-trips to itself, not its neighbor", () => {
+ for (const f of shared!) {
+ const encoded = encodeTile({ coord: f.coord, j: f.j, k: f.k });
+ const decoded = decodeTile(encoded);
+ expect(decoded).not.toBeNull();
+ const found = findFaceByTile(patch, decoded!);
+ expect(found).not.toBeNull();
+ expect(found!.key).toBe(f.key);
+ }
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
index cf80969..9de9a10 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/patch.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import { substitutionFaces } from "./faces";
export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
export type RenderFace = {
- key: string; // the engine Face.key, "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk", the ℤ⁵ address
- coord: readonly number[]; // base corner n (length 5), the address anchor
+ key: string; // the engine Face.key, "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk", the full tile identity
+ coord: readonly number[]; // base-corner vertex n (length 5)
+ j: number; // first varying axis of the rhombus (0..4)
+ k: number; // second varying axis (j < k <= 4)
type: "thick" | "thin";
corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt]; // cyclic: n, n+e_j, n+e_j+e_k, n+e_k
centroid: Pt;
@@ -66,8 +68,28 @@ export function buildPatch(level: number): Patch {
if (x > maxX) maxX = x;
if (y > maxY) maxY = y;
}
- out.push({ key: f.key, coord: n, type: f.type, corners, centroid });
+ out.push({ key: f.key, coord: n, j, k, type: f.type, corners, centroid });
}
return { level, faces: out, bounds: { minX, minY, maxX, maxY } };
}
+
+// Find a face by its full tile identity. A tile is the rhombus [n; j, k], not
+// just its base corner n: many rhombi share an n, so matching on coord alone can
+// return a neighbor. This matches every coord component and both axes. Returns
+// null when no face matches (engine change or hand-edited URL), which the caller
+// treats as "fall back to the seed center."
+export function findFaceByTile(
+ patch: Patch,
+ addr: { coord: readonly number[]; j: number; k: number },
+): RenderFace | null {
+ return (
+ patch.faces.find(
+ (f) =>
+ f.j === addr.j &&
+ f.k === addr.k &&
+ f.coord.length === addr.coord.length &&
+ f.coord.every((v, i) => v === addr.coord[i]),
+ ) ?? null
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
index ad34b1f..8ad9faf 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import PenroseExplorer from "./PenroseExplorer";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
title: "Penrose Explorer — func.lol",
- description: "Interactive de Bruijn pentagrid Penrose tiling.",
+ description: "A bounded, exactly-addressed Penrose patch from a cut-and-project / substitution engine.",
};
export default function PenroseExplorePage() {
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 4de111f..f086c8c 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
title: "Penrose — func.lol",
description:
- "An interactive Penrose tiling explorer, addressed exactly at any size via the de Bruijn pentagrid construction.",
+ "An interactive Penrose tiling explorer over a bounded, exactly-addressed patch from a cut-and-project / substitution engine.",
};
const RESEARCH_URL =
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
penrose
- An infinite Penrose tiling, addressed exactly at any size via the de Bruijn pentagrid construction.
+ A bounded patch of the Penrose tiling, every tile carrying its exact integer address.
- Penrose's P3 tiles the plane aperiodically using two rhombi. The de Bruijn pentagrid construction lets us assign every tile a unique integer 5-tuple address. The explorer is built so that address is exact at any magnitude — pan until your wrist gives out, and the coord under the cursor is still the right one.
+ Penrose's P3 tiles the plane aperiodically using two rhombi. Every tile carries a unique integer address. The explorer renders one bounded patch generated from the origin, and the exact address of the tile under the cursor is always the right one.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
research
- Five substrate questions decided before any explorer code landed: precision drift of Float64 vs BigInt, URL share-link encoding, enumeration throughput, the BigInt-truth / Float64-view viewport-anchor pattern, and a Go comparison. The findings inform every choice in lib/pentagrid.ts.
+ Five substrate questions decided before any explorer code landed: precision drift of Float64 vs BigInt, URL share-link encoding, enumeration throughput, the BigInt-truth / Float64-view viewport-anchor pattern, and a Go comparison. The findings inform the engine and its addressing.
);
From f9b2a1d241a98ae5cc8cd372e07e0ad4ca170d91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:00:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 49/87] fix(penrose): validate shared pins, bound the chunk
cache, lazy hit index
Five review findings in the edgeless explorer.
- A shared ?t= bypassed validation: decodeTile only range-checks shape, so a
stale or hand-edited URL pinned empty space with a phantom HUD. Add and export
tileExists(coord, j, k) (all four corners accepted via inWindow at WINDOW_CENTER,
the faces.ts corner-acceptance condition) and gate the mount-effect pin on it.
- Chunk cache evicted by a fixed FIFO (mislabeled LRU) that dropped the central
cell first and thrashed past 4096 visible cells at min zoom. Replace it with
viewport-relative eviction: keep cells within EVICT_MARGIN of the view, never a
visible one. Rewrite the eviction tests to actually exercise it.
- render() rebuilt the whole hit index every frame and left hitRef null before the
first frame, so an early click silently failed to pin. Stash faces, invalidate
the index, and rebuild lazily via getHitIndex on the next hover or click.
Run updateHover only on pure hovers, not during a drag or pinch.
- Drop rounded-md from the HUD chip (DESIGN.md: no rounded corners on chrome).
- Cache the three theme colors in a ref, refreshed on resize and theme change,
instead of three getComputedStyle reads per frame.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 74 +++++++++++++++----
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.test.ts | 51 +++++++++++--
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts | 22 ++++--
.../x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts | 16 +++-
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts | 21 +++++-
5 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 9e3dc31..5af817a 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { ChunkCache } from "./lib/chunks";
-import { GAMMA, tileCentroid } from "./lib/pentagrid";
+import { GAMMA, tileCentroid, tileExists } from "./lib/pentagrid";
import { buildHitIndex, hitFace, type HitIndex } from "./lib/hitTest";
import { encodeTile, decodeTile, parseSeed, parseZoom, type TileAddress } from "./lib/codec";
+import type { RenderFace } from "./lib/patch";
const DEFAULT_ZOOM = 40; // px per unit edge
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const cacheRef = useRef(null);
const hitRef = useRef(null);
+ const facesRef = useRef([]);
+ const colorsRef = useRef<{ thick: string; thin: string; grout: string }>({
+ thick: "#C89B3C",
+ thin: "#3E6B7C",
+ grout: "#0f0e0c",
+ });
const offsetRef = useRef<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
const zoomRef = useRef(DEFAULT_ZOOM);
const dprRef = useRef(1);
@@ -63,7 +70,11 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const z = parseZoom(params.get("z") ?? undefined);
if (z !== null) zoomRef.current = z;
- if (tAddr) {
+ // decodeTile only range-checks shape, so a hand-edited or stale ?t= can name a
+ // rhombus the plane never emits. Pin it only when tileExists confirms all four
+ // corners are accepted vertices; otherwise fall through to the seed center and
+ // leave nothing pinned, so the HUD never shows a phantom pin over empty space.
+ if (tAddr && tileExists(tAddr.coord, tAddr.j, tAddr.k)) {
const addr: TileAddress = { coord: tAddr.coord, j: tAddr.j, k: tAddr.k };
pinnedRef.current = addr;
setPinnedAddress(addr);
@@ -90,6 +101,27 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
if (rafRef.current === null) rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(render);
};
+ // getComputedStyle is a layout read, so cache the three theme colors and refresh
+ // them only when the theme flips or the element resizes, not on every frame.
+ const readColors = () => {
+ colorsRef.current = {
+ thick: readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || "#C89B3C",
+ thin: readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || "#3E6B7C",
+ grout: readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#0f0e0c",
+ };
+ };
+
+ // The hit index is rebuilt lazily from the last rendered faces. render()
+ // invalidates it; the first hover or click after a frame pays to build it once.
+ // This also fixes a click landing before the first frame: facesRef is empty,
+ // so the build is skipped rather than reading a stale or null index.
+ const getHitIndex = (): HitIndex | null => {
+ if (!hitRef.current && facesRef.current.length) {
+ hitRef.current = buildHitIndex(facesRef.current);
+ }
+ return hitRef.current;
+ };
+
// Debounced share-URL writer. Reads the live camera refs and the seed prop,
// then replaces the query string in place. No history entry, no navigation.
let writeTimer: ReturnType | null = null;
@@ -114,14 +146,19 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
canvas.height = Math.round(rect.height * dpr);
canvas.style.width = `${rect.width}px`;
canvas.style.height = `${rect.height}px`;
+ readColors();
requestRender();
};
const ro = new ResizeObserver(resize);
ro.observe(container);
+ readColors();
resize();
- const themeObserver = new MutationObserver(requestRender);
+ const themeObserver = new MutationObserver(() => {
+ readColors();
+ requestRender();
+ });
themeObserver.observe(document.documentElement, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ["data-theme"] });
const pointers = new Map();
@@ -133,7 +170,8 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const cy = clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
const wx = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
const wy = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
- const f = hitRef.current ? hitFace(hitRef.current, wx, wy) : null;
+ const idx = getHitIndex();
+ const f = idx ? hitFace(idx, wx, wy) : null;
setHoverAddress(f ? { coord: f.coord, j: f.j, k: f.k } : null);
};
@@ -182,8 +220,12 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
}
gesture = { midX, midY, dist };
}
+ } else {
+ // Pure hover: no captured pointer for this id, so no button is held. Only here
+ // do we update the address. A drag or pinch (the if branch) must not run a
+ // setState per move, which would re-render the HUD on every frame of the gesture.
+ updateHover(e.clientX, e.clientY);
}
- updateHover(e.clientX, e.clientY);
};
const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
@@ -236,7 +278,8 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const cy = e.clientY - rect.top - sizeRef.current.h / 2;
const wx = cx / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[0];
const wy = cy / zoomRef.current + offsetRef.current[1];
- const f = hitRef.current ? hitFace(hitRef.current, wx, wy) : null;
+ const idx = getHitIndex();
+ const f = idx ? hitFace(idx, wx, wy) : null;
if (!f) return;
const addr: TileAddress = { coord: f.coord, j: f.j, k: f.k };
pinnedRef.current = addr;
@@ -263,9 +306,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
if (!cache) return;
const { w, h } = sizeRef.current;
const dpr = dprRef.current;
- const thick = readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || "#C89B3C";
- const thin = readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || "#3E6B7C";
- const grout = readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#0f0e0c";
+ const { thick, thin, grout } = colorsRef.current;
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
ctx!.fillStyle = grout;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -276,13 +317,14 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const halfW = w / 2 / zoom + 2, halfH = h / 2 / zoom + 2;
const x0 = ox - halfW, x1 = ox + halfW, y0 = oy - halfH, y1 = oy + halfH;
- // Generate exactly the tiles the viewport touches, then rebuild the hit
- // index over that same visible set so hover and click-to-pin test against
- // what is drawn. The cache returns only in-view faces, so there is no
- // centroid cull here. A viewport holds a few hundred to low-thousands of
- // faces, so rebuilding the index each frame is cheap.
+ // Generate exactly the tiles the viewport touches. The cache returns only
+ // in-view faces, so there is no centroid cull here. Stash the faces and
+ // invalidate the hit index instead of rebuilding it every frame; the next
+ // hover or click rebuilds it once via getHitIndex, so a frame that nothing
+ // interacts with never pays for the index.
const faces = cache.facesInView({ minX: x0, minY: y0, maxX: x1, maxY: y1 });
- hitRef.current = buildHitIndex(faces);
+ facesRef.current = faces;
+ hitRef.current = null;
ctx!.lineJoin = "round";
ctx!.lineWidth = 1;
@@ -332,7 +374,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
aria-live="polite"
className="absolute top-3 left-3 select-none pointer-events-none"
>
-
+
seed {seed}
{hoverAddress && (
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.test.ts
index 59d8cee..d7b582f 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.test.ts
@@ -32,13 +32,52 @@ describe("determinism and eviction", () => {
const b = new ChunkCache(GAMMA).facesInView(view);
expect(keys(a)).toEqual(keys(b));
});
- test("panning away then back yields the same faces (eviction is lossless)", () => {
+
+ // CELL=8, KEEP_RING=1, EVICT_MARGIN=4: a 10-unit view spans 2-3 cells, kept out to
+ // EVICT_MARGIN. The cache holds at most a few dozen cells, far less than the cell
+ // count of a region 200 units away, so querying B must drop every A cell.
+ const cellsIn = (view: Rect) => {
+ const x0 = Math.floor(view.minX / CELL) - 1, x1 = Math.floor(view.maxX / CELL) + 1;
+ const y0 = Math.floor(view.minY / CELL) - 1, y1 = Math.floor(view.maxY / CELL) + 1;
+ return { x0, x1, y0, y1 };
+ };
+
+ test("querying a far region evicts the first, and the cache stays bounded", () => {
+ const cache = new ChunkCache(GAMMA);
+ const a: Rect = { minX: 0, minY: 0, maxX: 10, maxY: 10 };
+ const b: Rect = { minX: 200, minY: 200, maxX: 210, maxY: 210 };
+ cache.facesInView(a);
+ cache.facesInView(b);
+ // A's cells are gone: nothing within A's generated cell range is still cached.
+ const ar = cellsIn(a);
+ for (let cx = ar.x0; cx <= ar.x1; cx++)
+ for (let cy = ar.y0; cy <= ar.y1; cy++)
+ expect(cache["cells"].has(`${cx},${cy}`)).toBe(false);
+ // The cache is bounded to roughly the B viewport plus the evict margin.
+ const span = (b.maxX - b.minX) / CELL + 2 * (1 + 4) + 2;
+ expect(cache.size).toBeLessThanOrEqual(Math.ceil(span) ** 2);
+ });
+
+ test("re-querying an evicted region regenerates it key-for-key", () => {
const cache = new ChunkCache(GAMMA);
- const here: Rect = { minX: 0, minY: 0, maxX: 10, maxY: 10 };
+ const a: Rect = { minX: 0, minY: 0, maxX: 10, maxY: 10 };
const far: Rect = { minX: 200, minY: 200, maxX: 210, maxY: 210 };
- const first = keys(cache.facesInView(here));
- cache.facesInView(far); // forces eviction of the first region
- const again = keys(cache.facesInView(here));
- expect(again).toEqual(first);
+ const first = keys(cache.facesInView(a));
+ cache.facesInView(far); // evicts A
+ const again = keys(cache.facesInView(a));
+ expect(again).toEqual(first); // regeneration is lossless
+ });
+
+ test("every cell strictly inside the view survives the eviction sweep", () => {
+ const cache = new ChunkCache(GAMMA);
+ const view: Rect = { minX: -30, minY: -30, maxX: 30, maxY: 30 };
+ cache.facesInView(view);
+ // A cell (cx,cy) is strictly inside the view when its [min,max) square lies wholly
+ // within the view. Those cells are drawn, so they must remain cached afterward.
+ const cx0 = Math.ceil(view.minX / CELL), cx1 = Math.floor(view.maxX / CELL) - 1;
+ const cy0 = Math.ceil(view.minY / CELL), cy1 = Math.floor(view.maxY / CELL) - 1;
+ for (let cx = cx0; cx <= cx1; cx++)
+ for (let cy = cy0; cy <= cy1; cy++)
+ expect(cache["cells"].has(`${cx},${cy}`)).toBe(true);
});
});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts
index 7f9dbba..208fc69 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
// Physical-space chunk cache over the pentagrid enumerator. Cells are squares of side
// CELL in the physical (render) frame. A cell owns tiles whose physical(K) centroid is
// in its half-open [min,max) bounds, so the union over cells is seam-free (each tile in
-// exactly one cell). Cells are generated on demand and LRU-evicted when far from the view.
+// exactly one cell). Cells are generated on demand and evicted once they fall outside the
+// viewport plus a margin, so the cache stays bounded to what the view can reach.
import { facesInViewport, type Rect } from "./pentagrid";
import type { RenderFace } from "./patch";
export const CELL = 8;
const KEEP_RING = 1; // generate one ring of cells beyond the viewport
-const MAX_CELLS = 4096; // evict beyond this many cached cells
+const EVICT_MARGIN = 4; // keep cells within this many of the viewport; must be > KEEP_RING
const cellKey = (cx: number, cy: number) => `${cx},${cy}`;
export class ChunkCache {
private cells = new Map();
- private order: string[] = []; // simple LRU queue of cell keys
constructor(private gamma: readonly number[]) {}
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ export class ChunkCache {
f.centroid[1] < maxY,
);
this.cells.set(key, faces);
- this.order.push(key);
- if (this.cells.size > MAX_CELLS) {
- const evict = this.order.shift();
- if (evict && evict !== key) this.cells.delete(evict);
- }
return faces;
}
@@ -58,6 +53,17 @@ export class ChunkCache {
for (let cx = cx0; cx <= cx1; cx++) {
for (let cy = cy0; cy <= cy1; cy++) out.push(...this.cellFaces(cx, cy));
}
+ // Evict everything past the viewport plus EVICT_MARGIN. The cache is bounded to the
+ // visible window plus a ring, and no visible cell is ever evicted because EVICT_MARGIN
+ // exceeds KEEP_RING. The min zoom on a large display no longer thrashes a fixed cap.
+ const keepX0 = cx0 - EVICT_MARGIN, keepX1 = cx1 + EVICT_MARGIN;
+ const keepY0 = cy0 - EVICT_MARGIN, keepY1 = cy1 + EVICT_MARGIN;
+ for (const key of this.cells.keys()) {
+ const comma = key.indexOf(",");
+ const cx = Number(key.slice(0, comma));
+ const cy = Number(key.slice(comma + 1));
+ if (cx < keepX0 || cx > keepX1 || cy < keepY0 || cy > keepY1) this.cells.delete(key);
+ }
return out;
}
}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts
index 3abb773..02c2cd1 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
import { generate, physical, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
import { extractFaces } from "./faces";
-import { facesInViewport, gammaFromWindowCenter, GAMMA, tileCentroid, WINDOW_CENTER, type Rect } from "./pentagrid";
+import { facesInViewport, gammaFromWindowCenter, GAMMA, tileCentroid, tileExists, WINDOW_CENTER, type Rect } from "./pentagrid";
// Oracle: the tested cut-and-project generate(), as faces, for the same tiling.
// generate() yields Vertex{n,p}; extractFaces wants LiftedVertex{pos,coord}.
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ describe("tileCentroid agrees with the enumerator's centroid", () => {
});
});
+describe("tileExists validates a shared address against the real tiling", () => {
+ test("every face the enumerator emits passes tileExists", () => {
+ const faces = facesInViewport({ minX: -12, minY: -12, maxX: 12, maxY: 12 }, GAMMA);
+ expect(faces.length).toBeGreaterThan(50);
+ for (const f of faces) {
+ expect(tileExists(f.coord, f.j, f.k)).toBe(true);
+ }
+ });
+ test("a fabricated address names empty space, so tileExists is false", () => {
+ // shape-valid (decodeTile would accept it) but no such tile exists
+ expect(tileExists([7, 7, 7, 7, 7], 0, 1)).toBe(false);
+ });
+});
+
describe("genericity: the pinned window center has no on-boundary ties", () => {
test("gammaFromWindowCenter reproduces the window center via internal projection", () => {
const g = gammaFromWindowCenter(0.137, -0.081);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
index a952812..c78fcbb 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
// Verified key-for-key against cap.generate() (the tested cut-and-project oracle) and
// adversarially confirmed to drop zero tiles in far-from-origin viewports.
-import { PCOS, PSIN, ICOS, ISIN, physical, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
+import { PCOS, PSIN, ICOS, ISIN, physical, inWindow, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
import type { Pt, RenderFace } from "./patch";
export type Rect = { minX: number; minY: number; maxX: number; maxY: number };
@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ export function tileCentroid(coord: readonly number[], j: number, k: number): Pt
return [(p0[0] + p1[0] + p2[0] + p3[0]) / 4, (p0[1] + p1[1] + p2[1] + p3[1]) / 4];
}
+// Is the rhombus [n; j,k] a real tile? It exists iff all four corners
+// n, n+e_j, n+e_k, n+e_j+e_k are accepted vertices, the corner-acceptance
+// condition faces.ts uses, evaluated against this tiling's window center.
+// A shared URL decodes to a shape-valid address; only this confirms it names a
+// tile the plane actually emits, so the camera does not pin empty space.
+export function tileExists(coord: readonly number[], j: number, k: number): boolean {
+ const [vx, vy] = WINDOW_CENTER;
+ const n = coord as unknown as Vec5;
+ const nj = [...coord]; nj[j]++;
+ const nk = [...coord]; nk[k]++;
+ const njk = [...nj]; njk[k]++;
+ return (
+ inWindow(n, vx, vy) &&
+ inWindow(nj as unknown as Vec5, vx, vy) &&
+ inWindow(nk as unknown as Vec5, vx, vy) &&
+ inWindow(njk as unknown as Vec5, vx, vy)
+ );
+}
+
export function facesInViewport(view: Rect, gamma: readonly number[], physicalMargin = 1.5): RenderFace[] {
const out: RenderFace[] = [];
const seen = new Set();
From 4c73f9f7b544865fbcc73fae77248d54361edf84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:10:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 50/87] refactor(penrose): extract
corners4/centroid/faceKey/rhombusType, memo chunk window
Route tileCentroid, tileExists, and the facesInViewport hot loop through shared
corners4/centroid helpers, with the Vec5 cast and bump sequence living in one place.
Add local faceKey and rhombusType helpers in pentagrid.ts. Replace the test's
duplicated centroid math with tileCentroid via centroidFromKey.
In chunks.ts, memo the last visible cell window and assembled faces so an unchanged
window skips re-concat and eviction. Derive EVICT_MARGIN from KEEP_RING so the
evict-outside-keep invariant holds by construction.
Behavior unchanged: 86 penrose tests pass (52246 assertions), build green.
---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts | 14 +++-
.../x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts | 17 ++---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts | 64 ++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts
index 208fc69..d1cd0d5 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/chunks.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ import type { RenderFace } from "./patch";
export const CELL = 8;
const KEEP_RING = 1; // generate one ring of cells beyond the viewport
-const EVICT_MARGIN = 4; // keep cells within this many of the viewport; must be > KEEP_RING
+// Derived so the evict band sits strictly outside the keep band by construction.
+const EVICT_MARGIN = KEEP_RING + 3;
const cellKey = (cx: number, cy: number) => `${cx},${cy}`;
export class ChunkCache {
private cells = new Map();
+ // Memo of the last visible cell window and its assembled faces. An unchanged
+ // integer window returns the cached array and skips both re-concat and eviction.
+ private lastWindow: [number, number, number, number] | null = null;
+ private lastFaces: RenderFace[] = [];
constructor(private gamma: readonly number[]) {}
@@ -49,6 +54,11 @@ export class ChunkCache {
const cx1 = Math.floor(view.maxX / CELL) + KEEP_RING;
const cy0 = Math.floor(view.minY / CELL) - KEEP_RING;
const cy1 = Math.floor(view.maxY / CELL) + KEEP_RING;
+ // Unchanged window: nothing to re-concat and nothing to evict. Return the cached array.
+ const last = this.lastWindow;
+ if (last && last[0] === cx0 && last[1] === cx1 && last[2] === cy0 && last[3] === cy1) {
+ return this.lastFaces;
+ }
const out: RenderFace[] = [];
for (let cx = cx0; cx <= cx1; cx++) {
for (let cy = cy0; cy <= cy1; cy++) out.push(...this.cellFaces(cx, cy));
@@ -64,6 +74,8 @@ export class ChunkCache {
const cy = Number(key.slice(comma + 1));
if (cx < keepX0 || cx > keepX1 || cy < keepY0 || cy > keepY1) this.cells.delete(key);
}
+ this.lastWindow = [cx0, cx1, cy0, cy1];
+ this.lastFaces = out;
return out;
}
}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts
index 02c2cd1..e9f1521 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { generate, physical, type Vec5 } from "./cap";
+import { generate, physical } from "./cap";
import { extractFaces } from "./faces";
import { facesInViewport, gammaFromWindowCenter, GAMMA, tileCentroid, tileExists, WINDOW_CENTER, type Rect } from "./pentagrid";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe("facesInViewport matches the generate() oracle key-for-key", () => {
// restrict oracle to faces with centroid in the inner disk
const oracleKeys = new Set(
[...oracle.keys()].filter((key) => {
- const f = faceCentroidFromKey(key);
+ const f = centroidFromKey(key);
return inDisk(f[0], f[1], inner);
}),
);
@@ -50,16 +50,11 @@ describe("facesInViewport matches the generate() oracle key-for-key", () => {
}
});
-// helper: physical centroid of a face from its "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk" key
-function faceCentroidFromKey(key: string): [number, number] {
+// helper: physical centroid of a face from its "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk" key, via tileCentroid.
+function centroidFromKey(key: string): [number, number] {
const [coordStr, jk] = key.split("|");
- const n = coordStr.split(",").map(Number);
- const j = Number(jk[0]), k = Number(jk[1]);
- const c1 = [...n]; c1[j]++;
- const c2 = [...c1]; c2[k]++;
- const c3 = [...n]; c3[k]++;
- const ps = [n, c1, c2, c3].map((c) => physical(c as Vec5));
- return [(ps[0][0] + ps[1][0] + ps[2][0] + ps[3][0]) / 4, (ps[0][1] + ps[1][1] + ps[2][1] + ps[3][1]) / 4];
+ const coord = coordStr.split(",").map(Number);
+ return tileCentroid(coord, Number(jk[0]), Number(jk[1]));
}
describe("far-from-origin viewports drop nothing", () => {
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
index c78fcbb..a73eb84 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/lib/pentagrid.ts
@@ -54,17 +54,38 @@ function solveCrossing(j: number, k: number, aj: number, ak: number): [number, n
return [(aj * d - b * ak) / det, (a * ak - aj * c) / det];
}
+// The four cyclic corner coords of the rhombus [coord; j,k]: n, n+e_j, n+e_j+e_k, n+e_k.
+// The bump sequence and the Vec5 cast live only here; every caller routes through this.
+function corners4(coord: readonly number[], j: number, k: number): [Vec5, Vec5, Vec5, Vec5] {
+ const c0 = [...coord];
+ const c1 = [...c0]; c1[j]++;
+ const c2 = [...c1]; c2[k]++;
+ const c3 = [...c0]; c3[k]++;
+ return [c0, c1, c2, c3] as unknown as [Vec5, Vec5, Vec5, Vec5];
+}
+
+// Average of the given points.
+function centroid(pts: readonly Pt[]): Pt {
+ let x = 0, y = 0;
+ for (const [px, py] of pts) { x += px; y += py; }
+ return [x / pts.length, y / pts.length];
+}
+
+// Canonical face key for a tile address: "n0,n1,n2,n3,n4|jk".
+function faceKey(coord: readonly number[], j: number, k: number): string {
+ return `${coord.join(",")}|${j}${k}`;
+}
+
+// A rhombus is thick when its family gap is 1 or 4, thin otherwise.
+function rhombusType(j: number, k: number): "thick" | "thin" {
+ return k - j === 1 || k - j === 4 ? "thick" : "thin";
+}
+
// Physical centroid of the rhombus [coord; j,k]: average of its four corners
// n, n+e_j, n+e_j+e_k, n+e_k under physical(). Task 3 reuses this to recenter the
// camera on a tile address without rebuilding the whole face.
export function tileCentroid(coord: readonly number[], j: number, k: number): Pt {
- const c0 = coord as unknown as Vec5;
- const c1 = [...coord]; c1[j]++;
- const c2 = [...c1]; c2[k]++;
- const c3 = [...coord]; c3[k]++;
- const p0 = physical(c0), p1 = physical(c1 as unknown as Vec5);
- const p2 = physical(c2 as unknown as Vec5), p3 = physical(c3 as unknown as Vec5);
- return [(p0[0] + p1[0] + p2[0] + p3[0]) / 4, (p0[1] + p1[1] + p2[1] + p3[1]) / 4];
+ return centroid(corners4(coord, j, k).map(physical));
}
// Is the rhombus [n; j,k] a real tile? It exists iff all four corners
@@ -73,17 +94,7 @@ export function tileCentroid(coord: readonly number[], j: number, k: number): Pt
// A shared URL decodes to a shape-valid address; only this confirms it names a
// tile the plane actually emits, so the camera does not pin empty space.
export function tileExists(coord: readonly number[], j: number, k: number): boolean {
- const [vx, vy] = WINDOW_CENTER;
- const n = coord as unknown as Vec5;
- const nj = [...coord]; nj[j]++;
- const nk = [...coord]; nk[k]++;
- const njk = [...nj]; njk[k]++;
- return (
- inWindow(n, vx, vy) &&
- inWindow(nj as unknown as Vec5, vx, vy) &&
- inWindow(nk as unknown as Vec5, vx, vy) &&
- inWindow(njk as unknown as Vec5, vx, vy)
- );
+ return corners4(coord, j, k).every((c) => inWindow(c, WINDOW_CENTER[0], WINDOW_CENTER[1]));
}
export function facesInViewport(view: Rect, gamma: readonly number[], physicalMargin = 1.5): RenderFace[] {
@@ -125,24 +136,19 @@ export function facesInViewport(view: Rect, gamma: readonly number[], physicalMa
K[j] = mj; K[k] = mk;
// corners n, n+e_j, n+e_j+e_k, n+e_k (cyclic), positions via physical.
- const c0 = K as unknown as Vec5;
- const c1 = [...K]; c1[j]++;
- const c2 = [...c1]; c2[k]++;
- const c3 = [...K]; c3[k]++;
- const p0 = physical(c0), p1 = physical(c1 as unknown as Vec5), p2 = physical(c2 as unknown as Vec5), p3 = physical(c3 as unknown as Vec5);
- const centroid: Pt = [(p0[0] + p1[0] + p2[0] + p3[0]) / 4, (p0[1] + p1[1] + p2[1] + p3[1]) / 4];
+ const [p0, p1, p2, p3] = corners4(K, j, k).map(physical);
+ const c: Pt = centroid([p0, p1, p2, p3]);
// Step 4: filter by physical centroid.
- if (centroid[0] < keepMinX || centroid[0] > keepMaxX || centroid[1] < keepMinY || centroid[1] > keepMaxY) continue;
+ if (c[0] < keepMinX || c[0] > keepMaxX || c[1] < keepMinY || c[1] > keepMaxY) continue;
- const key = `${K.join(",")}|${j}${k}`;
+ const key = faceKey(K, j, k);
if (seen.has(key)) continue;
seen.add(key);
- const d = k - j;
out.push({
key, coord: K, j, k,
- type: d === 1 || d === 4 ? "thick" : "thin",
- corners: [p0, p1, p2, p3], centroid,
+ type: rhombusType(j, k),
+ corners: [p0, p1, p2, p3], centroid: c,
});
}
}
From 9824f033f67e14e2cfd8f3f38b6e95db3e417c01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:25:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 51/87] polish(penrose): edgeless copy and B1 Mosaic scoped
color tokens
Rewrite the public copy for the edgeless explorer: a Penrose tiling you
can pan forever, generated per viewport, every tile carrying its exact
de Bruijn coordinate, any view a shareable link. Updates the labs blurb,
the penrose landing prose and metadata, and the explorer metadata.
Add scoped --color-penrose-thick (gold, = moment-1) and
--color-penrose-thin (teal, = moment-4) tokens reusing constellation
hues, with a dark-mode teal nudge for contrast. Wire readColors to the
penrose tokens plus ink, and ring the pinned tile in ink in render.
Document the scoped-hue relaxation in DESIGN.md.
---
DESIGN.md | 15 +++++++--
src/app/globals.css | 14 ++++++++-
src/app/x/page.tsx | 2 +-
src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx | 31 ++++++++++++++++---
src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx | 2 +-
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 6 ++--
6 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/DESIGN.md b/DESIGN.md
index 38f3cce..c4c2c56 100644
--- a/DESIGN.md
+++ b/DESIGN.md
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ Two tokens per mode. No accent color. Ever.
In `globals.css` the tokens carry the `--color-` prefix (`--color-paper` etc.) that Tailwind v4's `@theme` requires to generate `bg-paper` / `text-ink` utilities. Same tokens, two forms.
+### Scoped experiment hues
+
+An experiment may bind a constellation hue to a named role through a scoped token. No new hue enters the language. The Penrose explorer does this:
+
+| Token | Reuses | Role |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `--color-penrose-thick` | `--color-moment-1` (gold) | thick rhombus fill |
+| `--color-penrose-thin` | `--color-moment-4` (teal) | thin rhombus fill |
+
+Grout reuses `--color-paper`; the pin ring reuses `--color-ink`. The only new value is a dark teal (`#4f7d92`) that `--color-penrose-thin` takes in dark mode, nudged lighter for contrast on the dark paper. `thick` is identical in both modes.
+
## Dither
The visual signature. Three roles, strict territories, strict density.
@@ -138,12 +149,12 @@ The visual signature. Three roles, strict territories, strict density.
- MDX for experiment writeups
- Open Graph / social cards
- Tags, categories, search
-- A second accent color
+- A second accent color (relaxed: an experiment may bind an existing constellation hue to a named role through a scoped token, as the Penrose explorer does; no new hue)
- Custom icon set beyond toggle and row-delete `×`
- Photography or non-dithered illustration
- Animation beyond focus and hover
- A second typeface family
-- Per-experiment custom styling
+- Per-experiment custom styling (relaxed: scoped tokens that reuse existing constellation hues are allowed)
- Multi-column layouts, dashboards, dense tables
## Adding a new experiment
diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 65b6d98..c779c8d 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -16,11 +16,19 @@
--font-sans: var(--font-inter), ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
--font-mono: var(--font-jetbrains-mono), ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace;
- /* Constellation ring — the only color on the site */
+ /* Constellation ring. The site's only hues. Experiments may reuse
+ them through scoped tokens (e.g. --color-penrose-* below); no new
+ hue enters the language. */
--color-moment-1: #C89B3C;
--color-moment-2: #C64F3C;
--color-moment-3: #8B4670;
--color-moment-4: #3E6B7C;
+
+ /* Penrose explorer roles. Reuse constellation hues. Thick rhombus =
+ gold (moment-1), thin rhombus = teal (moment-4). Grout reuses
+ --color-paper; the pin ring reuses --color-ink. */
+ --color-penrose-thick: #C89B3C;
+ --color-penrose-thin: #3E6B7C;
}
/* Dark-mode override. The server-rendered layout sets
@@ -30,6 +38,10 @@
--color-paper: #0f0e0c;
--color-ink: #ede9d8;
--color-subtle: #1c1a16;
+
+ /* Teal nudged lighter for contrast on the dark paper. Thick (gold) is
+ identical in both modes. */
+ --color-penrose-thin: #4f7d92;
}
/* ============================================================
diff --git a/src/app/x/page.tsx b/src/app/x/page.tsx
index 702b9da..f568d6d 100644
--- a/src/app/x/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/page.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const labs: Lab[] = [
slug: "penrose",
title: "Penrose",
blurb:
- "A bounded patch of the Penrose tiling, every tile carrying its exact integer address.",
+ "A Penrose tiling you can pan forever, generated on the fly for whatever you are looking at, every tile carrying its exact coordinate.",
publishedAt: "2026-05-11",
links: {
github:
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
index 5af817a..7dd3589 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/PenroseExplorer.tsx
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
const cacheRef = useRef(null);
const hitRef = useRef(null);
const facesRef = useRef([]);
- const colorsRef = useRef<{ thick: string; thin: string; grout: string }>({
+ const colorsRef = useRef<{ thick: string; thin: string; grout: string; ink: string }>({
thick: "#C89B3C",
thin: "#3E6B7C",
grout: "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: "#ede9d8",
});
const offsetRef = useRef<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
const zoomRef = useRef(DEFAULT_ZOOM);
@@ -105,9 +106,10 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
// them only when the theme flips or the element resizes, not on every frame.
const readColors = () => {
colorsRef.current = {
- thick: readCssVar("--color-moment-1") || "#C89B3C",
- thin: readCssVar("--color-moment-4") || "#3E6B7C",
+ thick: readCssVar("--color-penrose-thick") || "#C89B3C",
+ thin: readCssVar("--color-penrose-thin") || "#3E6B7C",
grout: readCssVar("--color-paper") || "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: readCssVar("--color-ink") || "#ede9d8",
};
};
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
if (!cache) return;
const { w, h } = sizeRef.current;
const dpr = dprRef.current;
- const { thick, thin, grout } = colorsRef.current;
+ const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colorsRef.current;
ctx!.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
ctx!.fillStyle = grout;
ctx!.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -341,6 +343,27 @@ export default function PenroseExplorer({ seed = "funclol" }: { seed?: string })
ctx!.fill();
ctx!.stroke();
}
+
+ // Mark the pinned tile. Match by the full tile identity (the engine
+ // Face.key) so a coord shared by several rhombi still rings the right
+ // one, and stroke its outline in ink at a heavier width.
+ const pin = pinnedRef.current;
+ if (pin) {
+ const pinKey = `${pin.coord.join(",")}|${pin.j}${pin.k}`;
+ const f = faces.find((face) => face.key === pinKey);
+ if (f) {
+ const [a, b, c, d] = f.corners;
+ ctx!.beginPath();
+ ctx!.moveTo((a[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (a[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((b[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (b[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((c[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (c[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.lineTo((d[0] - ox) * zoom + cx, (d[1] - oy) * zoom + cy);
+ ctx!.closePath();
+ ctx!.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx!.lineWidth = 2;
+ ctx!.stroke();
+ }
+ }
}
requestRender();
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
index 8ad9faf..3371656 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/explore/page.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import PenroseExplorer from "./PenroseExplorer";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
title: "Penrose Explorer — func.lol",
- description: "A bounded, exactly-addressed Penrose patch from a cut-and-project / substitution engine.",
+ description: "An endless Penrose tiling, generated per viewport, every tile carrying its exact de Bruijn coordinate. Any view is a shareable link.",
};
export default function PenroseExplorePage() {
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index f086c8c..60662d9 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
title: "Penrose — func.lol",
description:
- "An interactive Penrose tiling explorer over a bounded, exactly-addressed patch from a cut-and-project / substitution engine.",
+ "An endless Penrose tiling you can pan forever, generated per viewport, with every tile carrying its exact de Bruijn coordinate.",
};
const RESEARCH_URL =
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
penrose
- A bounded patch of the Penrose tiling, every tile carrying its exact integer address.
+ A Penrose tiling you can pan forever, every tile carrying its exact coordinate.
- Penrose's P3 tiles the plane aperiodically using two rhombi. Every tile carries a unique integer address. The explorer renders one bounded patch generated from the origin, and the exact address of the tile under the cursor is always the right one.
+ Penrose's P3 tiles the plane aperiodically using two rhombi. There is no edge to reach. The explorer generates whatever patch you are looking at on the fly, so you can pan in any direction forever. Every tile carries its exact de Bruijn coordinate, shown under the cursor, and any view is a link you can share.
From e331eaa474a3d8ffa7727550c88df35a967a28c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:37:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 52/87] feat(penrose): teaching spine slice 1, Sketch harness
and the two tiles
Add the reusable Sketch harness (framed, mono-labelled, no rounded
corners) that owns the RAF loop and the reduced-motion hard contract for
animated sketches, and the first static + hover sketch "Meet the two
tiles": the thick and thin Penrose rhombi in the B1 palette, with the
golden ratio surfaced in their diagonals. Wire the sketch into the
landing page behind intro prose, establishing the spine pattern. Add a
scoped teaching-animation rule to DESIGN.md (user-initiated motion only,
reduced-motion honored, confined to teaching sketches).
Colocated geometry test for the rhombi; Playwright smoke that the page
renders the sketch and hover reveals the golden-ratio detail.
---
DESIGN.md | 10 +-
e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts | 19 ++
.../x/penrose/_components/MeetTheTiles.tsx | 177 ++++++++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/Sketch.tsx | 198 ++++++++++++++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts | 40 ++++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts | 54 +++++
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 24 +++
7 files changed, 521 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/MeetTheTiles.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/Sketch.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts
diff --git a/DESIGN.md b/DESIGN.md
index c4c2c56..c35cfb7 100644
--- a/DESIGN.md
+++ b/DESIGN.md
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ The visual signature. Three roles, strict territories, strict density.
- **Active.** Fill at ink `0.1`.
- **Disabled.** Opacity `0.4`, `cursor: not-allowed`.
+## Teaching animation (scoped)
+
+Animation is otherwise not in the language. Teaching experiments are the one exception, under a hard contract.
+
+- **User-initiated only.** Motion happens on an explicit play, step, or slider drag. Never on load, never ambient, never on scroll.
+- **Reduced-motion is honored.** Under `prefers-reduced-motion`, play is disabled and the sketch renders its representative end state, stationary. The query is read live, so a mid-session change takes effect.
+- **Confined to teaching sketches.** This applies to the framed sketch primitive inside a teaching experiment (the Penrose spine's `Sketch` harness). It does not relax the no-animation rule for site chrome, forms, or data viz.
+
## Light/dark toggle
- **State.** Cookie `theme` = `"light"` | `"dark"`. Absent = `"dark"`.
@@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ The visual signature. Three roles, strict territories, strict density.
- A second accent color (relaxed: an experiment may bind an existing constellation hue to a named role through a scoped token, as the Penrose explorer does; no new hue)
- Custom icon set beyond toggle and row-delete `×`
- Photography or non-dithered illustration
-- Animation beyond focus and hover
+- Animation beyond focus and hover (relaxed: user-initiated motion inside a teaching sketch, under the "Teaching animation" contract above)
- A second typeface family
- Per-experiment custom styling (relaxed: scoped tokens that reuse existing constellation hues are allowed)
- Multi-column layouts, dashboards, dense tables
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d74984b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+test("the landing page renders the two-tiles sketch", async ({ page }) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ const figure = page.getByRole("img", {
+ name: /two Penrose rhombi side by side/i,
+ });
+ await expect(figure).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("hovering a tile surfaces its golden-ratio detail", async ({ page }) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ // The thick rhombus is the first of the two polygons; hovering it surfaces its
+ // angle and golden-ratio detail in the live caption.
+ const thick = page.locator("svg polygon").first();
+ await thick.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+ await thick.hover();
+ await expect(page.getByText(/long diagonal is exactly/i)).toBeVisible();
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/MeetTheTiles.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/MeetTheTiles.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9dbe4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/MeetTheTiles.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useState } from "react";
+
+import Sketch from "./Sketch";
+import { PHI, THICK, THIN, type Pt, type Rhombus } from "./lib/tiles";
+
+// "Meet the two tiles": the first spine sketch. Two unit-edge Penrose rhombi side
+// by side, filled in the B1 palette on the paper grout, edges in ink. The static
+// labelled state stands alone (enough for touch); hover surfaces the angle detail
+// and the golden-ratio fact for the rhombus under the cursor.
+//
+// SVG, not canvas: this is a static labelled figure, so the markup is the simplest
+// way to place text at geometric points and to get theme reactivity for free (the
+// fills are CSS var() references that invert with data-theme, no repaint loop).
+
+const VB_W = 520;
+const VB_H = 300;
+const SCALE = 88; // px per unit edge inside the viewBox
+
+// Lay each rhombus in its own half of the viewBox. The geometry from lib/tiles is
+// origin-centred and unit-edge; place() scales it and drops it at a center point.
+function place(tile: Rhombus, cx: number, cy: number): Pt[] {
+ return tile.corners.map(([x, y]) => [cx + x * SCALE, cy - y * SCALE]);
+}
+
+const pointsAttr = (pts: Pt[]) => pts.map(([x, y]) => `${x},${y}`).join(" ");
+
+type TileFigureProps = {
+ tile: Rhombus;
+ cx: number;
+ cy: number;
+ fill: string;
+ active: boolean;
+ dimmed: boolean;
+ onEnter: () => void;
+ onLeave: () => void;
+};
+
+function TileFigure({
+ tile,
+ cx,
+ cy,
+ fill,
+ active,
+ dimmed,
+ onEnter,
+ onLeave,
+}: TileFigureProps) {
+ const pts = place(tile, cx, cy);
+ const [right, top, left, bottom] = pts;
+
+ // The acute angle sits at the left/right (x-axis) corners; the obtuse at
+ // top/bottom. Label one of each.
+ return (
+
+
+
+ {/* Long diagonal, dashed in ink, revealed on hover. This is the line whose
+ length carries phi (thick) or 1/phi (thin). */}
+ {active && (
+
+ )}
+
+ {/* Acute angle label at the right corner, obtuse at the top corner. */}
+
+ {tile.acute}°
+
+
+ {tile.obtuse}°
+
+
+ {/* Tile name beneath. */}
+
+ {tile.kind === "thick" ? "THICK" : "THIN"}
+
+
+ );
+}
+
+export default function MeetTheTiles() {
+ const [hover, setHover] = useState<"thick" | "thin" | null>(null);
+
+ const detail =
+ hover === "thick"
+ ? `Thick rhombus. Angles ${THICK.acute}° and ${THICK.obtuse}°. With a unit edge its long diagonal is exactly φ ≈ ${PHI.toFixed(3)}.`
+ : hover === "thin"
+ ? `Thin rhombus. Angles ${THIN.acute}° and ${THIN.obtuse}°. With a unit edge its short diagonal is exactly 1/φ ≈ ${(1 / PHI).toFixed(3)}.`
+ : "Hover a tile to reveal its diagonal. The angle family 36 / 72 / 108 / 144 is the golden ratio in disguise.";
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+ {detail}
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/Sketch.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/Sketch.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8ccde5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/Sketch.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
+
+// Sketch is the framed teaching primitive for the Penrose spine. It gives every
+// sketch the same chrome (a mono label, a hairline border, no rounded corners per
+// DESIGN.md) and, for animated sketches, the same controls and the same motion
+// contract. The render area is the sketch's own canvas or SVG; the harness never
+// paints, it only frames and (for animated sketches) drives a clock.
+//
+// Two kinds:
+//
+// STATIC {svgOrCanvas}
+// No clock, no controls. May still be interactive via hover. Used for
+// "Meet the two tiles".
+//
+// ANIMATED …
+// The harness owns the requestAnimationFrame loop and renders a control
+// bar (play/pause, step, reset, optional slider). The sketch supplies
+// render(t): a paint function called with normalised time t in [0,1].
+//
+// Reduced-motion hard contract: nothing autoplays. On mount the harness paints the
+// representative end state (t = 1) and never moves on its own. Under
+// prefers-reduced-motion, play is disabled and motion happens only on an explicit
+// slider drag or step. The contract is re-evaluated live if the media query flips.
+
+export type SketchAnimation = {
+ // Wall-clock length of one pass, in milliseconds. Larger is slower.
+ duration: number;
+ // Paint one frame at normalised time t in [0, 1]. Called by the harness on every
+ // animation frame, on a step, on a reset, and on a slider drag. The sketch reads
+ // theme colors itself (live, via getComputedStyle) so it stays theme-reactive.
+ render: (t: number) => void;
+ // Loop back to t = 0 at the end instead of stopping at t = 1. Default false.
+ loop?: boolean;
+ // Optional labelled slider. When present the control bar shows it and a drag
+ // scrubs render(t) directly. Label is a short mono caption (e.g. "level").
+ slider?: { label: string };
+};
+
+type SketchProps = {
+ // Mono label above the frame: UPPERCASE, the house metadata style.
+ label: string;
+ // The render area and any sketch-specific content (a caption, a readout). The
+ // sketch's own
+
+ Two tiles, one rule
+
+
+
+
+ The whole tiling is built from two shapes. A thick{" "}
+ rhombus, wide and squat, and a thin one, long and
+ narrow. Same edge length, different angles. Every tile in the
+ explorer is one of these two, rotated and placed.
+
+
+ The angles are not arbitrary. They come from fifths of a turn: 36,
+ 72, 108, 144. That family is the golden ratio φ in disguise. Draw the
+ long diagonal of the thick rhombus and its length is exactly φ;
+ draw the short diagonal of the thin one and it is exactly 1/φ. φ is
+ why these two tiles fit the plane with no repeat.
+
+
+
+
+
research
From 8fbddb161b8304e9065dd65e0e696074801c80f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:58:02 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 53/87] feat(penrose): teaching spine slice 2, the dead-end
animated sketch
A hand-authored fan of four rhombi laid one at a time around a shared
vertex, each obeying the edge-matching marks. The last wedge is a legal
72-degree corner, yet its two flanking marks conflict so no tile can
seat there. Teaches non-locality: local rules are necessary but not
sufficient, and a greedy local hand can paint into a dead-end far from
where it started. The angles always close; the marks are the constraint.
Adds a shared fanTile geometry helper (with tests), the DeadEnd canvas
component consuming the Sketch harness, page wiring after meet-the-tiles
with a sentence linking forward to the 5D-lattice projection, and two
Playwright specs for the animated controls and the stationary end state.
---
e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts | 34 ++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx | 337 ++++++++++++++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts | 50 ++-
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts | 17 +
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 30 ++
5 files changed, 467 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
index d74984b..66e0aae 100644
--- a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,37 @@ test("hovering a tile surfaces its golden-ratio detail", async ({ page }) => {
await thick.hover();
await expect(page.getByText(/long diagonal is exactly/i)).toBeVisible();
});
+
+test("the dead-end sketch mounts its animated canvas and controls", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ const canvas = page.getByRole("img", {
+ name: /fan of Penrose rhombi laid one at a time/i,
+ });
+ await expect(canvas).toBeVisible();
+ // Animated sketches render the harness control bar; under reduced motion play
+ // is disabled but every button still mounts.
+ await expect(
+ page.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("the dead-end sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ // The harness mounts at the end state (t = 1) and never moves on load: reset is
+ // enabled, step is disabled (already at the end). A reset rewinds to t = 0,
+ // which flips both. This is the reduced-motion contract observed from outside.
+ const reset = page.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
+ const step = page.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
+ await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+ await expect(reset).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(step).toBeDisabled();
+ await reset.click();
+ await expect(step).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dd264a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+import Sketch from "./Sketch";
+import { fanTile, type Pt } from "./lib/tiles";
+
+// "The dead-end": the spine's first animated sketch. It teaches NON-LOCALITY.
+// Penrose's rhombi carry edge-matching marks; obey them and a tile fits its
+// neighbour. But local fit is necessary, not sufficient. Lay tiles by the marks
+// alone and you can paint yourself into a corner far from where you started.
+//
+// Penrose told the story (Ball, Prospect): he saw a university floor whose edge
+// tile broke the rule, so the pattern "would go wrong somewhere in the middle of
+// the lawn." This sketch stages exactly that. A small fan of rhombi is laid one
+// at a time around a shared vertex. Every placement obeys the marks. The angles
+// even leave a clean 72-degree wedge, a legal thick-rhombus corner. Yet the two
+// marks flanking that wedge demand opposite things, so no tile can seat there.
+// The patch is stuck. We strike the gap out at the end.
+//
+// The sequence is HAND-AUTHORED, not engine-generated. That is the whole point:
+// the explorer's global method never produces a dead-end, because it does not lay
+// tiles locally at all. Only a greedy local hand can wander into one.
+//
+// Canvas, not SVG: the harness drives render(t) imperatively, so a canvas that
+// repaints per frame is the natural fit. Theme colours are read live via
+// getComputedStyle so the patch inverts with the light/dark toggle.
+
+const VB_W = 520;
+const VB_H = 300;
+const SCALE = 70; // px per unit edge
+const APEX: Pt = [VB_W / 2, VB_H * 0.62]; // shared vertex, gap opens upward
+
+// A mark is one of Penrose's two edge decorations. Single vs double is the type;
+// the rule is that a shared edge must carry the same type from both tiles, with
+// the arrows running the same way around the edge. We draw them as 1 or 2 chevrons.
+type Mark = "single" | "double";
+
+// One placed tile in the fan: a corner angle seated at the apex, the kind that
+// drives its fill colour, and the marks on its two apex-edges (leading, trailing).
+// The leading edge of tile n+1 is the trailing edge of tile n, so neighbouring
+// marks agree by construction. The conflict lives only at the open gap.
+type FanStep = {
+ kind: "thick" | "thin";
+ angle: number; // interior corner angle at the apex, degrees
+ lead: Mark; // mark on the edge that opens the wedge (counter-clockwise side)
+ trail: Mark; // mark on the edge that closes it (clockwise side)
+};
+
+// The authored placement. 72 + 36 + 144 + 36 = 288, leaving a 72-degree wedge:
+// angularly a perfect thick-rhombus acute corner. Every shared edge matches: the
+// trailing mark of each tile equals the leading mark of the next. The fan reads as
+// a flawless local construction right up to the last gap.
+const FAN: readonly FanStep[] = [
+ { kind: "thick", angle: 72, lead: "double", trail: "single" },
+ { kind: "thin", angle: 36, lead: "single", trail: "single" },
+ { kind: "thin", angle: 144, lead: "single", trail: "double" },
+ { kind: "thin", angle: 36, lead: "double", trail: "single" },
+];
+
+const FAN_TOTAL = FAN.reduce((s, f) => s + f.angle, 0); // 288
+const GAP_ANGLE = 360 - FAN_TOTAL; // 72: a legal corner angle, yet unfillable
+
+// Orient the fan so its open wedge points straight up at the reader. Canvas y grows
+// downward, so "up" is -90 degrees and we lay the fan clockwise from the gap's edge.
+const GAP_CENTER = -90;
+const FAN_START = GAP_CENTER + GAP_ANGLE / 2;
+
+// Geometry of the gap's two flanks. The fan's last trailing edge and its very first
+// leading edge bound the wedge. To fill 72 degrees you need a thick acute corner,
+// whose two edges must carry one single and one double mark in a fixed order. The
+// flanks here are double (clockwise flank) and double (counter-clockwise flank):
+// two doubles, so the thick corner cannot orient to satisfy both. That is the
+// dead-end. It is never the angle; it is always the marks.
+const GAP_FLANK_CW: Mark = "double"; // trailing mark of the last tile
+const GAP_FLANK_CCW: Mark = "double"; // leading mark of the first tile
+
+const deg = (d: number) => (d * Math.PI) / 180;
+
+function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
+ return v || fallback;
+}
+
+type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; grout: string; ink: string };
+
+// Draw one to two chevrons centred on an edge, pointing along it. The chevron count
+// is the mark type (single / double); the direction is the edge orientation. These
+// are the matching arrows Penrose tiles carry. Drawn in ink, small, restrained.
+function drawMark(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ a: Pt,
+ b: Pt,
+ mark: Mark,
+ ink: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ const mx = (a[0] + b[0]) / 2;
+ const my = (a[1] + b[1]) / 2;
+ const dx = b[0] - a[0];
+ const dy = b[1] - a[1];
+ const len = Math.hypot(dx, dy) || 1;
+ const ux = dx / len;
+ const uy = dy / len;
+ const wing = 5; // chevron half-width in px
+ const sep = 4; // spacing between the two strokes of a double
+ const count = mark === "double" ? 2 : 1;
+
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
+ ctx.lineCap = "round";
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+ const off = count === 1 ? 0 : (i === 0 ? -sep / 2 : sep / 2);
+ const cx = mx + ux * off;
+ const cy = my + uy * off;
+ // tip points along (ux, uy); the two wings fall back and out.
+ const tipx = cx + ux * wing;
+ const tipy = cy + uy * wing;
+ const baseAx = cx - ux * wing + -uy * wing;
+ const baseAy = cy - uy * wing + ux * wing;
+ const baseBx = cx - ux * wing - -uy * wing;
+ const baseBy = cy - uy * wing - ux * wing;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(baseAx, baseAy);
+ ctx.lineTo(tipx, tipy);
+ ctx.lineTo(baseBx, baseBy);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
+function fillTile(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt],
+ fill: string,
+ ink: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(corners[0][0], corners[0][1]);
+ for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) ctx.lineTo(corners[i][0], corners[i][1]);
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fillStyle = fill;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.5;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
+// smoothstep for gentle per-tile fade-ins.
+const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number) => {
+ const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
+ return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
+};
+
+// Paint the whole patch at normalised time t. The fan animates in over the first
+// 0.8 of t (one tile per slice), then the gap is highlighted and, in the final
+// stretch, struck through and marked as a conflict. At t = 1 the harness shows the
+// stuck end state, stationary: the representative frame for reduced motion.
+function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, colors: Colors) {
+ const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colors;
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+ ctx.fillStyle = grout;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+
+ // Precompute each tile's placed corners and its two apex-edge endpoints.
+ const placed = FAN.map((step, i) => {
+ const start = FAN_START + FAN.slice(0, i).reduce((s, f) => s + f.angle, 0);
+ const raw = fanTile(step.angle, start, [0, 0]);
+ const corners = raw.map(
+ ([x, y]) => [APEX[0] + x * SCALE, APEX[1] + y * SCALE] as Pt,
+ ) as unknown as readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt];
+ return { step, corners, start };
+ });
+
+ const PLACE_END = 0.8; // tiles all down by t = 0.8
+ const per = PLACE_END / FAN.length;
+
+ // Tiles, one at a time, with their matching marks. A tile's leading edge is
+ // apex->corner[1]; trailing edge is apex->corner[3].
+ placed.forEach(({ step, corners }, i) => {
+ const appear = smooth(i * per, (i + 1) * per, t);
+ if (appear <= 0) return;
+ const fill = step.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ fillTile(ctx, corners, fill, ink, appear);
+ // Marks fade in just behind the fill so the rule is visibly obeyed as we lay.
+ const markAlpha = smooth(i * per + per * 0.4, (i + 1) * per, t) * 0.9;
+ if (markAlpha > 0) {
+ drawMark(ctx, corners[0], corners[1], step.lead, ink, markAlpha);
+ drawMark(ctx, corners[0], corners[3], step.trail, ink, markAlpha);
+ }
+ });
+
+ // The gap. Its two flanks are the first tile's leading edge and the last tile's
+ // trailing edge. Highlight the open wedge, then strike it and warn.
+ const first = placed[0];
+ const last = placed[placed.length - 1];
+ const ccwTip = first.corners[1]; // first leading edge tip
+ const cwTip = last.corners[3]; // last trailing edge tip
+
+ const gapReveal = smooth(PLACE_END, 0.9, t);
+ if (gapReveal > 0) {
+ // Hatch the wedge in ink at low opacity: the slot that "should" take a tile.
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = gapReveal * 0.12;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(APEX[0], APEX[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(ccwTip[0], ccwTip[1]);
+ // arc the outer edge of the wedge for a clean slice
+ const r = SCALE;
+ const a0 = deg(GAP_CENTER + GAP_ANGLE / 2);
+ const a1 = deg(GAP_CENTER - GAP_ANGLE / 2);
+ ctx.arc(APEX[0], APEX[1], r, a0, a1, true);
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.restore();
+
+ // The two conflicting flank marks, both double. The eye reads two arrowheads
+ // crowding the same wedge, with nothing legal that satisfies both.
+ drawMark(ctx, APEX, ccwTip, GAP_FLANK_CCW, ink, gapReveal);
+ drawMark(ctx, APEX, cwTip, GAP_FLANK_CW, ink, gapReveal);
+ }
+
+ // The conflict mark: a struck-through gap and a warning glyph, in the final
+ // stretch. This is the representative end state at t = 1.
+ const strike = smooth(0.9, 1, t);
+ if (strike > 0) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2.4;
+ ctx.lineCap = "round";
+ // an X struck across the wedge mouth
+ const r = SCALE * 0.92;
+ const mid = deg(GAP_CENTER);
+ const mx = APEX[0] + Math.cos(mid) * r;
+ const my = APEX[1] + Math.sin(mid) * r;
+ const span = 13;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(mx - span, my - span);
+ ctx.lineTo(mx + span, my + span);
+ ctx.moveTo(mx + span, my - span);
+ ctx.lineTo(mx - span, my + span);
+ ctx.stroke();
+
+ // "no tile fits" caption above the struck gap, mono, ink.
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.9;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.font =
+ "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
+ ctx.textBaseline = "alphabetic";
+ ctx.fillText("NO LEGAL TILE", mx, my - 22);
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+}
+
+export default function DeadEnd() {
+ const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+ const colorsRef = useRef({
+ thick: "#C89B3C",
+ thin: "#3E6B7C",
+ grout: "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: "#ede9d8",
+ });
+
+ const dprRef = useRef(0);
+
+ // Size the backing store to the rendered box times the device pixel ratio so the
+ // patch is crisp, then work in CSS-pixel coordinates inside the viewBox. Resizing
+ // clears the canvas, so only do it when the ratio actually changes, not per frame.
+ const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
+ colorsRef.current = {
+ thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
+ thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
+ grout: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
+ ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
+ };
+ }, []);
+
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ if (!canvas) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
+ ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ refreshColors();
+ }
+ paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current);
+ },
+ [refreshColors],
+ );
+
+ // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle. The
+ // harness owns the clock; here we only refresh colours and redraw the end state.
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+ refreshColors();
+ render(1);
+ });
+ observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+ attributes: true,
+ attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
+ });
+ return () => observer.disconnect();
+ }, [refreshColors, render]);
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts
index ded0ecc..a027898 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { PHI, THICK, THIN, type Rhombus } from "./tiles";
+import { fanTile, PHI, THICK, THIN, type Rhombus } from "./tiles";
const dist = (a: readonly [number, number], b: readonly [number, number]) =>
Math.hypot(a[0] - b[0], a[1] - b[1]);
@@ -38,3 +38,51 @@ describe("Penrose rhombi geometry", () => {
expect(THIN.shortDiagonal).toBeCloseTo(1 / PHI, 12);
});
});
+
+describe("fanTile placement", () => {
+ test("every placed corner is a unit-edge rhombus", () => {
+ const cases = [
+ { angle: 36, start: 10 },
+ { angle: 72, start: -54 },
+ { angle: 108, start: 200 },
+ { angle: 144, start: 0 },
+ ];
+ for (const { angle, start } of cases) {
+ const [apex, e1, far, e2] = fanTile(angle, start);
+ for (const e of [
+ dist(apex, e1),
+ dist(e1, far),
+ dist(far, e2),
+ dist(e2, apex),
+ ]) {
+ expect(e).toBeCloseTo(1, 12);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("the apex corner carries the requested interior angle", () => {
+ const [apex, e1, , e2] = fanTile(72, 17);
+ const va: [number, number] = [e1[0] - apex[0], e1[1] - apex[1]];
+ const vb: [number, number] = [e2[0] - apex[0], e2[1] - apex[1]];
+ const cos = (va[0] * vb[0] + va[1] * vb[1]) / (Math.hypot(...va) * Math.hypot(...vb));
+ expect((Math.acos(cos) * 180) / Math.PI).toBeCloseTo(72, 9);
+ });
+
+ test("tiles laid head-to-tail around an apex share an edge exactly", () => {
+ // This is what makes the dead-end fan a real tiling: tile n's trailing edge is
+ // tile n+1's leading edge, so the patch is edge-connected with no overlap.
+ let start = 0;
+ const angles = [72, 36, 144, 36];
+ let prevTrailingTip = fanTile(angles[0], start)[3];
+ start += angles[0];
+ for (let i = 1; i < angles.length; i++) {
+ const tile = fanTile(angles[i], start);
+ expect(dist(tile[1], prevTrailingTip)).toBeCloseTo(0, 12);
+ prevTrailingTip = tile[3];
+ start += angles[i];
+ }
+ // 72 + 36 + 144 + 36 = 288 leaves a 72 wedge: angularly a legal thick corner,
+ // yet the dead-end forbids it. The gap is never an angle problem.
+ expect(360 - angles.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0)).toBe(72);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts
index 5306fc8..ccf94bd 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts
@@ -52,3 +52,20 @@ export const THICK: Rhombus = rhombus("thick", 72);
// The thin (skinny) rhombus: interior angles 36 and 144. Its short diagonal is 1/phi.
export const THIN: Rhombus = rhombus("thin", 36);
+
+// A unit-edge rhombus placed in the plane by seating one of its corners at an apex
+// vertex. The corner's interior angle is `cornerAngle` (one of 36/72/108/144) and
+// its two unit edges open from `startAngle`, counter-clockwise, spanning the wedge
+// [startAngle, startAngle + cornerAngle]. Corners run apex -> first edge tip -> far
+// corner -> second edge tip, so adjacent fan tiles that abut at startAngle share an
+// edge exactly. This is the building block of the "dead-end" fan: tiles laid one at
+// a time around a shared vertex, each abutting the last. Angles are degrees.
+export function fanTile(cornerAngle: number, startAngle: number, apex: Pt = [0, 0]): readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] {
+ const a = deg(cornerAngle);
+ const s = deg(startAngle);
+ const e1: Pt = [apex[0] + Math.cos(s), apex[1] + Math.sin(s)];
+ const e2: Pt = [apex[0] + Math.cos(s + a), apex[1] + Math.sin(s + a)];
+ // Far corner closes the rhombus: apex + both edge vectors (the parallelogram law).
+ const far: Pt = [e1[0] + e2[0] - apex[0], e1[1] + e2[1] - apex[1]];
+ return [apex, e1, far, e2];
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 1221aae..ad9abec 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Link from "next/link";
import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
+import DeadEnd from "./_components/DeadEnd";
import MeetTheTiles from "./_components/MeetTheTiles";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
@@ -72,6 +73,35 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
+
+ The dead-end
+
+
+
+
+ Each edge carries a mark, a single or double arrow. The rule is local:
+ two tiles may touch only where their marks agree. Obey it and a tile
+ fits its neighbor. So you lay one, then the next, then the next, around
+ a shared corner, every join clean.
+
+
+ Penrose once spotted a university floor whose edge tile broke the rule.
+ He knew at a glance the pattern would go wrong somewhere in the middle
+ of the lawn. Here is that wrongness up close. The last wedge is a
+ perfect 72 degrees, exactly a thick rhombus's sharp corner. The
+ angle is fine. But the two marks flanking it demand opposite things, so
+ no tile can seat there. The patch is stuck.
+
+
+ The rules are local. Local is not enough. Somewhere far from where you
+ started, it can become impossible. That is why the explorer never lays
+ tiles by these marks at all. It projects each patch from a 5D lattice,
+ where the whole tiling is one shadow and a dead-end cannot exist.
+
+
+
+
+
research
From f75bac776a54556ec134cf0c7c77c08b7365ff3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:10:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 54/87] docs(penrose): teaching-spine editorial arc (the
reader's journey)
---
.../2026-06-25-penrose-teaching-spine.md | 92 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-25-penrose-teaching-spine.md
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-25-penrose-teaching-spine.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-25-penrose-teaching-spine.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fabb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-25-penrose-teaching-spine.md
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Penrose Teaching Spine — editorial arc
+
+**Status:** design (the narrative the `/x/penrose` page tells)
+**Date:** 2026-06-25
+**Builds on:** `2026-06-24-penrose-v1-design.md` (the v1 design; this refines the teaching
+spine into a guided story) and the shipped explorer + Sketch harness.
+
+The `/x/penrose` page is a guided explorable explanation: a single-column scroll that
+walks the reader through one question and its consequences, prose alternating with small
+playable sketches, ending at the explorer. The goal is to show people how cool this is, in
+order, each idea earned by the one before it.
+
+## The arc (sections, in order)
+
+Each section is a short prose beat and, where marked, a sketch (rendered through the
+`_components/Sketch.tsx` harness: static, or animated with the reduced-motion contract).
+
+1. **The question.** Can a set of tiles cover the whole infinite plane but only ever
+ aperiodically, never settling into a repeating pattern? (Prose.)
+2. **The history.** Wang asked whether any set that tiles the plane can do so periodically.
+ In 1966 Berger showed no: an aperiodic set exists, his first one used 20,426 Wang tiles.
+ It was whittled down over years (Robinson got to 6), until Penrose in 1974 reached just
+ **two** tiles plus matching rules. (Prose. Keep it light and accurate; cite names/years,
+ no need for a bibliography.)
+3. **How the two tiles work.** The fat (72/108) and thin (36/144) rhombi, their matching
+ marks, where φ hides. SKETCH: "Meet the two tiles" (built, static + hover).
+4. **A local dead-end.** Lay tiles by the local matching rules and you can paint into a
+ corner: a spot where the arrows conflict and nothing fits. SKETCH: "The dead-end" (built,
+ animated; currently the accessible single-vertex version).
+5. **But the problem is deeper.** Here is the real subtlety: you can tile a whole region
+ perfectly by local rules and still be globally doomed, and the contradiction is forced
+ far from any visible mistake (Penrose's lawn: the bad tile is at the edge, it "goes wrong
+ in the middle"). SKETCH (to build, the hard one): grow a valid patch outward ring by ring
+ under local rules, center provably fine, until a forced unfillable gap appears in an
+ OUTER ring, distant from any choice. The teaching beat: local correctness does not
+ guarantee global success, and the failure is non-local.
+6. **So you solve it globally.** If local trial-and-error can dead-end, do not tile locally
+ at all. Project from a 5-dimensional integer lattice: every tile is a deterministic
+ shadow of a 5D point, so the plane is computed, never backtracked, and can never dead-end.
+ This is the cut-and-project method, and it is what the explorer runs. SKETCH (to build):
+ the cut-and-project view, two linked panels, the physical tiling and the internal
+ "shadow" space with the acceptance window; a tile exists iff its 5D shadow lands in the
+ window, decided locally from the coordinate, no walk from any origin.
+7. **The overlay.** Penrose noticed that overlaying two of these tilings reveals structure:
+ slide one over the other and large regions snap into agreement, separated by shifting
+ "veins" of interference, all organized by the 5-fold symmetry. SKETCH (to build, the
+ projector demo): two tilings, one filled and one as contrasting edges, a slider slides /
+ rotates one over the other; agreement islands and the veins between them. Teaching beat:
+ any two Penrose tilings share every finite patch yet never globally match.
+8. **A coordinate system.** Because every tile is a 5D lattice point, every tile has a
+ unique, exact address. That is what lets the explorer tell you where you are anywhere on
+ the edgeless plane. SKETCH or prose tied to #6 (the ℤ⁵ address read off the local
+ crossing). May merge with #6 if one two-panel sketch carries both the "it exists" and
+ the "here is its address" beats.
+9. **More magic: scaling.** Any valid Penrose tiling can be inflated or deflated into
+ another valid Penrose tiling, scaled by φ, indefinitely; the count of fat to thin tiles
+ tends to φ. SKETCHES (to build): "The golden ratio appears" (thick:thin -> φ) and "Zoom
+ the hierarchy" (a patch under its φ-supertiling, stepping depths).
+10. **The explorer.** A link/hero into `/x/penrose/explore`: walk the addressed, edgeless
+ plane, every tile naming itself under your cursor.
+
+## Sketch inventory and status
+
+- Meet the two tiles, static + hover. BUILT.
+- The dead-end, animated. BUILT (accessible single-vertex version; section 5 adds the
+ faithful far-contradiction beat, either by reworking this or as a second sketch).
+- The deeper problem (grow-out to a distant forced gap), animated. TO BUILD.
+- Cut-and-project / ℤ⁵ solver (physical + internal window, hover; the address read
+ locally), interactive. TO BUILD. (Carries sections 6 and 8.)
+- The interference overlay (two tilings, slider, agreement islands + veins), animated. TO
+ BUILD.
+- The golden ratio appears (thick:thin -> φ), animated. TO BUILD.
+- Zoom the hierarchy (φ-supertiling overlay, step depths), animated/slider. TO BUILD.
+
+## Constraints (carried)
+
+- House visual language (DESIGN.md): dark default, paper/ink + `--color-penrose-*` tokens,
+ mono labels, no rounded corners on chrome, restrained aesthetic. No emdashes.
+- Reduced-motion hard contract: nothing autoplays; under `prefers-reduced-motion` the
+ harness renders the representative end state; motion only on user play / slider.
+- The sketches that need a tiling use the substitution engine (`deflate`, `subdivide`,
+ `colorCounts`) or the pentagrid enumerator; the dead-end and deeper-problem sketches are
+ hand-authored (they show local-rule FAILURE, which the global engine never produces).
+- Accuracy: the history beat must be factually correct (Berger 1966 / 20,426 tiles;
+ Robinson 6; Penrose 1974 / two tiles). Keep it light, not a paper.
+
+## Build order
+
+The page scaffold (the full prose arc with section structure, the two built sketches
+slotted, and placeholders for the rest) lands first so the story reads end to end. Then the
+sketches fill their slots in arc order, each pushed to the preview for review. The deeper-
+problem sketch (section 5) is the hardest and gets its own careful slice.
From 5fb02ca32f3f37e1bd6ec5401ce3e1a015fe883d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:14:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 55/87] feat(penrose): restructure landing into the guided
teaching spine
Rework /x/penrose from a short landing into the ten-section explorable
explanation from the editorial spec: the question, the history (Wang 1961,
Berger 1966 / 20,426 tiles, Robinson 6, Penrose 1974 / two tiles), the two
tiles, the local dead-end, the deeper non-local failure, cut-and-project from
the 5D lattice, the interference overlay, the per-tile address, scaling by phi,
and the explorer hero. Sections 3 and 4 slot the two built sketches; sections
5 through 9 are prose beats now, their sketches arriving later. House voice,
DESIGN.md tokens, no emdashes.
---
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 285 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 227 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index ad9abec..6e25f24 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@ import MeetTheTiles from "./_components/MeetTheTiles";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
title: "Penrose — func.lol",
description:
- "An endless Penrose tiling you can pan forever, generated per viewport, with every tile carrying its exact de Bruijn coordinate.",
+ "How two tiles cover the infinite plane and never repeat, told in order, ending at an explorer you can pan forever where every tile names its exact coordinate.",
};
const RESEARCH_URL =
"https://github.com/funcimp/func.lol/tree/main/research/penrose";
+// Shared classes for the section headings and the prose blocks, kept to the
+// DESIGN.md scale (h2 28/32, body 16/1.65, prose max-width ~60ch).
+const H2 =
+ "text-[24px] sm:text-[32px] font-bold leading-[1.05] tracking-[-0.03em] mb-5 mt-16";
+const PROSE =
+ "prose-hyphens flex flex-col gap-4 text-[16px] leading-[1.65] max-w-[60ch]";
+
export default function PenrosePage() {
return (
@@ -29,93 +36,255 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
-
+
penrose
-
- A Penrose tiling you can pan forever, every tile carrying its exact coordinate.
+
+ Two tiles cover the infinite plane and never repeat. Here is how, in
+ order, ending at a plane you can walk.
-
- Penrose's P3 tiles the plane aperiodically using two rhombi. There is no edge to reach. The explorer generates whatever patch you are looking at on the fly, so you can pan in any direction forever. Every tile carries its exact de Bruijn coordinate, shown under the cursor, and any view is a link you can share.
-
+
+ experiment 02
+ 2026-05-11
+
-
-
- open explorer →
-
+ {/* 1. The question. */}
+
+
+ Take a bag of tiles. Lay them edge to edge across a floor that runs
+ on forever, no gaps, no overlaps. Most tiles you can think of fall
+ into a march: shift the pattern over by some fixed amount and it
+ lands on itself, exact. Square tiles do it. Hexagons do it. The
+ wallpaper in your hallway does it.
+
+
+ So here is the question. Is there a set of tiles that covers the
+ whole plane but never falls into that march? A pattern that
+ keeps going forever and never once repeats itself? For a long time
+ nobody knew.
+
-
- Two tiles, one rule
-
+ {/* 2. The history. */}
+
Two tiles, after a long climb down
+
+
+ In 1961 Hao Wang asked a sharper version. He worked with square
+ tiles whose edges carry colors, joined only where colors match. His
+ conjecture: any such set that can tile the plane at all can also tile
+ it periodically. If true, a tiling that never repeats was impossible.
+
+
+ Wang was wrong. In 1966 his student Robert Berger built a set that
+ tiles the plane and only ever aperiodically. The catch was the size.
+ His first set used 20,426 tiles. Over the years that
+ number fell. Berger himself trimmed it, Donald Knuth got it lower,
+ Raphael Robinson reached six in 1971.
+
+
+ Then in 1974 Roger Penrose reached two. Two simple
+ rhombi, plus a rule about how their edges may meet. That is the floor
+ this whole page stands on, and it is the one the explorer paints.
+
+
-
+ {/* 3. How the two tiles work. */}
+
The two tiles
+
- The whole tiling is built from two shapes. A thick{" "}
- rhombus, wide and squat, and a thin one, long and
- narrow. Same edge length, different angles. Every tile in the
- explorer is one of these two, rotated and placed.
+ Here they are. A thick rhombus, wide and squat, and
+ a thin one, long and narrow. Same edge length,
+ different angles. Every tile in the explorer is one of these two,
+ rotated and dropped into place.
The angles are not arbitrary. They come from fifths of a turn: 36,
72, 108, 144. That family is the golden ratio φ in disguise. Draw the
- long diagonal of the thick rhombus and its length is exactly φ;
- draw the short diagonal of the thin one and it is exactly 1/φ. φ is
- why these two tiles fit the plane with no repeat.
+ long diagonal of the thick rhombus and its length is exactly φ. Draw
+ the short diagonal of the thin one and it is exactly 1/φ. φ is why
+ these two shapes fit the plane with no repeat.
-
- The dead-end
-
+ {/* 4. A local dead-end. */}
+
You can paint into a corner
+
+
+ Two tiles is not the whole rule. Each edge carries a mark, a single
+ or double arrow. Two tiles may touch only where their marks agree.
+ Obey it and a tile fits its neighbor. So you lay one, then the next,
+ then the next, around a shared corner, every join clean.
+
+
+ Watch what happens. The fan below grows one tile at a time, every
+ placement legal. The last wedge is a perfect 72 degrees, exactly a
+ thick rhombus's sharp corner. The angle is fine. But the two
+ marks flanking it demand opposite things, so no tile can seat there.
+ The patch is stuck.
+
+
+
+
-
+ {/* 5. But the problem is deeper. (Prose now; sketch later.) */}
+
It is deeper than one bad corner
+
+
+ You might think: fine, just look for the conflict and back up. But
+ the real trouble hides further out. You can lay a whole region
+ perfectly, every single tile obeying the marks, and still be doomed.
+ The contradiction gets forced into a tile far from anything you would
+ call a mistake.
+
- Each edge carries a mark, a single or double arrow. The rule is local:
- two tiles may touch only where their marks agree. Obey it and a tile
- fits its neighbor. So you lay one, then the next, then the next, around
- a shared corner, every join clean.
+ Penrose told the story himself. He once saw a university floor whose
+ edge tile broke the rule, and he knew at a glance the pattern would
+ go wrong somewhere out in the middle of the lawn. Not at the edge
+ where the bad tile sat. In the middle, far away, where nothing looked
+ wrong at all. Local correctness does not promise global success, and
+ when it fails, it fails somewhere else.
+
+
+ {/* 6. So you solve it globally. (Prose now; sketch later.) */}
+
So you stop tiling by hand
+
- Penrose once spotted a university floor whose edge tile broke the rule.
- He knew at a glance the pattern would go wrong somewhere in the middle
- of the lawn. Here is that wrongness up close. The last wedge is a
- perfect 72 degrees, exactly a thick rhombus's sharp corner. The
- angle is fine. But the two marks flanking it demand opposite things, so
- no tile can seat there. The patch is stuck.
+ If laying tiles one at a time can dead-end, do not lay them one at a
+ time. Solve the whole plane at once. Picture a perfect grid of points
+ in five dimensions, the integer lattice ℤ⁵. Slice a thin two
+ dimensional sheet through it at an irrational angle, keep only the
+ lattice points near the sheet, and let each one cast a shadow down
+ onto the plane. Those shadows are the tiles.
- The rules are local. Local is not enough. Somewhere far from where you
- started, it can become impossible. That is why the explorer never lays
- tiles by these marks at all. It projects each patch from a 5D lattice,
- where the whole tiling is one shadow and a dead-end cannot exist.
+ This is the cut-and-project method, and it changes everything. A tile
+ exists if and only if its 5D point lands in the slice, a test you can
+ run on that point alone. No walking out from an origin, no
+ backtracking, no choices that can go wrong later. The plane is{" "}
+ computed, never assembled. It can never dead-end. This is
+ what the explorer runs.
+ Penrose noticed something when he laid two of these tilings over each
+ other and slid one across the other. Large regions snap into
+ agreement, the two patterns locking tile for tile. Between those
+ islands run shifting veins where they disagree, and the whole map of
+ islands and veins is organized by the same five-fold symmetry that
+ built the tiles.
+
+
+ Here is the strange part. Any two Penrose tilings share every finite
+ patch you could name. Whatever stretch you see in one, you will find
+ an exact copy somewhere in the other. Yet slide and rotate all you
+ like, the two never line up everywhere at once. Infinitely alike up
+ close, never the same as a whole.
+
+
+
+ {/* 8. A coordinate system. (Prose now; may merge with 6 later.) */}
+
Every tile knows its address
+
+
+ Because every tile is the shadow of one lattice point, every tile
+ carries that point as a name. Five integers, exact, no two tiles
+ alike. It is a full coordinate system for a floor with no edges and
+ no origin you ever had to choose.
+
+
+ That is the trick that makes the explorer possible. Move anywhere,
+ zoom anywhere, and the tile under your cursor can tell you precisely
+ where you are, by reading its own address off the lattice. A shared
+ link is just a coordinate. It drops the next person on the exact same
+ tile.
+
+ One more piece of magic. Take any valid Penrose tiling and cut each
+ tile into smaller rhombi by a fixed rule. What you get is another
+ valid Penrose tiling, finer, scaled down by φ. Run the rule backward
+ and tiles fuse into bigger ones, a coarser valid tiling scaled up by
+ φ. You can do this forever in either direction.
+
+
+ Count the tiles as you go and a number falls out. The ratio of thick
+ tiles to thin tiles drifts toward φ, the same golden ratio that set
+ the angles in the first place. The pattern that never repeats is, at
+ every scale, a copy of itself.
+
+
-
- research
-
-
- Five substrate questions decided before any explorer code landed: precision drift of Float64 vs BigInt, URL share-link encoding, enumeration throughput, the BigInt-truth / Float64-view viewport-anchor pattern, and a Go comparison. The findings inform the engine and its addressing.
-
+ The explorer generates whatever patch you are looking at on the fly,
+ from the cut-and-project method, so you can pan in any direction
+ forever. There is no edge to reach. Every tile carries its exact
+ coordinate, shown under the cursor, and any view is a link you can
+ share.
+
+
+
+
+
+ open explorer →
+
+
+
+
+
+ research
+
+
+
+ Five substrate questions decided before any explorer code landed:
+ precision drift of Float64 vs BigInt, URL share-link encoding,
+ enumeration throughput, the BigInt-truth / Float64-view
+ viewport-anchor pattern, and a Go comparison. The findings inform
+ the engine and its addressing.
+
);
From 1eb54380389b7ca7eae84011c82a6c38d6feca53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 56/87] feat(penrose): deeper-problem sketch and derived
experiment number
Section 5 gains its animated sketch. A real Penrose patch grows outward
from a seed, ring by ring, every tile clean, then out near the rim and far
from the seed one tile is struck as the forced unfillable gap. A dashed
line from the seed to the doomed tile makes the non-locality literal: local
correctness everywhere, failure forced arbitrarily far away. The patch is a
genuine substitution tiling (a self-contained copy, no dependency on the
explorer engine); the failure is a hand-authored mark, an honest staging.
Geometry lives in lib/deeperPatch with a colocated bun:test.
The experiment badge is now derived, not guessed. x/page exports
experimentNumber(slug), sorting labs by publishedAt ascending; penrose is
the third experiment, so the badge reads "experiment 03". The index page
renders unchanged. Page specs scope their button locators per sketch (two
animated sketches now) and assert the derived badge.
---
e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts | 62 +++-
src/app/x/page.tsx | 12 +
.../x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx | 338 ++++++++++++++++++
.../_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts | 71 ++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts | 164 +++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 20 +-
6 files changed, 657 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
index 66e0aae..27d21f8 100644
--- a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ test("the landing page renders the two-tiles sketch", async ({ page }) => {
await expect(figure).toBeVisible();
});
+test("the badge derives the experiment number from publication order", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ // Penrose is the third experiment by publishedAt, so the badge must read 03,
+ // computed from the labs data rather than hand-set.
+ await expect(page.getByText("experiment 03")).toBeVisible();
+});
+
test("hovering a tile surfaces its golden-ratio detail", async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto("/x/penrose");
// The thick rhombus is the first of the two polygons; hovering it surfaces its
@@ -18,21 +27,35 @@ test("hovering a tile surfaces its golden-ratio detail", async ({ page }) => {
await expect(page.getByText(/long diagonal is exactly/i)).toBeVisible();
});
+// Each animated sketch carries its own control bar, so button locators must be
+// scoped to the sketch's figure (the page now has more than one animated sketch).
+const deadEndFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+ page
+ .locator("figure")
+ .filter({ has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /fan of Penrose rhombi/i }) });
+
+const deeperFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+ page
+ .locator("figure")
+ .filter({
+ has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /Penrose patch grows outward/i }),
+ });
+
test("the dead-end sketch mounts its animated canvas and controls", async ({
page,
}) => {
await page.goto("/x/penrose");
- const canvas = page.getByRole("img", {
- name: /fan of Penrose rhombi laid one at a time/i,
- });
- await expect(canvas).toBeVisible();
+ const figure = deadEndFigure(page);
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("img", { name: /fan of Penrose rhombi laid one at a time/i }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
// Animated sketches render the harness control bar; under reduced motion play
// is disabled but every button still mounts.
await expect(
- page.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
+ figure.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
).toBeVisible();
- await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
- await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
});
test("the dead-end sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
@@ -42,8 +65,29 @@ test("the dead-end sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
// The harness mounts at the end state (t = 1) and never moves on load: reset is
// enabled, step is disabled (already at the end). A reset rewinds to t = 0,
// which flips both. This is the reduced-motion contract observed from outside.
- const reset = page.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
- const step = page.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
+ const figure = deadEndFigure(page);
+ const reset = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
+ const step = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
+ await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+ await expect(reset).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(step).toBeDisabled();
+ await reset.click();
+ await expect(step).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
+});
+
+test("the deeper-problem sketch mounts and honours the reduced-motion contract", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ const figure = deeperFigure(page);
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("img", { name: /Penrose patch grows outward from a seed/i }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ // Same harness contract as the dead-end: mounts at the stationary end state, so
+ // reset is enabled and step is disabled until the viewer rewinds.
+ const reset = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
+ const step = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
await expect(reset).toBeEnabled();
await expect(step).toBeDisabled();
diff --git a/src/app/x/page.tsx b/src/app/x/page.tsx
index f568d6d..cd7e663 100644
--- a/src/app/x/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/page.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ const labs: Lab[] = [
},
];
+// The experiment's number is its position in publication order: oldest is 01. It is
+// derived from the labs data, never hand-numbered, so adding or reordering an
+// experiment renumbers the rest automatically. Returns the 1-based index of `slug`,
+// or 0 if the slug is unknown (no experiment should render a zero, so a caller that
+// sees one has a bad slug).
+export function experimentNumber(slug: string): number {
+ const ordered = [...labs].sort((a, b) =>
+ a.publishedAt.localeCompare(b.publishedAt),
+ );
+ return ordered.findIndex((lab) => lab.slug === slug) + 1;
+}
+
export default function LabsIndexPage() {
return (
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fb395a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+import Sketch from "./Sketch";
+import {
+ forcedGapIndex,
+ patchRhombi,
+ type PatchRhombus,
+ type Pt,
+} from "./lib/deeperPatch";
+
+// "The deeper problem": the spine's section-5 sketch. The dead-end taught that a
+// local rule can paint you into a corner. This teaches the harder, non-local truth:
+// you can lay a WHOLE region perfectly, every tile obeying the rule, and still be
+// globally doomed, with the contradiction forced FAR from any choice you made.
+// Penrose's lawn: the bad tile is at the edge, but it "goes wrong in the middle."
+//
+// So the framing is zoomed out. A real Penrose patch grows outward from a seed,
+// ring by ring, every placement clean. The viewer should feel "this is going fine"
+// as it fills. Then, out near the rim and distant from the center, ONE tile is
+// struck as the forced unfillable gap. A faint line runs from the seed to that tile
+// so the DISTANCE between "where you were placing tiles fine" and "where it breaks"
+// reads at a glance. That distance is the whole point.
+//
+// Hand-authored honesty: the patch is a genuine Penrose tiling (built by the
+// substitution rule in lib/deeperPatch), so it looks flawless everywhere. The
+// failure is a crafted mark on one far tile, a teaching staging, not a solver. The
+// global engine the explorer runs never dead-ends; only a local hand does.
+//
+// Canvas, like the dead-end: the harness drives render(t) imperatively, theme
+// colours are read live via getComputedStyle so the patch inverts with the toggle.
+
+const VB_W = 560;
+const VB_H = 440;
+const MARGIN = 30; // px around the patch inside the viewBox
+
+// Substitution depth and seed size. Four deflations of a decagonal wheel give a
+// patch dense enough that the rim sits visibly far from the seed, while still
+// reading tile by tile when zoomed out.
+const LEVELS = 4;
+const SEED_RADIUS = 10;
+const GAP_BEARING = -Math.PI * 0.36; // up-and-right; where the rim breaks
+
+function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
+ .getPropertyValue(name)
+ .trim();
+ return v || fallback;
+}
+
+type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; grout: string; ink: string };
+
+// smoothstep for gentle per-tile and per-stage fades.
+const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number) => {
+ const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
+ return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
+};
+
+// The patch is built once and reused across frames: the geometry is deterministic,
+// only the reveal moves. A module-level cache keeps the work off the render path.
+type Built = {
+ rhombi: PatchRhombus[];
+ gapIndex: number;
+ maxR: number;
+ // viewBox transform: patch units -> canvas px (centered, fit with margin).
+ scale: number;
+ ox: number;
+ oy: number;
+ seed: Pt; // seed center in canvas px
+ gapCenter: Pt; // forced-gap centroid in canvas px
+};
+
+let cache: Built | null = null;
+
+function build(): Built {
+ if (cache) return cache;
+ const rhombi = patchRhombi(LEVELS, SEED_RADIUS);
+ const gapIndex = forcedGapIndex(rhombi, GAP_BEARING);
+ const maxR = rhombi.reduce((m, r) => Math.max(m, r.radius), 0);
+
+ // Fit the patch (centered on the origin, half-extent ~= maxR plus a tile) into
+ // the viewBox with a margin. Zoomed out: the whole grown region is visible.
+ const extent = maxR + SEED_RADIUS / 6;
+ const scale = Math.min(
+ (VB_W - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * extent),
+ (VB_H - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * extent),
+ );
+ const ox = VB_W / 2;
+ const oy = VB_H / 2;
+ const toPx = (p: Pt): Pt => [ox + p[0] * scale, oy - p[1] * scale];
+
+ cache = {
+ rhombi,
+ gapIndex,
+ maxR,
+ scale,
+ ox,
+ oy,
+ seed: [ox, oy],
+ gapCenter: toPx(rhombi[gapIndex].center),
+ };
+ return cache;
+}
+
+function fillRhombus(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ corners: readonly Pt[],
+ toPx: (p: Pt) => Pt,
+ fill: string,
+ ink: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(corners[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < corners.length; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(corners[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fillStyle = fill;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
+// Paint the whole patch at normalised time t. Three stages:
+// [0, GROW_END] grow outward from the seed, ring by ring, every tile clean.
+// [GROW_END, MARK] draw the seed marker and the line out to the doomed tile.
+// [MARK, 1] strike the forced gap and label it. End state at t = 1.
+const GROW_END = 0.74;
+const MARK_END = 0.88;
+
+function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, colors: Colors) {
+ const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colors;
+ const b = build();
+ const { rhombi, gapIndex, maxR, scale, ox, oy, seed, gapCenter } = b;
+ const toPx = (p: Pt): Pt => [ox + p[0] * scale, oy - p[1] * scale];
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+ ctx.fillStyle = grout;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+
+ // Grow front: a radius that sweeps from center to rim over [0, GROW_END]. Each
+ // rhombus fades in as the front crosses its centroid, so the patch fills like a
+ // ripple from the seed. A small band gives each ring a soft leading edge.
+ const front = smooth(0, GROW_END, t) * (maxR * 1.04);
+ const band = maxR * 0.16;
+
+ rhombi.forEach((r, i) => {
+ if (i === gapIndex) return; // the doomed slot is drawn separately, as a gap
+ const appear = smooth(r.radius - band, r.radius, front);
+ if (appear <= 0) return;
+ fillRhombus(
+ ctx,
+ r.corners,
+ toPx,
+ r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin,
+ ink,
+ appear,
+ );
+ });
+
+ // The forced-gap slot. Until the mark stage it simply stays empty (an absence in
+ // the rim that the eye barely registers while everything else reads as fine).
+ // Then a faint outline shows the slot that "should" take a tile.
+ const gap = rhombi[gapIndex];
+ const slotReveal = smooth(GROW_END, MARK_END, t);
+ if (slotReveal > 0) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = slotReveal * 0.5;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [gx0, gy0] = toPx(gap.corners[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(gx0, gy0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < gap.corners.length; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(gap.corners[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.setLineDash([4, 3]);
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+
+ // The distance line: seed -> doomed tile, drawn once the patch is grown. It makes
+ // the non-locality literal: you placed tiles cleanly here (the seed), it broke
+ // way out there (the rim), with nothing wrong in between.
+ const lineReveal = smooth(GROW_END, MARK_END, t);
+ if (lineReveal > 0) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = lineReveal * 0.5;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.setLineDash([2, 4]);
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(seed[0], seed[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(gapCenter[0], gapCenter[1]);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+
+ // Seed marker: a small ring at the center, labelled. "You started here."
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = lineReveal;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(seed[0], seed[1], 4, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = lineReveal * 0.7;
+ ctx.font =
+ "10px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.textAlign = "left";
+ ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+ ctx.fillText("SEED", seed[0] + 9, seed[1]);
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+
+ // Strike the forced gap and label it. This is the representative end state at
+ // t = 1: a clean patch with one distant, struck-out, unfillable tile.
+ const strike = smooth(MARK_END, 1, t);
+ if (strike > 0) {
+ const [cx, cy] = gapCenter;
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2.2;
+ ctx.lineCap = "round";
+ const span = 11;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(cx - span, cy - span);
+ ctx.lineTo(cx + span, cy + span);
+ ctx.moveTo(cx + span, cy - span);
+ ctx.lineTo(cx - span, cy + span);
+ ctx.stroke();
+
+ // A ring around the doomed tile so it pops out near the rim.
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.8;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(cx, cy, span + 7, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.stroke();
+
+ // Label placed clear of the rim, toward the nearer canvas edge.
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.9;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.font =
+ "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ const labelRight = cx < VB_W / 2;
+ ctx.textAlign = labelRight ? "left" : "right";
+ ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+ const lx = labelRight ? cx + span + 12 : cx - span - 12;
+ ctx.fillText("FORCED GAP", lx, cy - 7);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.6;
+ ctx.fillText("no legal tile", lx, cy + 7);
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+}
+
+export default function DeeperProblem() {
+ const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+ const colorsRef = useRef({
+ thick: "#C89B3C",
+ thin: "#3E6B7C",
+ grout: "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: "#ede9d8",
+ });
+ const dprRef = useRef(0);
+
+ const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
+ colorsRef.current = {
+ thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
+ thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
+ grout: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
+ ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
+ };
+ }, []);
+
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ if (!canvas) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
+ ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ refreshColors();
+ }
+ paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current);
+ },
+ [refreshColors],
+ );
+
+ // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle.
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+ refreshColors();
+ render(1);
+ });
+ observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+ attributes: true,
+ attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
+ });
+ return () => observer.disconnect();
+ }, [refreshColors, render]);
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7beac0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import {
+ forcedGapIndex,
+ patchRhombi,
+ PHI,
+ type PatchRhombus,
+} from "./deeperPatch";
+
+const dist = (a: readonly [number, number], b: readonly [number, number]) =>
+ Math.hypot(a[0] - b[0], a[1] - b[1]);
+
+describe("patchRhombi", () => {
+ const levels = 4;
+ const radius = 10;
+ let rhombi: PatchRhombus[];
+
+ test("produces a non-trivial patch of both rhombus kinds", () => {
+ rhombi = patchRhombi(levels, radius);
+ expect(rhombi.length).toBeGreaterThan(40);
+ expect(rhombi.some((r) => r.kind === "thick")).toBe(true);
+ expect(rhombi.some((r) => r.kind === "thin")).toBe(true);
+ });
+
+ test("every rhombus has four unit-proportion edges (a real P3 rhombus)", () => {
+ const r = patchRhombi(levels, radius);
+ // After `levels` deflations the edge length is radius / PHI^levels. All four
+ // edges of every paired rhombus share that length: the patch is a true tiling,
+ // not a bag of arbitrary quads.
+ const edge = radius / PHI ** levels;
+ for (const { corners } of r) {
+ const [a, b, c, d] = corners;
+ for (const e of [dist(a, b), dist(b, c), dist(c, d), dist(d, a)]) {
+ expect(e).toBeCloseTo(edge, 6);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("rhombi are ordered from the seed outward", () => {
+ const r = patchRhombi(levels, radius);
+ for (let i = 1; i < r.length; i++) {
+ expect(r[i].radius).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(r[i - 1].radius);
+ }
+ // The seed sits at the center, the rim far from it: the spread is the point.
+ expect(r[0].radius).toBeLessThan(r[r.length - 1].radius);
+ });
+});
+
+describe("forcedGapIndex", () => {
+ test("picks a tile out near the rim, not at the seed", () => {
+ const rhombi = patchRhombi(4, 10);
+ const maxR = rhombi.reduce((m, r) => Math.max(m, r.radius), 0);
+ const i = forcedGapIndex(rhombi, Math.PI / 5);
+ expect(i).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+ // The forced gap must be far from the center where construction began: that
+ // distance, between a clean seed and a distant failure, is the teaching beat.
+ expect(rhombi[i].radius).toBeGreaterThan(maxR * 0.5);
+ });
+
+ test("the chosen bearing steers which side of the rim breaks", () => {
+ const rhombi = patchRhombi(4, 10);
+ const east = rhombi[forcedGapIndex(rhombi, 0)];
+ const west = rhombi[forcedGapIndex(rhombi, Math.PI)];
+ expect(east.center[0]).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ expect(west.center[0]).toBeLessThan(0);
+ });
+
+ test("empty patch yields no gap", () => {
+ expect(forcedGapIndex([], 0)).toBe(-1);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fea0d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+// Authored geometry for the "deeper problem" sketch (spine section 5). It builds a
+// genuine Penrose rhombus patch grown outward from a seed, orders the rhombi by
+// distance so the construction animates ring by ring, and picks ONE rhombus in an
+// outer ring to stand in for the forced, unfillable gap.
+//
+// Why a real patch under a hand-authored mark: the teaching beat is that local
+// correctness does not guarantee a global tiling, and the contradiction can be
+// forced arbitrarily far from any choice you made. So the patch the viewer watches
+// grow must look flawless everywhere (it is a real Penrose patch, built by the
+// substitution rule), while the failure is a crafted overlay on one far tile, not
+// an engine output. The global engine never dead-ends; only a local hand does, and
+// this is an honest staging of that, not a solver.
+//
+// The substitution here is a small self-contained copy of the Robinson-triangle
+// rule (a little copying over a dependency on the explorer engine, which this
+// sketch must not touch). Two triangles sharing their long edge form one P3
+// rhombus, exactly as the explorer's faces module pairs them.
+
+export const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+
+export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
+
+// color 0 = acute (golden) triangle -> thick rhombus; color 1 = obtuse (gnomon)
+// -> thin rhombus. Apex is `a`, the two equal legs are a-b and a-c.
+type Tri = { color: 0 | 1; a: Pt; b: Pt; c: Pt };
+
+const lerpPhi = (p: Pt, q: Pt): Pt => [
+ p[0] + (q[0] - p[0]) / PHI,
+ p[1] + (q[1] - p[1]) / PHI,
+];
+
+function subdivide(tris: readonly Tri[]): Tri[] {
+ const out: Tri[] = [];
+ for (const { color, a, b, c } of tris) {
+ if (color === 0) {
+ const p = lerpPhi(a, b);
+ out.push({ color: 0, a: c, b: p, c: b }, { color: 1, a: p, b: c, c: a });
+ } else {
+ const q = lerpPhi(b, a);
+ const r = lerpPhi(b, c);
+ out.push(
+ { color: 1, a: r, b: c, c: a },
+ { color: 1, a: q, b: r, c: b },
+ { color: 0, a: r, b: q, c: a },
+ );
+ }
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// Wheel of 10 acute triangles around the origin: the decagonal seed every Penrose
+// "sun" patch grows from. Legs of length `radius`.
+function wheel(radius: number): Tri[] {
+ const t: Tri[] = [];
+ for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ let b: Pt = [
+ radius * Math.cos(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ radius * Math.sin(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ ];
+ let c: Pt = [
+ radius * Math.cos(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ radius * Math.sin(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ ];
+ if (i % 2 === 0) [b, c] = [c, b];
+ t.push({ color: 0, a: [0, 0], b, c });
+ }
+ return t;
+}
+
+function deflate(levels: number, radius: number): Tri[] {
+ let t = wheel(radius);
+ for (let n = 0; n < levels; n++) t = subdivide(t);
+ return t;
+}
+
+// One placed rhombus: its four corners (counter-clockwise), its kind, the distance
+// of its centroid from the patch center (drives the grow order), and a stable key.
+export type PatchRhombus = {
+ kind: "thick" | "thin";
+ corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt];
+ center: Pt;
+ radius: number; // |centroid|, the grow-out distance
+};
+
+const centroid = (pts: readonly Pt[]): Pt => {
+ let x = 0;
+ let y = 0;
+ for (const [px, py] of pts) {
+ x += px;
+ y += py;
+ }
+ return [x / pts.length, y / pts.length];
+};
+
+// Pair the substitution triangles by their shared long edge into P3 rhombi, exactly
+// as a Penrose rhombus tiling decomposes into Robinson triangles. A pair that does
+// not close (a triangle on the patch boundary with no partner) is dropped: those
+// are the ragged edge of the finite patch, not tiles.
+export function patchRhombi(levels: number, radius: number): PatchRhombus[] {
+ const tris = deflate(levels, radius);
+ const key = (p: Pt) => `${p[0].toFixed(4)},${p[1].toFixed(4)}`;
+ const byBase = new Map<
+ string,
+ { apexes: Pt[]; base: [Pt, Pt]; color: 0 | 1 }
+ >();
+ for (const t of tris) {
+ const k = [key(t.b), key(t.c)].sort().join("|");
+ const e =
+ byBase.get(k) ??
+ byBase.set(k, { apexes: [], base: [t.b, t.c], color: t.color }).get(k)!;
+ e.apexes.push(t.a);
+ }
+ const out: PatchRhombus[] = [];
+ for (const { apexes, base, color } of byBase.values()) {
+ if (apexes.length !== 2) continue;
+ const corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] = [
+ apexes[0],
+ base[0],
+ apexes[1],
+ base[1],
+ ];
+ const c = centroid(corners);
+ out.push({
+ kind: color === 0 ? "thick" : "thin",
+ corners,
+ center: c,
+ radius: Math.hypot(c[0], c[1]),
+ });
+ }
+ // Grow from the seed outward: nearest centroid first.
+ out.sort((p, q) => p.radius - q.radius);
+ return out;
+}
+
+// The forced gap: one rhombus in an outer ring, far from the seed, that the sketch
+// strikes out to stand for the unfillable slot. We pick the rhombus whose centroid
+// is closest to a chosen bearing at a large fraction of the patch radius, so the
+// mark lands distinctly out near the rim, not at the center where construction
+// began. The distance between the seed and this tile is the whole point.
+export function forcedGapIndex(
+ rhombi: readonly PatchRhombus[],
+ bearing: number,
+): number {
+ if (rhombi.length === 0) return -1;
+ const maxR = rhombi.reduce((m, r) => Math.max(m, r.radius), 0);
+ const targetR = maxR * 0.82; // out near the rim, but inside the ragged boundary
+ const tx = Math.cos(bearing);
+ const ty = Math.sin(bearing);
+ let best = -1;
+ let bestScore = Infinity;
+ rhombi.forEach((r, i) => {
+ // Penalise distance from the target ring and angular distance from the bearing.
+ const dr = Math.abs(r.radius - targetR);
+ const dirx = r.center[0] / (r.radius || 1);
+ const diry = r.center[1] / (r.radius || 1);
+ const dot = dirx * tx + diry * ty; // 1 when aligned with the bearing
+ const score = dr - r.radius * 0.05 * dot;
+ if (score < bestScore) {
+ bestScore = score;
+ best = i;
+ }
+ });
+ return best;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 6e25f24..d3d6273 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import Link from "next/link";
import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
+import { experimentNumber } from "../page";
import DeadEnd from "./_components/DeadEnd";
+import DeeperProblem from "./_components/DeeperProblem";
import MeetTheTiles from "./_components/MeetTheTiles";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@ const PROSE =
"prose-hyphens flex flex-col gap-4 text-[16px] leading-[1.65] max-w-[60ch]";
export default function PenrosePage() {
+ // The badge number is derived from publication order, not hand-set: penrose is
+ // the third experiment by date, so this reads "experiment 03" and stays correct
+ // if the catalogue grows or reorders.
+ const number = String(experimentNumber("penrose")).padStart(2, "0");
return (
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
- experiment 02
+ experiment {number}2026-05-11
@@ -151,6 +157,18 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
+
+
+
+
+ Watch the patch grow from the seed, every tile clean, and then break
+ out at the rim where you never touched. Local rules can be obeyed
+ everywhere and still doom the whole, and the gap they force can land
+ arbitrarily far from any choice you made. So you stop tiling by hand
+ and compute the plane instead.
+
+
+
{/* 6. So you solve it globally. (Prose now; sketch later.) */}
So you stop tiling by hand
From ba5adb1f8aadcdc5622d3c64480c37095d88e386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:53:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 57/87] feat(penrose): honest naive-solver dead-end replaces
the staged sketch
Section 5 now runs a real greedy P3 solver instead of a hand-authored
forced gap. naiveSolver.ts ports the verified seven-star legality oracle
and a deterministic next-tile solver that strands after ten tiles: three
fat corners leave a 36-degree wedge, a thin tile fits it exactly, but
seating it closes the vertex to [108,108,108,36], which is not an
admissible star, so the rule forbids it. Every other candidate overlaps.
A tile fits the gap and is still illegal.
naiveSolver.test.ts is the honesty guarantee: the oracle accepts a real
deflated patch with zero violations and fat:thin approaches phi; the
solver strands deterministically and the only non-overlapping fill is the
illegal thin tile whose vertex is not in the atlas. StopTilingByHand.tsx
renders the solver through the existing harness; the tempting tile is
drawn greyed and struck, labelled "fits the gap, forbidden by the rule".
Removes the faked DeeperProblem sketch and its deeperPatch lib.
---
e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts | 10 +-
.../x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx | 338 ----------
.../penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx | 335 ++++++++++
.../_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts | 71 ---
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts | 164 -----
.../_components/lib/naiveSolver.test.ts | 240 ++++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.ts | 575 ++++++++++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 43 +-
8 files changed, 1178 insertions(+), 598 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
delete mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts
delete mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.ts
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
index 27d21f8..60b0ef9 100644
--- a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ const deadEndFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
.locator("figure")
.filter({ has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /fan of Penrose rhombi/i }) });
-const deeperFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+const solverFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
page
.locator("figure")
.filter({
- has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /Penrose patch grows outward/i }),
+ has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /naive greedy solver lays Penrose rhombi/i }),
});
test("the dead-end sketch mounts its animated canvas and controls", async ({
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ test("the dead-end sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
});
-test("the deeper-problem sketch mounts and honours the reduced-motion contract", async ({
+test("the naive-solver sketch mounts and honours the reduced-motion contract", async ({
page,
}) => {
await page.goto("/x/penrose");
- const figure = deeperFigure(page);
+ const figure = solverFigure(page);
await expect(
- figure.getByRole("img", { name: /Penrose patch grows outward from a seed/i }),
+ figure.getByRole("img", { name: /naive greedy solver lays Penrose rhombi/i }),
).toBeVisible();
// Same harness contract as the dead-end: mounts at the stationary end state, so
// reset is enabled and step is disabled until the viewer rewinds.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fb395a..0000000
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeeperProblem.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,338 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
-
-import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import {
- forcedGapIndex,
- patchRhombi,
- type PatchRhombus,
- type Pt,
-} from "./lib/deeperPatch";
-
-// "The deeper problem": the spine's section-5 sketch. The dead-end taught that a
-// local rule can paint you into a corner. This teaches the harder, non-local truth:
-// you can lay a WHOLE region perfectly, every tile obeying the rule, and still be
-// globally doomed, with the contradiction forced FAR from any choice you made.
-// Penrose's lawn: the bad tile is at the edge, but it "goes wrong in the middle."
-//
-// So the framing is zoomed out. A real Penrose patch grows outward from a seed,
-// ring by ring, every placement clean. The viewer should feel "this is going fine"
-// as it fills. Then, out near the rim and distant from the center, ONE tile is
-// struck as the forced unfillable gap. A faint line runs from the seed to that tile
-// so the DISTANCE between "where you were placing tiles fine" and "where it breaks"
-// reads at a glance. That distance is the whole point.
-//
-// Hand-authored honesty: the patch is a genuine Penrose tiling (built by the
-// substitution rule in lib/deeperPatch), so it looks flawless everywhere. The
-// failure is a crafted mark on one far tile, a teaching staging, not a solver. The
-// global engine the explorer runs never dead-ends; only a local hand does.
-//
-// Canvas, like the dead-end: the harness drives render(t) imperatively, theme
-// colours are read live via getComputedStyle so the patch inverts with the toggle.
-
-const VB_W = 560;
-const VB_H = 440;
-const MARGIN = 30; // px around the patch inside the viewBox
-
-// Substitution depth and seed size. Four deflations of a decagonal wheel give a
-// patch dense enough that the rim sits visibly far from the seed, while still
-// reading tile by tile when zoomed out.
-const LEVELS = 4;
-const SEED_RADIUS = 10;
-const GAP_BEARING = -Math.PI * 0.36; // up-and-right; where the rim breaks
-
-function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
- if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
- const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
- .getPropertyValue(name)
- .trim();
- return v || fallback;
-}
-
-type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; grout: string; ink: string };
-
-// smoothstep for gentle per-tile and per-stage fades.
-const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number) => {
- const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
- return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
-};
-
-// The patch is built once and reused across frames: the geometry is deterministic,
-// only the reveal moves. A module-level cache keeps the work off the render path.
-type Built = {
- rhombi: PatchRhombus[];
- gapIndex: number;
- maxR: number;
- // viewBox transform: patch units -> canvas px (centered, fit with margin).
- scale: number;
- ox: number;
- oy: number;
- seed: Pt; // seed center in canvas px
- gapCenter: Pt; // forced-gap centroid in canvas px
-};
-
-let cache: Built | null = null;
-
-function build(): Built {
- if (cache) return cache;
- const rhombi = patchRhombi(LEVELS, SEED_RADIUS);
- const gapIndex = forcedGapIndex(rhombi, GAP_BEARING);
- const maxR = rhombi.reduce((m, r) => Math.max(m, r.radius), 0);
-
- // Fit the patch (centered on the origin, half-extent ~= maxR plus a tile) into
- // the viewBox with a margin. Zoomed out: the whole grown region is visible.
- const extent = maxR + SEED_RADIUS / 6;
- const scale = Math.min(
- (VB_W - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * extent),
- (VB_H - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * extent),
- );
- const ox = VB_W / 2;
- const oy = VB_H / 2;
- const toPx = (p: Pt): Pt => [ox + p[0] * scale, oy - p[1] * scale];
-
- cache = {
- rhombi,
- gapIndex,
- maxR,
- scale,
- ox,
- oy,
- seed: [ox, oy],
- gapCenter: toPx(rhombi[gapIndex].center),
- };
- return cache;
-}
-
-function fillRhombus(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- corners: readonly Pt[],
- toPx: (p: Pt) => Pt,
- fill: string,
- ink: string,
- alpha: number,
-) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- ctx.beginPath();
- const [x0, y0] = toPx(corners[0]);
- ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
- for (let i = 1; i < corners.length; i++) {
- const [x, y] = toPx(corners[i]);
- ctx.lineTo(x, y);
- }
- ctx.closePath();
- ctx.fillStyle = fill;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.lineWidth = 1;
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.restore();
-}
-
-// Paint the whole patch at normalised time t. Three stages:
-// [0, GROW_END] grow outward from the seed, ring by ring, every tile clean.
-// [GROW_END, MARK] draw the seed marker and the line out to the doomed tile.
-// [MARK, 1] strike the forced gap and label it. End state at t = 1.
-const GROW_END = 0.74;
-const MARK_END = 0.88;
-
-function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, colors: Colors) {
- const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colors;
- const b = build();
- const { rhombi, gapIndex, maxR, scale, ox, oy, seed, gapCenter } = b;
- const toPx = (p: Pt): Pt => [ox + p[0] * scale, oy - p[1] * scale];
-
- ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- ctx.fillStyle = grout;
- ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
-
- // Grow front: a radius that sweeps from center to rim over [0, GROW_END]. Each
- // rhombus fades in as the front crosses its centroid, so the patch fills like a
- // ripple from the seed. A small band gives each ring a soft leading edge.
- const front = smooth(0, GROW_END, t) * (maxR * 1.04);
- const band = maxR * 0.16;
-
- rhombi.forEach((r, i) => {
- if (i === gapIndex) return; // the doomed slot is drawn separately, as a gap
- const appear = smooth(r.radius - band, r.radius, front);
- if (appear <= 0) return;
- fillRhombus(
- ctx,
- r.corners,
- toPx,
- r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin,
- ink,
- appear,
- );
- });
-
- // The forced-gap slot. Until the mark stage it simply stays empty (an absence in
- // the rim that the eye barely registers while everything else reads as fine).
- // Then a faint outline shows the slot that "should" take a tile.
- const gap = rhombi[gapIndex];
- const slotReveal = smooth(GROW_END, MARK_END, t);
- if (slotReveal > 0) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = slotReveal * 0.5;
- ctx.beginPath();
- const [gx0, gy0] = toPx(gap.corners[0]);
- ctx.moveTo(gx0, gy0);
- for (let i = 1; i < gap.corners.length; i++) {
- const [x, y] = toPx(gap.corners[i]);
- ctx.lineTo(x, y);
- }
- ctx.closePath();
- ctx.setLineDash([4, 3]);
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.restore();
- }
-
- // The distance line: seed -> doomed tile, drawn once the patch is grown. It makes
- // the non-locality literal: you placed tiles cleanly here (the seed), it broke
- // way out there (the rim), with nothing wrong in between.
- const lineReveal = smooth(GROW_END, MARK_END, t);
- if (lineReveal > 0) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = lineReveal * 0.5;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1;
- ctx.setLineDash([2, 4]);
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(seed[0], seed[1]);
- ctx.lineTo(gapCenter[0], gapCenter[1]);
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.restore();
-
- // Seed marker: a small ring at the center, labelled. "You started here."
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = lineReveal;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(seed[0], seed[1], 4, 0, Math.PI * 2);
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.globalAlpha = lineReveal * 0.7;
- ctx.font =
- "10px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
- ctx.textAlign = "left";
- ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
- ctx.fillText("SEED", seed[0] + 9, seed[1]);
- ctx.restore();
- }
-
- // Strike the forced gap and label it. This is the representative end state at
- // t = 1: a clean patch with one distant, struck-out, unfillable tile.
- const strike = smooth(MARK_END, 1, t);
- if (strike > 0) {
- const [cx, cy] = gapCenter;
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = strike;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 2.2;
- ctx.lineCap = "round";
- const span = 11;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(cx - span, cy - span);
- ctx.lineTo(cx + span, cy + span);
- ctx.moveTo(cx + span, cy - span);
- ctx.lineTo(cx - span, cy + span);
- ctx.stroke();
-
- // A ring around the doomed tile so it pops out near the rim.
- ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.8;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(cx, cy, span + 7, 0, Math.PI * 2);
- ctx.stroke();
-
- // Label placed clear of the rim, toward the nearer canvas edge.
- ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.9;
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.font =
- "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
- const labelRight = cx < VB_W / 2;
- ctx.textAlign = labelRight ? "left" : "right";
- ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
- const lx = labelRight ? cx + span + 12 : cx - span - 12;
- ctx.fillText("FORCED GAP", lx, cy - 7);
- ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.6;
- ctx.fillText("no legal tile", lx, cy + 7);
- ctx.restore();
- }
-}
-
-export default function DeeperProblem() {
- const canvasRef = useRef(null);
- const colorsRef = useRef({
- thick: "#C89B3C",
- thin: "#3E6B7C",
- grout: "#0f0e0c",
- ink: "#ede9d8",
- });
- const dprRef = useRef(0);
-
- const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
- colorsRef.current = {
- thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
- thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
- grout: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
- ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
- };
- }, []);
-
- const render = useCallback(
- (t: number) => {
- const canvas = canvasRef.current;
- if (!canvas) return;
- const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
- if (!ctx) return;
- const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
- if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
- dprRef.current = dpr;
- canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
- canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
- ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
- refreshColors();
- }
- paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current);
- },
- [refreshColors],
- );
-
- // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle.
- useEffect(() => {
- const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
- refreshColors();
- render(1);
- });
- observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
- attributes: true,
- attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
- });
- return () => observer.disconnect();
- }, [refreshColors, render]);
-
- return (
-
-
-
- );
-}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d81040c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+
+import Sketch from "./Sketch";
+import { solveToDeadEnd, type Pt, type Solution, type Tile } from "./lib/naiveSolver";
+
+// "Stop tiling by hand": the spine's section-5 sketch. The dead-end sketch
+// before it staged one conflict to teach that local fit is necessary, not
+// sufficient. This one PROVES the consequence with a solver, not a hand. It runs
+// the real naive greedy algorithm from lib/naiveSolver: lay unit rhombi one at a
+// time, obey only the matching rule, never look ahead. The build looks clean for
+// ten tiles, then strands itself about two and a half tile-widths from the seed.
+//
+// The honest beat is the wedge. At the stranded vertex three fat corners are
+// committed, 108 + 108 + 108, leaving a 36-degree gap. A thin acute corner is
+// exactly 36 degrees, so it FITS the gap. We draw it greyed and struck. But it
+// would close the vertex to [108,108,108,36], which is not one of the seven
+// admissible Penrose vertex stars, so the matching rule forbids it. Every other
+// candidate overlaps a placed tile. The rules leave no legal move. The claim is
+// never "no tile fits": a tile fits, and the rules still forbid it. The whole
+// sketch is computed by the same code naiveSolver.test.ts verifies, so it cannot
+// drift into a fake.
+//
+// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: the harness drives render(t)
+// imperatively, theme colours are read live via getComputedStyle so the patch
+// inverts with the light/dark toggle.
+
+const VB_W = 520;
+const VB_H = 440;
+const MARGIN = 34;
+
+function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
+ .getPropertyValue(name)
+ .trim();
+ return v || fallback;
+}
+
+type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; grout: string; ink: string };
+
+const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number) => {
+ const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
+ return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
+};
+
+// The solver runs once; its result is deterministic. We fit the placed patch and
+// the illegal ghost into the viewBox, then convert tile coordinates (y up) to
+// canvas pixels (y down).
+type View = {
+ solution: Solution;
+ toPx: (p: Pt) => Pt;
+ wedge: Pt; // the stranded vertex in canvas px
+};
+
+function buildView(solution: Solution): View {
+ const pts: Pt[] = [];
+ for (const s of solution.steps) for (const p of s.tile.v) pts.push(p);
+ for (const p of solution.deadEnd.ghost.v) pts.push(p);
+
+ let minx = Infinity;
+ let maxx = -Infinity;
+ let miny = Infinity;
+ let maxy = -Infinity;
+ for (const [x, y] of pts) {
+ minx = Math.min(minx, x);
+ maxx = Math.max(maxx, x);
+ miny = Math.min(miny, y);
+ maxy = Math.max(maxy, y);
+ }
+ const w = maxx - minx;
+ const h = maxy - miny;
+ const scale = Math.min((VB_W - 2 * MARGIN) / w, (VB_H - 2 * MARGIN) / h);
+ // Centre the content in the viewBox. Canvas y grows downward, so flip y.
+ const cx = (minx + maxx) / 2;
+ const cy = (miny + maxy) / 2;
+ const toPx = (p: Pt): Pt => [
+ VB_W / 2 + (p[0] - cx) * scale,
+ VB_H / 2 - (p[1] - cy) * scale,
+ ];
+ return { solution, toPx, wedge: toPx(solution.deadEnd.vertex) };
+}
+
+function strokeTile(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ v: readonly Pt[],
+ toPx: (p: Pt) => Pt,
+ ink: string,
+ width: number,
+ dash: number[] | null,
+) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(v[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < v.length; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(v[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.setLineDash(dash ?? []);
+ ctx.lineWidth = width;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.setLineDash([]);
+}
+
+function fillTile(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ v: readonly Pt[],
+ toPx: (p: Pt) => Pt,
+ fill: string,
+ ink: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(v[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < v.length; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(v[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fillStyle = fill;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.2;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
+// Reveal stages over t:
+// [0, LAY_END] lay the solver's tiles one at a time, all clean and legal.
+// [LAY_END, MARK] reveal the stranded wedge and the tempting illegal ghost.
+// [MARK, 1] strike the ghost and label the wedge honestly. End at t=1.
+const LAY_END = 0.72;
+const MARK_END = 0.86;
+
+function paint(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ t: number,
+ view: View,
+ colors: Colors,
+) {
+ const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colors;
+ const { solution, toPx, wedge } = view;
+ const { steps, deadEnd } = solution;
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+ ctx.fillStyle = grout;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+
+ // Lay the tiles one at a time. Each tile fades in over its own slice of the
+ // laying window, so the patch grows in the solver's actual placement order.
+ const per = LAY_END / steps.length;
+ steps.forEach(({ index, tile }: { index: number; tile: Tile }) => {
+ const appear = smooth(index * per, (index + 1) * per, t);
+ if (appear <= 0) return;
+ fillTile(
+ ctx,
+ tile.v,
+ toPx,
+ tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
+ ink,
+ appear,
+ );
+ });
+
+ // The tempting illegal ghost: a thin tile that fits the 36-degree wedge
+ // geometrically. Drawn muted, dashed, struck. It fits; the rules forbid it.
+ const ghostReveal = smooth(LAY_END, MARK_END, t);
+ if (ghostReveal > 0) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = ghostReveal * 0.5;
+ // a faint muted fill so the eye reads "a tile would sit here"
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const g = deadEnd.ghost.v;
+ const [gx0, gy0] = toPx(g[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(gx0, gy0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < g.length; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(g[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = ghostReveal * 0.1;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.restore();
+
+ // its outline, dashed in ink: present but provisional
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = ghostReveal * 0.6;
+ strokeTile(ctx, deadEnd.ghost.v, toPx, ink, 1.4, [4, 3]);
+ ctx.restore();
+
+ // a small ring at the stranded vertex so the wedge reads
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = ghostReveal;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(wedge[0], wedge[1], 5, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+
+ // Strike the ghost and label the wedge honestly. This is the end state at t=1.
+ const strike = smooth(MARK_END, 1, t);
+ if (strike > 0) {
+ // strike across the ghost's body centroid
+ const g = deadEnd.ghost.v;
+ let sx = 0;
+ let sy = 0;
+ for (const p of g) {
+ const [px, py] = toPx(p);
+ sx += px;
+ sy += py;
+ }
+ sx /= g.length;
+ sy /= g.length;
+
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2.2;
+ ctx.lineCap = "round";
+ const span = 10;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(sx - span, sy - span);
+ ctx.lineTo(sx + span, sy + span);
+ ctx.moveTo(sx + span, sy - span);
+ ctx.lineTo(sx - span, sy + span);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+
+ // Honest two-line label, placed in the open canvas below the struck ghost so
+ // it never sits over a placed tile. The ghost points down into empty space;
+ // we find its lowest corner and write under it.
+ let maxYpx = -Infinity;
+ for (const p of g) {
+ const [, py] = toPx(p);
+ maxYpx = Math.max(maxYpx, py);
+ }
+ const ly = Math.min(maxYpx + 18, VB_H - 22);
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.92;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.font =
+ "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
+ ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+ ctx.fillText("FITS THE GAP", sx, ly);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.62;
+ ctx.fillText("forbidden by the rule", sx, ly + 16);
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+}
+
+export default function StopTilingByHand() {
+ const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+ const colorsRef = useRef({
+ thick: "#C89B3C",
+ thin: "#3E6B7C",
+ grout: "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: "#ede9d8",
+ });
+ const dprRef = useRef(0);
+
+ // The solver is deterministic; run it once for the lifetime of the component.
+ const view = useMemo(() => buildView(solveToDeadEnd()), []);
+
+ const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
+ colorsRef.current = {
+ thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
+ thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
+ grout: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
+ ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
+ };
+ }, []);
+
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ if (!canvas) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
+ ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ refreshColors();
+ }
+ paint(ctx, t, view, colorsRef.current);
+ },
+ [refreshColors, view],
+ );
+
+ // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle.
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+ refreshColors();
+ render(1);
+ });
+ observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+ attributes: true,
+ attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
+ });
+ return () => observer.disconnect();
+ }, [refreshColors, render]);
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7beac0a..0000000
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-
-import {
- forcedGapIndex,
- patchRhombi,
- PHI,
- type PatchRhombus,
-} from "./deeperPatch";
-
-const dist = (a: readonly [number, number], b: readonly [number, number]) =>
- Math.hypot(a[0] - b[0], a[1] - b[1]);
-
-describe("patchRhombi", () => {
- const levels = 4;
- const radius = 10;
- let rhombi: PatchRhombus[];
-
- test("produces a non-trivial patch of both rhombus kinds", () => {
- rhombi = patchRhombi(levels, radius);
- expect(rhombi.length).toBeGreaterThan(40);
- expect(rhombi.some((r) => r.kind === "thick")).toBe(true);
- expect(rhombi.some((r) => r.kind === "thin")).toBe(true);
- });
-
- test("every rhombus has four unit-proportion edges (a real P3 rhombus)", () => {
- const r = patchRhombi(levels, radius);
- // After `levels` deflations the edge length is radius / PHI^levels. All four
- // edges of every paired rhombus share that length: the patch is a true tiling,
- // not a bag of arbitrary quads.
- const edge = radius / PHI ** levels;
- for (const { corners } of r) {
- const [a, b, c, d] = corners;
- for (const e of [dist(a, b), dist(b, c), dist(c, d), dist(d, a)]) {
- expect(e).toBeCloseTo(edge, 6);
- }
- }
- });
-
- test("rhombi are ordered from the seed outward", () => {
- const r = patchRhombi(levels, radius);
- for (let i = 1; i < r.length; i++) {
- expect(r[i].radius).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(r[i - 1].radius);
- }
- // The seed sits at the center, the rim far from it: the spread is the point.
- expect(r[0].radius).toBeLessThan(r[r.length - 1].radius);
- });
-});
-
-describe("forcedGapIndex", () => {
- test("picks a tile out near the rim, not at the seed", () => {
- const rhombi = patchRhombi(4, 10);
- const maxR = rhombi.reduce((m, r) => Math.max(m, r.radius), 0);
- const i = forcedGapIndex(rhombi, Math.PI / 5);
- expect(i).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
- // The forced gap must be far from the center where construction began: that
- // distance, between a clean seed and a distant failure, is the teaching beat.
- expect(rhombi[i].radius).toBeGreaterThan(maxR * 0.5);
- });
-
- test("the chosen bearing steers which side of the rim breaks", () => {
- const rhombi = patchRhombi(4, 10);
- const east = rhombi[forcedGapIndex(rhombi, 0)];
- const west = rhombi[forcedGapIndex(rhombi, Math.PI)];
- expect(east.center[0]).toBeGreaterThan(0);
- expect(west.center[0]).toBeLessThan(0);
- });
-
- test("empty patch yields no gap", () => {
- expect(forcedGapIndex([], 0)).toBe(-1);
- });
-});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fea0d8d..0000000
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/deeperPatch.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-// Authored geometry for the "deeper problem" sketch (spine section 5). It builds a
-// genuine Penrose rhombus patch grown outward from a seed, orders the rhombi by
-// distance so the construction animates ring by ring, and picks ONE rhombus in an
-// outer ring to stand in for the forced, unfillable gap.
-//
-// Why a real patch under a hand-authored mark: the teaching beat is that local
-// correctness does not guarantee a global tiling, and the contradiction can be
-// forced arbitrarily far from any choice you made. So the patch the viewer watches
-// grow must look flawless everywhere (it is a real Penrose patch, built by the
-// substitution rule), while the failure is a crafted overlay on one far tile, not
-// an engine output. The global engine never dead-ends; only a local hand does, and
-// this is an honest staging of that, not a solver.
-//
-// The substitution here is a small self-contained copy of the Robinson-triangle
-// rule (a little copying over a dependency on the explorer engine, which this
-// sketch must not touch). Two triangles sharing their long edge form one P3
-// rhombus, exactly as the explorer's faces module pairs them.
-
-export const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
-
-export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
-
-// color 0 = acute (golden) triangle -> thick rhombus; color 1 = obtuse (gnomon)
-// -> thin rhombus. Apex is `a`, the two equal legs are a-b and a-c.
-type Tri = { color: 0 | 1; a: Pt; b: Pt; c: Pt };
-
-const lerpPhi = (p: Pt, q: Pt): Pt => [
- p[0] + (q[0] - p[0]) / PHI,
- p[1] + (q[1] - p[1]) / PHI,
-];
-
-function subdivide(tris: readonly Tri[]): Tri[] {
- const out: Tri[] = [];
- for (const { color, a, b, c } of tris) {
- if (color === 0) {
- const p = lerpPhi(a, b);
- out.push({ color: 0, a: c, b: p, c: b }, { color: 1, a: p, b: c, c: a });
- } else {
- const q = lerpPhi(b, a);
- const r = lerpPhi(b, c);
- out.push(
- { color: 1, a: r, b: c, c: a },
- { color: 1, a: q, b: r, c: b },
- { color: 0, a: r, b: q, c: a },
- );
- }
- }
- return out;
-}
-
-// Wheel of 10 acute triangles around the origin: the decagonal seed every Penrose
-// "sun" patch grows from. Legs of length `radius`.
-function wheel(radius: number): Tri[] {
- const t: Tri[] = [];
- for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
- let b: Pt = [
- radius * Math.cos(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
- radius * Math.sin(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
- ];
- let c: Pt = [
- radius * Math.cos(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
- radius * Math.sin(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
- ];
- if (i % 2 === 0) [b, c] = [c, b];
- t.push({ color: 0, a: [0, 0], b, c });
- }
- return t;
-}
-
-function deflate(levels: number, radius: number): Tri[] {
- let t = wheel(radius);
- for (let n = 0; n < levels; n++) t = subdivide(t);
- return t;
-}
-
-// One placed rhombus: its four corners (counter-clockwise), its kind, the distance
-// of its centroid from the patch center (drives the grow order), and a stable key.
-export type PatchRhombus = {
- kind: "thick" | "thin";
- corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt];
- center: Pt;
- radius: number; // |centroid|, the grow-out distance
-};
-
-const centroid = (pts: readonly Pt[]): Pt => {
- let x = 0;
- let y = 0;
- for (const [px, py] of pts) {
- x += px;
- y += py;
- }
- return [x / pts.length, y / pts.length];
-};
-
-// Pair the substitution triangles by their shared long edge into P3 rhombi, exactly
-// as a Penrose rhombus tiling decomposes into Robinson triangles. A pair that does
-// not close (a triangle on the patch boundary with no partner) is dropped: those
-// are the ragged edge of the finite patch, not tiles.
-export function patchRhombi(levels: number, radius: number): PatchRhombus[] {
- const tris = deflate(levels, radius);
- const key = (p: Pt) => `${p[0].toFixed(4)},${p[1].toFixed(4)}`;
- const byBase = new Map<
- string,
- { apexes: Pt[]; base: [Pt, Pt]; color: 0 | 1 }
- >();
- for (const t of tris) {
- const k = [key(t.b), key(t.c)].sort().join("|");
- const e =
- byBase.get(k) ??
- byBase.set(k, { apexes: [], base: [t.b, t.c], color: t.color }).get(k)!;
- e.apexes.push(t.a);
- }
- const out: PatchRhombus[] = [];
- for (const { apexes, base, color } of byBase.values()) {
- if (apexes.length !== 2) continue;
- const corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] = [
- apexes[0],
- base[0],
- apexes[1],
- base[1],
- ];
- const c = centroid(corners);
- out.push({
- kind: color === 0 ? "thick" : "thin",
- corners,
- center: c,
- radius: Math.hypot(c[0], c[1]),
- });
- }
- // Grow from the seed outward: nearest centroid first.
- out.sort((p, q) => p.radius - q.radius);
- return out;
-}
-
-// The forced gap: one rhombus in an outer ring, far from the seed, that the sketch
-// strikes out to stand for the unfillable slot. We pick the rhombus whose centroid
-// is closest to a chosen bearing at a large fraction of the patch radius, so the
-// mark lands distinctly out near the rim, not at the center where construction
-// began. The distance between the seed and this tile is the whole point.
-export function forcedGapIndex(
- rhombi: readonly PatchRhombus[],
- bearing: number,
-): number {
- if (rhombi.length === 0) return -1;
- const maxR = rhombi.reduce((m, r) => Math.max(m, r.radius), 0);
- const targetR = maxR * 0.82; // out near the rim, but inside the ragged boundary
- const tx = Math.cos(bearing);
- const ty = Math.sin(bearing);
- let best = -1;
- let bestScore = Infinity;
- rhombi.forEach((r, i) => {
- // Penalise distance from the target ring and angular distance from the bearing.
- const dr = Math.abs(r.radius - targetR);
- const dirx = r.center[0] / (r.radius || 1);
- const diry = r.center[1] / (r.radius || 1);
- const dot = dirx * tx + diry * ty; // 1 when aligned with the bearing
- const score = dr - r.radius * 0.05 * dot;
- if (score < bestScore) {
- bestScore = score;
- best = i;
- }
- });
- return best;
-}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb0906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import {
+ arcLegal,
+ candidates,
+ deflatedRhombi,
+ isCompleteStar,
+ PHI,
+ solveToDeadEnd,
+ STARS,
+ type Pt,
+} from "./naiveSolver";
+
+// This test is the honesty guarantee for the "stop tiling by hand" sketch. It
+// ports two proofs from the verified spike:
+//
+// (a) the legality oracle accepts a REAL deflated Penrose patch with ZERO
+// violations, and the fat:thin count ratio approaches phi. If the seven
+// stars were wrong, a real tiling would trip them.
+//
+// (b) the greedy solver strands DETERMINISTICALLY at a computed dead-end, and
+// at the stranded wedge the only non-overlapping candidate is an illegal
+// thin fill whose vertex is not one of the seven stars; every other
+// candidate overlaps. So a tile fits the gap and is still forbidden. That
+// is the claim the sketch makes, proven here against the same code that
+// draws it.
+
+const EPS = 1e-7;
+const sub = (a: Pt, b: Pt): Pt => [a[0] - b[0], a[1] - b[1]];
+const keyPt = (p: Pt) => `${Math.round(p[0] / EPS)},${Math.round(p[1] / EPS)}`;
+
+function interiorAngle(prev: Pt, cur: Pt, next: Pt): number {
+ const u = sub(prev, cur);
+ const w = sub(next, cur);
+ const c = (u[0] * w[0] + u[1] * w[1]) / (Math.hypot(...u) * Math.hypot(...w));
+ return (Math.acos(Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, c))) * 180) / Math.PI;
+}
+const snap = (d: number) =>
+ [36, 72, 108, 144].reduce((b, a) => (Math.abs(a - d) < Math.abs(b - d) ? a : b), 36);
+
+// Reconstruct each vertex's angular fan from a set of rhombi, so we can audit it
+// against the oracle exactly as the spike's verifier did.
+function vertexFans(rhombi: { v: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] }[]) {
+ const at = new Map();
+ for (const r of rhombi) {
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const cur = r.v[i];
+ const prev = r.v[(i + 3) % 4];
+ const next = r.v[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const angle = snap(interiorAngle(prev, cur, next));
+ const aPrev = Math.atan2(prev[1] - cur[1], prev[0] - cur[0]);
+ const aNext = Math.atan2(next[1] - cur[1], next[0] - cur[0]);
+ const norm = (x: number) => ((x % (2 * Math.PI)) + 2 * Math.PI) % (2 * Math.PI);
+ const rad = (angle * Math.PI) / 180;
+ const ccwStart = norm(norm(aPrev + rad - aNext) < 1e-6 ? aPrev : aNext);
+ const arr = at.get(keyPt(cur)) ?? [];
+ arr.push({ angle, ccwStart });
+ at.set(keyPt(cur), arr);
+ }
+ }
+ return at;
+}
+
+function isContig(sorted: { angle: number; ccwStart: number }[]): boolean {
+ for (let i = 0; i < sorted.length - 1; i++) {
+ const end = sorted[i].ccwStart + (sorted[i].angle * Math.PI) / 180;
+ if (
+ Math.abs(((end - sorted[i + 1].ccwStart + Math.PI) % (2 * Math.PI)) - Math.PI) >
+ 1e-4
+ ) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+describe("the seven-star atlas", () => {
+ test("there are exactly seven stars, each closing to 360", () => {
+ expect(STARS.length).toBe(7);
+ for (const star of STARS) {
+ expect(star.reduce((s, a) => s + a, 0)).toBe(360);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("every star is itself a complete star but a truncated arc is not", () => {
+ for (const star of STARS) {
+ expect(isCompleteStar(star)).toBe(true);
+ // drop the last corner: no longer 360, must not read as complete
+ expect(isCompleteStar(star.slice(0, -1))).toBe(false);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("[108,108,108,36] is NOT one of the seven stars", () => {
+ // The dead-end's tempting fill closes to this. It must be inadmissible, or
+ // the whole sketch is a lie.
+ expect(isCompleteStar([108, 108, 108, 36])).toBe(false);
+ expect(STARS.some((s) => s.includes(108) && s.filter((a) => a === 108).length >= 3)).toBe(
+ false,
+ );
+ });
+});
+
+describe("(a) the oracle accepts a real deflated tiling with zero violations", () => {
+ for (const levels of [3, 4, 5]) {
+ test(`depth ${levels}: every vertex of a real patch is legal`, () => {
+ const rhombi = deflatedRhombi(levels, 1);
+ expect(rhombi.length).toBeGreaterThan(40);
+ const fans = vertexFans(rhombi);
+
+ let violComplete = 0;
+ let violPartial = 0;
+ for (const [, corners] of fans) {
+ const sum = corners.reduce((s, c) => s + c.angle, 0);
+ const sorted = [...corners].sort((a, b) => a.ccwStart - b.ccwStart);
+ const angles = sorted.map((c) => c.angle);
+ if (Math.abs(sum - 360) < 1) {
+ if (!isCompleteStar(angles)) violComplete++;
+ } else if (isContig(sorted)) {
+ // contiguous boundary fan: must be a legal arc
+ if (!arcLegal(angles)) violPartial++;
+ }
+ // non-contiguous boundary fans (a vertex with a gap on the patch rim)
+ // are skipped: they are not a single arc.
+ }
+ expect(violComplete).toBe(0);
+ expect(violPartial).toBe(0);
+ });
+ }
+
+ test("fat:thin count ratio approaches phi as the patch deepens", () => {
+ const ratio = (levels: number) => {
+ const r = deflatedRhombi(levels, 1);
+ const fat = r.filter((x) => x.type === "fat").length;
+ const thin = r.filter((x) => x.type === "thin").length;
+ return fat / thin;
+ };
+ const shallow = ratio(4);
+ const deep = ratio(6);
+ // both bracket phi, and deeper is closer to it than shallower.
+ expect(Math.abs(deep - PHI)).toBeLessThan(Math.abs(shallow - PHI));
+ expect(deep).toBeCloseTo(PHI, 1);
+ });
+});
+
+describe("(b) the greedy solver strands at a computed dead-end", () => {
+ const solution = solveToDeadEnd();
+
+ test("it strands deterministically after about ten tiles, near the seed", () => {
+ expect(solution.steps.length).toBe(10);
+ const v = solution.deadEnd.vertex;
+ const dist = Math.hypot(v[0], v[1]);
+ // about two and a half tile-widths from the seed, not at the rim of a giant
+ // patch: the dead-end comes quickly.
+ expect(dist).toBeGreaterThan(1.5);
+ expect(dist).toBeLessThan(3.5);
+ });
+
+ test("the stranded wedge is three fat corners and a 36-degree gap", () => {
+ expect(solution.deadEnd.committedAngles).toEqual([108, 108, 108]);
+ expect(solution.deadEnd.gapAngle).toBe(36);
+ });
+
+ test("the only non-overlapping candidate is the illegal thin fill", () => {
+ const { vertex, ghost } = solution.deadEnd;
+ const key = keyPt(vertex);
+
+ // Re-derive the board state by replaying the solution, so we can enumerate
+ // every candidate at the dead vertex's exposed edges, exactly as the spike's
+ // scrutiny did. (We reuse candidates() and rebuild a fresh board.)
+ const tiles = solution.steps.map((s) => s.tile);
+
+ // A minimal overlap test mirroring the module's SAT (touching allowed).
+ const overlap = (A: readonly Pt[], B: readonly Pt[]): boolean => {
+ const norms = (P: readonly Pt[]) =>
+ P.map((_, i) => {
+ const e = sub(P[(i + 1) % P.length], P[i]);
+ return [-e[1], e[0]] as Pt;
+ });
+ const proj = (P: readonly Pt[], ax: Pt): [number, number] => {
+ let lo = Infinity;
+ let hi = -Infinity;
+ for (const p of P) {
+ const d = p[0] * ax[0] + p[1] * ax[1];
+ if (d < lo) lo = d;
+ if (d > hi) hi = d;
+ }
+ return [lo, hi];
+ };
+ for (const ax of [...norms(A), ...norms(B)]) {
+ const [a0, a1] = proj(A, ax);
+ const [b0, b1] = proj(B, ax);
+ if (a1 - b0 < 1e-6 || b1 - a0 < 1e-6) return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+ };
+
+ // Exposed edges incident to the dead vertex: owned by exactly one placed tile.
+ const owners = new Map();
+ for (const t of tiles) {
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const a = t.v[i];
+ const b = t.v[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const kp = keyPt(a);
+ const kq = keyPt(b);
+ const ek = kp < kq ? `${kp}|${kq}` : `${kq}|${kp}`;
+ const cur = owners.get(ek) ?? { count: 0, a, b };
+ cur.count++;
+ owners.set(ek, cur);
+ }
+ }
+ const incident = [...owners.values()].filter(
+ (o) => o.count === 1 && (keyPt(o.a) === key || keyPt(o.b) === key),
+ );
+ expect(incident.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+ let nonOverlapping = 0;
+ let illegalThinFills = 0;
+ for (const e of incident) {
+ for (const c of candidates(e.a, e.b)) {
+ if (tiles.some((u) => overlap(c.v, u.v))) continue;
+ nonOverlapping++;
+ // Non-overlapping means it fits the gap geometrically. It must be the
+ // illegal thin fill: a tile that closes the vertex to a non-star.
+ expect(c.type).toBe("thin");
+ illegalThinFills++;
+ }
+ }
+ // A tile fits the gap, so the claim is never "no tile fits".
+ expect(nonOverlapping).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ expect(illegalThinFills).toBe(nonOverlapping);
+ expect(ghost.type).toBe("thin");
+ });
+
+ test("the tempting fill would close the vertex to a forbidden star", () => {
+ const { closesTo } = solution.deadEnd;
+ expect(closesTo.slice().sort((a, b) => a - b)).toEqual([36, 108, 108, 108]);
+ // The reason the rule forbids it: this arrangement is not in the atlas.
+ expect(isCompleteStar(closesTo)).toBe(false);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d536085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,575 @@
+// A naive greedy Penrose P3 solver and its legality oracle, ported verbatim in
+// behaviour from a verified spike. This module is the honest source for the
+// "stop tiling by hand" sketch: it COMPUTES the dead-end rather than authoring
+// it. Nothing here is staged. The solver lays unit rhombi one at a time, obeying
+// only the local matching rule, and strands itself. The sketch draws what the
+// solver did.
+//
+// THE MATCHING RULE (vertex-star formulation, equivalent to Penrose's arrow
+// decorations). In a legal P3 tiling the cyclic sequence of rhombus CORNER
+// ANGLES around every interior vertex is one of exactly seven "vertex stars".
+// Each corner is 36, 72, 108, or 144 degrees and the corners around a closed
+// vertex sum to 360. The seven stars below were DERIVED from a real deflated
+// tiling (every fully surrounded vertex of a five-times-deflated decagon) and
+// cross-checked against the literature: there are seven, no more. A partial fan
+// around a not-yet-closed vertex is legal iff its contiguous arc of placed
+// corners occurs inside one of the seven stars; a closed vertex must equal a
+// full star. naiveSolver.test.ts re-runs that derivation as an oracle: it
+// accepts a real deflated patch with ZERO violations. That test is what keeps
+// this module honest.
+//
+// THE DEAD-END the solver reaches. Seeded with one fat rhombus, growing toward
+// whichever open edge is closest to closing a vertex, it strands after ten tiles
+// about two edge-lengths from the seed. At the stranded vertex three fat corners
+// are committed: [108, 108, 108], summing to 324, leaving a 36-degree wedge. A
+// thin acute corner is exactly 36 degrees, so it FITS the gap geometrically. But
+// it would close the vertex to [108, 108, 108, 36], which is not one of the
+// seven stars, so the matching rule forbids it. Every other candidate overlaps a
+// placed tile. A tile fits the gap and is still illegal: the rules leave no legal
+// move. The claim is never "no tile fits".
+
+export const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+
+export type Pt = readonly [number, number];
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The seven admissible vertex stars (cyclic sequences of corner angles).
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export const STARS: readonly (readonly number[])[] = [
+ [72, 72, 72, 72, 72], // Sun
+ [36, 36, 72, 36, 36, 72, 72], // Star
+ [144, 144, 72], // Deuce
+ [144, 72, 72, 72], // Jack
+ [108, 108, 144], // (fat, fat, thin)
+ [108, 108, 36, 72, 36], // mixed
+ [36, 36, 72, 72, 72, 72], // mixed
+];
+
+// Every contiguous arc (in both cyclic directions) of every star, stored as a
+// joined string for O(1) lookup. A partial fan is a legal arc iff it appears
+// here. Built once at module load.
+function buildArcSet(stars: readonly (readonly number[])[]): Set {
+ const set = new Set();
+ for (const star of stars) {
+ const n = star.length;
+ for (const seq of [star, [...star].reverse()]) {
+ for (let start = 0; start < n; start++) {
+ const arc: number[] = [];
+ for (let len = 1; len <= n; len++) {
+ arc.push(seq[(start + len - 1) % n]);
+ set.add(arc.join(","));
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return set;
+}
+const ARCS = buildArcSet(STARS);
+
+// A contiguous fan of placed corner angles (in angular order) is legal iff it is
+// an arc of some star and does not already exceed 360. Completeness is checked
+// separately by isCompleteStar.
+export function arcLegal(orderedAngles: readonly number[]): boolean {
+ if (orderedAngles.length === 0) return true;
+ if (orderedAngles.reduce((s, a) => s + a, 0) > 360 + 1e-6) return false;
+ return ARCS.has(orderedAngles.join(","));
+}
+
+// A closed vertex (corners sum to 360) is legal iff its cyclic arrangement is one
+// of the seven stars.
+export function isCompleteStar(orderedAngles: readonly number[]): boolean {
+ const sum = orderedAngles.reduce((s, a) => s + a, 0);
+ if (Math.abs(sum - 360) > 1e-6) return false;
+ return STARS.some((star) => cyclicEqual(orderedAngles, star));
+}
+
+function cyclicEqual(a: readonly number[], b: readonly number[]): boolean {
+ if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
+ const n = a.length;
+ for (const cand of [b, [...b].reverse()]) {
+ for (let r = 0; r < n; r++) {
+ let ok = true;
+ for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+ if (a[i] !== cand[(r + i) % n]) {
+ ok = false;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (ok) return true;
+ }
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Deflation and rhombus pairing, copied small so the oracle test can run against
+// a real tiling without importing the explorer engine (a little copying is
+// better than a little dependency). Robinson triangles: color 0 = acute (half a
+// FAT rhombus), color 1 = obtuse (half a THIN rhombus). Two same-colour
+// triangles sharing their base edge glue into one rhombus.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type Tri = { color: 0 | 1; a: Pt; b: Pt; c: Pt };
+const lerpPhi = (p: Pt, q: Pt): Pt => [
+ p[0] + (q[0] - p[0]) / PHI,
+ p[1] + (q[1] - p[1]) / PHI,
+];
+
+function subdivide(tris: readonly Tri[]): Tri[] {
+ const out: Tri[] = [];
+ for (const { color, a, b, c } of tris) {
+ if (color === 0) {
+ const p = lerpPhi(a, b);
+ out.push({ color: 0, a: c, b: p, c: b }, { color: 1, a: p, b: c, c: a });
+ } else {
+ const q = lerpPhi(b, a);
+ const r = lerpPhi(b, c);
+ out.push(
+ { color: 1, a: r, b: c, c: a },
+ { color: 1, a: q, b: r, c: b },
+ { color: 0, a: r, b: q, c: a },
+ );
+ }
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+function wheel(radius: number): Tri[] {
+ const t: Tri[] = [];
+ for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ let b: Pt = [
+ radius * Math.cos(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ radius * Math.sin(((2 * i - 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ ];
+ let c: Pt = [
+ radius * Math.cos(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ radius * Math.sin(((2 * i + 1) * Math.PI) / 10),
+ ];
+ if (i % 2 === 0) [b, c] = [c, b];
+ t.push({ color: 0, a: [0, 0], b, c });
+ }
+ return t;
+}
+
+// A deflated patch as paired rhombi: a genuine Penrose P3 tiling, used only to
+// feed the legality oracle in the test.
+export function deflatedRhombi(
+ levels: number,
+ radius = 1,
+): { type: "fat" | "thin"; v: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] }[] {
+ let t = wheel(radius);
+ for (let n = 0; n < levels; n++) t = subdivide(t);
+ return pairRhombi(t);
+}
+
+function pairRhombi(
+ tris: readonly Tri[],
+): { type: "fat" | "thin"; v: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] }[] {
+ const byBase = new Map();
+ tris.forEach((tri, ti) => {
+ const k = edgeKey(tri.b, tri.c);
+ const arr = byBase.get(k) ?? [];
+ arr.push(ti);
+ byBase.set(k, arr);
+ });
+ const used = new Set();
+ const out: { type: "fat" | "thin"; v: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] }[] = [];
+ for (const [, refs] of byBase) {
+ if (refs.length !== 2) continue;
+ const [i1, i2] = refs;
+ if (used.has(i1) || used.has(i2)) continue;
+ const t1 = tris[i1];
+ const t2 = tris[i2];
+ if (t1.color !== t2.color) continue;
+ const v = ccw4([t1.a, t1.b, t2.a, t1.c]);
+ out.push({ type: t1.color === 1 ? "fat" : "thin", v });
+ used.add(i1);
+ used.add(i2);
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+function ccw4(pts: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt]): [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] {
+ const cx = (pts[0][0] + pts[1][0] + pts[2][0] + pts[3][0]) / 4;
+ const cy = (pts[0][1] + pts[1][1] + pts[2][1] + pts[3][1]) / 4;
+ return [...pts].sort(
+ (a, b) =>
+ Math.atan2(a[1] - cy, a[0] - cx) - Math.atan2(b[1] - cy, b[0] - cx),
+ ) as [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt];
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Geometry helpers shared by the board.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const EPS = 1e-7;
+function keyPt(p: Pt): string {
+ return `${Math.round(p[0] / EPS)},${Math.round(p[1] / EPS)}`;
+}
+function edgeKey(p: Pt, q: Pt): string {
+ const kp = keyPt(p);
+ const kq = keyPt(q);
+ return kp < kq ? `${kp}|${kq}` : `${kq}|${kp}`;
+}
+function sub(a: Pt, b: Pt): Pt {
+ return [a[0] - b[0], a[1] - b[1]];
+}
+function add(a: Pt, b: Pt): Pt {
+ return [a[0] + b[0], a[1] + b[1]];
+}
+function interiorAngle(prev: Pt, cur: Pt, next: Pt): number {
+ const u = sub(prev, cur);
+ const w = sub(next, cur);
+ const c = (u[0] * w[0] + u[1] * w[1]) / (Math.hypot(...u) * Math.hypot(...w));
+ return (Math.acos(Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, c))) * 180) / Math.PI;
+}
+function snapAngle(deg: number): 36 | 72 | 108 | 144 {
+ return [36, 72, 108, 144].reduce(
+ (b, a) => (Math.abs(a - deg) < Math.abs(b - deg) ? a : b),
+ 36,
+ ) as 36 | 72 | 108 | 144;
+}
+const norm = (x: number) => ((x % (2 * Math.PI)) + 2 * Math.PI) % (2 * Math.PI);
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// A placed rhombus.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export type Tile = { type: "fat" | "thin"; v: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] };
+
+const ACUTE = { fat: 72, thin: 36 } as const;
+
+// Seat a unit rhombus of `type` on the directed edge p->q so its body falls to
+// the left (counter-clockwise), with interior angle `cornerAtP` at p. Combined
+// with both edge directions and both corner choices this gives all eight ways a
+// rhombus can share one physical edge.
+function attach(
+ type: "fat" | "thin",
+ p: Pt,
+ q: Pt,
+ cornerAtP: number,
+): Tile {
+ void ACUTE; // both types share the same corner pair {acute, obtuse}
+ const aP = cornerAtP;
+ const aQ = 180 - aP;
+ const base = Math.atan2(q[1] - p[1], q[0] - p[0]);
+ const dirP = base + (aP * Math.PI) / 180;
+ const v3: Pt = add(p, [Math.cos(dirP), Math.sin(dirP)]);
+ const dirQ = base + Math.PI - (aQ * Math.PI) / 180;
+ const v2: Pt = add(q, [Math.cos(dirQ), Math.sin(dirQ)]);
+ return { type, v: [p, q, v2, v3] };
+}
+
+// Separating-axis overlap test, touching allowed. True iff the polygons share
+// interior area.
+function overlap(A: readonly Pt[], B: readonly Pt[]): boolean {
+ const norms = (P: readonly Pt[]) =>
+ P.map((_, i) => {
+ const e = sub(P[(i + 1) % P.length], P[i]);
+ return [-e[1], e[0]] as Pt;
+ });
+ const proj = (P: readonly Pt[], ax: Pt): [number, number] => {
+ let lo = Infinity;
+ let hi = -Infinity;
+ for (const p of P) {
+ const d = p[0] * ax[0] + p[1] * ax[1];
+ if (d < lo) lo = d;
+ if (d > hi) hi = d;
+ }
+ return [lo, hi];
+ };
+ for (const ax of [...norms(A), ...norms(B)]) {
+ const [a0, a1] = proj(A, ax);
+ const [b0, b1] = proj(B, ax);
+ if (a1 - b0 < 1e-6 || b1 - a0 < 1e-6) return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The board: placed tiles, edge ownership, per-vertex angular fans.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type Corner = { angle: number; ccwStart: number };
+
+class Board {
+ readonly tiles: Tile[] = [];
+ private edgeOwners = new Map();
+ private vfan = new Map();
+
+ place(t: Tile): void {
+ this.tiles.push(t);
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const k = edgeKey(t.v[i], t.v[(i + 1) % 4]);
+ this.edgeOwners.set(k, (this.edgeOwners.get(k) ?? 0) + 1);
+ }
+ for (const c of cornersOf(t)) {
+ const arr = this.vfan.get(c.key) ?? [];
+ arr.push({ angle: c.angle, ccwStart: c.ccwStart });
+ this.vfan.set(c.key, arr);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Open edges (owned by exactly one tile) in a deterministic order.
+ openEdges(): { key: string; a: Pt; b: Pt }[] {
+ const out: { key: string; a: Pt; b: Pt }[] = [];
+ const seen = new Set();
+ for (const t of this.tiles) {
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const a = t.v[i];
+ const b = t.v[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const k = edgeKey(a, b);
+ if (this.edgeOwners.get(k) === 1 && !seen.has(k)) {
+ seen.add(k);
+ out.push({ key: k, a, b });
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ out.sort((x, y) => (x.key < y.key ? -1 : 1));
+ return out;
+ }
+
+ overlapsAny(t: Tile): boolean {
+ return this.tiles.some((u) => overlap(t.v, u.v));
+ }
+
+ // Would placing t keep every vertex it touches legal? Returns the first
+ // offending reason so the dead-end can be explained.
+ legalAfter(t: Tile): { ok: boolean; reason?: string } {
+ for (const c of cornersOf(t)) {
+ const existing = this.vfan.get(c.key) ?? [];
+ const merged = [
+ ...existing,
+ { angle: c.angle, ccwStart: c.ccwStart },
+ ].sort((p, q) => p.ccwStart - q.ccwStart);
+ const sum = merged.reduce((s, m) => s + m.angle, 0);
+ if (sum > 360 + 1e-6) {
+ return { ok: false, reason: `vertex angle sum ${sum} > 360` };
+ }
+ const angles = merged.map((m) => m.angle);
+ const contiguous = isContig(merged);
+ if (Math.abs(sum - 360) < 1e-6) {
+ if (!contiguous || !isCompleteStar(angles)) {
+ return { ok: false, reason: `closes to non-star [${angles}]` };
+ }
+ } else if (contiguous) {
+ if (!arcLegal(angles)) {
+ return { ok: false, reason: `fan [${angles}] is not a legal arc` };
+ }
+ } else if (!runsLegal(merged)) {
+ return { ok: false, reason: `runs not all legal arcs` };
+ }
+ }
+ return { ok: true };
+ }
+
+ vertexFanAt(key: string): Corner[] {
+ return this.vfan.get(key) ?? [];
+ }
+}
+
+function cornersOf(t: Tile): { key: string; angle: number; ccwStart: number }[] {
+ const out: { key: string; angle: number; ccwStart: number }[] = [];
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const cur = t.v[i];
+ const prev = t.v[(i + 3) % 4];
+ const next = t.v[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const angle = snapAngle(interiorAngle(prev, cur, next));
+ const aPrev = Math.atan2(prev[1] - cur[1], prev[0] - cur[0]);
+ const aNext = Math.atan2(next[1] - cur[1], next[0] - cur[0]);
+ const rad = (angle * Math.PI) / 180;
+ const ccwStart = norm(
+ norm(aPrev + rad - aNext) < 1e-6 ? aPrev : aNext,
+ );
+ out.push({ key: keyPt(cur), angle, ccwStart });
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+function isContig(merged: Corner[]): boolean {
+ for (let i = 0; i < merged.length - 1; i++) {
+ const end = merged[i].ccwStart + (merged[i].angle * Math.PI) / 180;
+ if (
+ Math.abs(
+ ((end - merged[i + 1].ccwStart + Math.PI) % (2 * Math.PI)) - Math.PI,
+ ) > 1e-4
+ ) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+function runsLegal(merged: Corner[]): boolean {
+ let run: number[] = [merged[0].angle];
+ for (let i = 0; i < merged.length - 1; i++) {
+ const end = merged[i].ccwStart + (merged[i].angle * Math.PI) / 180;
+ const adj =
+ Math.abs(
+ ((end - merged[i + 1].ccwStart + Math.PI) % (2 * Math.PI)) - Math.PI,
+ ) <= 1e-4;
+ if (adj) {
+ run.push(merged[i + 1].angle);
+ } else {
+ if (!arcLegal(run)) return false;
+ run = [merged[i + 1].angle];
+ }
+ }
+ return arcLegal(run);
+}
+
+// All eight rhombus placements that share the physical edge (a, b), in a fixed
+// deterministic try-order.
+export function candidates(a: Pt, b: Pt): Tile[] {
+ const out: Tile[] = [];
+ const dirs: [Pt, Pt][] = [
+ [a, b],
+ [b, a],
+ ];
+ const order: ["fat" | "thin", number][] = [
+ ["fat", 72],
+ ["fat", 108],
+ ["thin", 36],
+ ["thin", 144],
+ ];
+ for (const [p, q] of dirs) {
+ for (const [type, corner] of order) out.push(attach(type, p, q, corner));
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The greedy solver and its honest result.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// One placed step plus the running tile count, so the sketch can reveal the
+// build one tile at a time.
+export type Step = { index: number; tile: Tile };
+
+// The verified dead-end: the stranded vertex, the corners already committed
+// there, the wedge still open, the thin tile that fits that wedge but is illegal,
+// and the human-readable reason.
+export type DeadEnd = {
+ vertex: Pt;
+ committedAngles: number[]; // e.g. [108, 108, 108]
+ gapAngle: number; // e.g. 36
+ ghost: Tile; // the only non-overlapping candidate, an illegal thin fill
+ closesTo: number[]; // the forbidden star it would form, e.g. [108,108,108,36]
+ reason: string;
+};
+
+export type Solution = {
+ steps: Step[];
+ deadEnd: DeadEnd;
+};
+
+function fatSeed(): Tile {
+ const A = (72 * Math.PI) / 180;
+ return {
+ type: "fat",
+ v: [
+ [0, 0],
+ [1, 0],
+ [1 + Math.cos(A), Math.sin(A)],
+ [Math.cos(A), Math.sin(A)],
+ ],
+ };
+}
+
+function vertexSum(board: Board, key: string): number {
+ return board.vertexFanAt(key).reduce((s, c) => s + c.angle, 0);
+}
+
+// Grow greedily toward closing vertices: at each step take the open edge whose
+// endpoints are closest to a closed 360, place the first legal non-overlapping
+// candidate, then look for a vertex whose remaining wedge no candidate can
+// legally fill. That stranded vertex is the dead-end. Deterministic: a fat seed,
+// a fixed edge order, a fixed candidate order.
+export function solveToDeadEnd(): Solution {
+ const board = new Board();
+ const seed = fatSeed();
+ board.place(seed);
+ const steps: Step[] = [{ index: 0, tile: seed }];
+
+ for (let step = 0; step < 5000; step++) {
+ const open = board.openEdges();
+ if (open.length === 0) break;
+ const scored = open.map((e) => ({
+ e,
+ score: Math.max(
+ vertexSum(board, keyPt(e.a)),
+ vertexSum(board, keyPt(e.b)),
+ ),
+ }));
+ scored.sort((x, y) => y.score - x.score || (x.e.key < y.e.key ? -1 : 1));
+
+ let placed = false;
+ for (const { e } of scored) {
+ for (const c of candidates(e.a, e.b)) {
+ if (board.overlapsAny(c)) continue;
+ if (!board.legalAfter(c).ok) continue;
+ board.place(c);
+ steps.push({ index: steps.length, tile: c });
+ placed = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (placed) break;
+ }
+ if (!placed) break;
+
+ const dead = findStranded(board);
+ if (dead) return { steps, deadEnd: dead };
+ }
+
+ throw new Error("solver did not strand: the dead-end is not reproducible");
+}
+
+// A vertex is stranded if it is open, has at least one exposed edge, and no
+// candidate on any exposed edge is both non-overlapping and legal. We then
+// compute the wedge, the only non-overlapping candidate (the tempting illegal
+// fill), and the forbidden star it would form.
+function findStranded(board: Board): DeadEnd | null {
+ const verts = new Set();
+ for (const t of board.tiles) for (const p of t.v) verts.add(keyPt(p));
+
+ for (const key of verts) {
+ const sum = vertexSum(board, key);
+ if (sum >= 360 - 1e-6) continue;
+ const open = board
+ .openEdges()
+ .filter((e) => keyPt(e.a) === key || keyPt(e.b) === key);
+ if (open.length === 0) continue;
+
+ let fillable = false;
+ let ghost: Tile | null = null;
+ for (const e of open) {
+ for (const c of candidates(e.a, e.b)) {
+ if (board.overlapsAny(c)) continue;
+ if (board.legalAfter(c).ok) {
+ fillable = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ // Non-overlapping but illegal: this is the tempting fill.
+ if (!ghost) ghost = c;
+ }
+ if (fillable) break;
+ }
+ if (fillable || !ghost) continue;
+
+ const committedAngles = board
+ .vertexFanAt(key)
+ .slice()
+ .sort((a, b) => a.ccwStart - b.ccwStart)
+ .map((c) => c.angle);
+ const gapAngle = 360 - sum;
+ const closesTo = [...committedAngles, gapAngle];
+ const vertex = key.split(",").map((n) => Number(n) * EPS) as [
+ number,
+ number,
+ ];
+ const reason = board.legalAfter(ghost).reason ?? "illegal";
+ return { vertex, committedAngles, gapAngle, ghost, closesTo, reason };
+ }
+ return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index d3d6273..1f2ef73 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
import { experimentNumber } from "../page";
import DeadEnd from "./_components/DeadEnd";
-import DeeperProblem from "./_components/DeeperProblem";
import MeetTheTiles from "./_components/MeetTheTiles";
+import StopTilingByHand from "./_components/StopTilingByHand";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
title: "Penrose — func.lol",
@@ -137,35 +137,38 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
- {/* 5. But the problem is deeper. (Prose now; sketch later.) */}
-
It is deeper than one bad corner
+ {/* 5. So a naive solver strands itself. */}
+
A solver that only obeys the rule gets stuck
- You might think: fine, just look for the conflict and back up. But
- the real trouble hides further out. You can lay a whole region
- perfectly, every single tile obeying the marks, and still be doomed.
- The contradiction gets forced into a tile far from anything you would
- call a mistake.
+ The matching rule is local. It looks at one vertex and asks whether
+ the corners around it can still grow into a legal arrangement. It is
+ necessary: break it anywhere and the tiling is dead. But it is not
+ sufficient. A solver that lays the next tile by the rule alone, never
+ looking ahead, paints itself into a corner fast.
- Penrose told the story himself. He once saw a university floor whose
- edge tile broke the rule, and he knew at a glance the pattern would
- go wrong somewhere out in the middle of the lawn. Not at the edge
- where the bad tile sat. In the middle, far away, where nothing looked
- wrong at all. Local correctness does not promise global success, and
- when it fails, it fails somewhere else.
+ The sketch below runs exactly that solver. It seeds one tile and
+ keeps placing the first legal rhombus the rule allows. Watch it lay
+ ten clean tiles, every join honest, and then strand. At the marked
+ vertex three fat corners leave a 36-degree wedge. A thin tile fits
+ that wedge exactly, so it is drawn and struck. It fits the gap. But
+ seating it would close the vertex to an arrangement no Penrose tiling
+ allows, so the rule forbids it. Every other tile overlaps. No legal
+ move is left, and the solver is barely two tiles from where it
+ started.
-
+
- Watch the patch grow from the seed, every tile clean, and then break
- out at the rim where you never touched. Local rules can be obeyed
- everywhere and still doom the whole, and the gap they force can land
- arbitrarily far from any choice you made. So you stop tiling by hand
- and compute the plane instead.
+ This is not a staged conflict. It is the computed output of a naive
+ greedy solver, the same code that draws the sketch. Obey the local
+ rule and nothing else, and you strand quickly, here after about ten
+ tiles. The fix is not a smarter local move. It is to stop tiling by
+ hand and compute the plane instead.
From 6e399c9336e1c00ea2f92891b2ba478ab390ba30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:33:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 58/87] feat(penrose): unsolvable-future sketch from a verified
exhaustive proof
Section 5 now renders a proof, not an illustration. A new computeScene()
carves a single closed hole from a real deflated patch and exhaustively
searches its fill-space, reusing the verified seven-star atlas legality from
naiveSolver (now exporting Board, keyPt, edgeKey). The result is the verified
spike's: a 410-tile wall, a 16-edge hole, exactly one completion (20 tiles,
rigid), and exactly five dead-ends at fill-depths 3,4,6,7,8, each a legal
partial fill whose chosen frontier edge can never close.
The sketch (UnsolvableFuture) renders the committed scene.json: it replays the
search, grows each wrong-but-legal branch a few tiles, flashes its doomed edge
with the honest reason (the only tile that fits closes an illegal vertex), then
fades it; only the forced branch completes. Reduced-motion end state shows the
completion solid with five grey ghost stubs marked on their doomed edges.
unsolvableFuture.test.ts binds the sketch to the proof: it re-runs the search,
asserts one completion and five genuine dead-ends, re-checks every illegal
closure against the atlas, and matches the committed scene.json byte-for-byte,
so the drawing can never drift into a fake.
Reorganise the dead-end arc: section 4 is the verified naive-solver strand
(local greedy stranding), section 5 is the unsolvable future. Delete the old
hand-authored DeadEnd fan and its fanTile helper entirely; no hand-authored
matching claims remain in the spine.
---
e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts | 64 +-
src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx | 337 -
.../penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx | 15 +-
.../penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx | 510 +
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/genScene.ts | 25 +
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/naiveSolver.ts | 17 +-
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scene.json | 9967 +++++++++++++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.test.ts | 50 +-
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/tiles.ts | 17 -
.../_components/lib/unsolvableFuture.test.ts | 135 +
.../_components/lib/unsolvableFuture.ts | 427 +
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 60 +-
12 files changed, 11155 insertions(+), 469 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/genScene.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scene.json
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/unsolvableFuture.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/unsolvableFuture.ts
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
index 60b0ef9..8a74830 100644
--- a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
@@ -28,44 +28,34 @@ test("hovering a tile surfaces its golden-ratio detail", async ({ page }) => {
});
// Each animated sketch carries its own control bar, so button locators must be
-// scoped to the sketch's figure (the page now has more than one animated sketch).
-const deadEndFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+// scoped to the sketch's figure (the page has more than one animated sketch).
+const solverFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
page
.locator("figure")
- .filter({ has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /fan of Penrose rhombi/i }) });
+ .filter({
+ has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /naive greedy solver lays Penrose rhombi/i }),
+ });
-const solverFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+const unsolvableFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
page
.locator("figure")
.filter({
- has: page.getByRole("img", { name: /naive greedy solver lays Penrose rhombi/i }),
+ has: page.getByRole("img", {
+ name: /surrounds a single closed hole that has exactly one legal completion/i,
+ }),
});
-test("the dead-end sketch mounts its animated canvas and controls", async ({
+test("the naive-solver sketch mounts and honours the reduced-motion contract", async ({
page,
}) => {
await page.goto("/x/penrose");
- const figure = deadEndFigure(page);
- await expect(
- figure.getByRole("img", { name: /fan of Penrose rhombi laid one at a time/i }),
- ).toBeVisible();
- // Animated sketches render the harness control bar; under reduced motion play
- // is disabled but every button still mounts.
+ const figure = solverFigure(page);
await expect(
- figure.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
+ figure.getByRole("img", { name: /naive greedy solver lays Penrose rhombi/i }),
).toBeVisible();
- await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
- await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
-});
-
-test("the dead-end sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
- page,
-}) => {
- await page.goto("/x/penrose");
- // The harness mounts at the end state (t = 1) and never moves on load: reset is
- // enabled, step is disabled (already at the end). A reset rewinds to t = 0,
- // which flips both. This is the reduced-motion contract observed from outside.
- const figure = deadEndFigure(page);
+ // The harness mounts at the stationary end state, so reset is enabled and step
+ // is disabled until the viewer rewinds. This is the reduced-motion contract
+ // observed from outside.
const reset = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
const step = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
@@ -76,16 +66,30 @@ test("the dead-end sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
});
-test("the naive-solver sketch mounts and honours the reduced-motion contract", async ({
+test("the unsolvable-future sketch mounts its animated canvas and controls", async ({
page,
}) => {
await page.goto("/x/penrose");
- const figure = solverFigure(page);
+ const figure = unsolvableFigure(page);
await expect(
- figure.getByRole("img", { name: /naive greedy solver lays Penrose rhombi/i }),
+ figure.getByRole("img", {
+ name: /surrounds a single closed hole that has exactly one legal completion/i,
+ }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
).toBeVisible();
- // Same harness contract as the dead-end: mounts at the stationary end state, so
- // reset is enabled and step is disabled until the viewer rewinds.
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("the unsolvable-future sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ // Same harness contract: mounts at t = 1 (end state), so reset is enabled and
+ // step is disabled until the viewer rewinds.
+ const figure = unsolvableFigure(page);
const reset = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
const step = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dd264a..0000000
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/DeadEnd.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,337 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
-
-import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import { fanTile, type Pt } from "./lib/tiles";
-
-// "The dead-end": the spine's first animated sketch. It teaches NON-LOCALITY.
-// Penrose's rhombi carry edge-matching marks; obey them and a tile fits its
-// neighbour. But local fit is necessary, not sufficient. Lay tiles by the marks
-// alone and you can paint yourself into a corner far from where you started.
-//
-// Penrose told the story (Ball, Prospect): he saw a university floor whose edge
-// tile broke the rule, so the pattern "would go wrong somewhere in the middle of
-// the lawn." This sketch stages exactly that. A small fan of rhombi is laid one
-// at a time around a shared vertex. Every placement obeys the marks. The angles
-// even leave a clean 72-degree wedge, a legal thick-rhombus corner. Yet the two
-// marks flanking that wedge demand opposite things, so no tile can seat there.
-// The patch is stuck. We strike the gap out at the end.
-//
-// The sequence is HAND-AUTHORED, not engine-generated. That is the whole point:
-// the explorer's global method never produces a dead-end, because it does not lay
-// tiles locally at all. Only a greedy local hand can wander into one.
-//
-// Canvas, not SVG: the harness drives render(t) imperatively, so a canvas that
-// repaints per frame is the natural fit. Theme colours are read live via
-// getComputedStyle so the patch inverts with the light/dark toggle.
-
-const VB_W = 520;
-const VB_H = 300;
-const SCALE = 70; // px per unit edge
-const APEX: Pt = [VB_W / 2, VB_H * 0.62]; // shared vertex, gap opens upward
-
-// A mark is one of Penrose's two edge decorations. Single vs double is the type;
-// the rule is that a shared edge must carry the same type from both tiles, with
-// the arrows running the same way around the edge. We draw them as 1 or 2 chevrons.
-type Mark = "single" | "double";
-
-// One placed tile in the fan: a corner angle seated at the apex, the kind that
-// drives its fill colour, and the marks on its two apex-edges (leading, trailing).
-// The leading edge of tile n+1 is the trailing edge of tile n, so neighbouring
-// marks agree by construction. The conflict lives only at the open gap.
-type FanStep = {
- kind: "thick" | "thin";
- angle: number; // interior corner angle at the apex, degrees
- lead: Mark; // mark on the edge that opens the wedge (counter-clockwise side)
- trail: Mark; // mark on the edge that closes it (clockwise side)
-};
-
-// The authored placement. 72 + 36 + 144 + 36 = 288, leaving a 72-degree wedge:
-// angularly a perfect thick-rhombus acute corner. Every shared edge matches: the
-// trailing mark of each tile equals the leading mark of the next. The fan reads as
-// a flawless local construction right up to the last gap.
-const FAN: readonly FanStep[] = [
- { kind: "thick", angle: 72, lead: "double", trail: "single" },
- { kind: "thin", angle: 36, lead: "single", trail: "single" },
- { kind: "thin", angle: 144, lead: "single", trail: "double" },
- { kind: "thin", angle: 36, lead: "double", trail: "single" },
-];
-
-const FAN_TOTAL = FAN.reduce((s, f) => s + f.angle, 0); // 288
-const GAP_ANGLE = 360 - FAN_TOTAL; // 72: a legal corner angle, yet unfillable
-
-// Orient the fan so its open wedge points straight up at the reader. Canvas y grows
-// downward, so "up" is -90 degrees and we lay the fan clockwise from the gap's edge.
-const GAP_CENTER = -90;
-const FAN_START = GAP_CENTER + GAP_ANGLE / 2;
-
-// Geometry of the gap's two flanks. The fan's last trailing edge and its very first
-// leading edge bound the wedge. To fill 72 degrees you need a thick acute corner,
-// whose two edges must carry one single and one double mark in a fixed order. The
-// flanks here are double (clockwise flank) and double (counter-clockwise flank):
-// two doubles, so the thick corner cannot orient to satisfy both. That is the
-// dead-end. It is never the angle; it is always the marks.
-const GAP_FLANK_CW: Mark = "double"; // trailing mark of the last tile
-const GAP_FLANK_CCW: Mark = "double"; // leading mark of the first tile
-
-const deg = (d: number) => (d * Math.PI) / 180;
-
-function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
- if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
- const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
- return v || fallback;
-}
-
-type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; grout: string; ink: string };
-
-// Draw one to two chevrons centred on an edge, pointing along it. The chevron count
-// is the mark type (single / double); the direction is the edge orientation. These
-// are the matching arrows Penrose tiles carry. Drawn in ink, small, restrained.
-function drawMark(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- a: Pt,
- b: Pt,
- mark: Mark,
- ink: string,
- alpha: number,
-) {
- const mx = (a[0] + b[0]) / 2;
- const my = (a[1] + b[1]) / 2;
- const dx = b[0] - a[0];
- const dy = b[1] - a[1];
- const len = Math.hypot(dx, dy) || 1;
- const ux = dx / len;
- const uy = dy / len;
- const wing = 5; // chevron half-width in px
- const sep = 4; // spacing between the two strokes of a double
- const count = mark === "double" ? 2 : 1;
-
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
- ctx.lineCap = "round";
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
- const off = count === 1 ? 0 : (i === 0 ? -sep / 2 : sep / 2);
- const cx = mx + ux * off;
- const cy = my + uy * off;
- // tip points along (ux, uy); the two wings fall back and out.
- const tipx = cx + ux * wing;
- const tipy = cy + uy * wing;
- const baseAx = cx - ux * wing + -uy * wing;
- const baseAy = cy - uy * wing + ux * wing;
- const baseBx = cx - ux * wing - -uy * wing;
- const baseBy = cy - uy * wing - ux * wing;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(baseAx, baseAy);
- ctx.lineTo(tipx, tipy);
- ctx.lineTo(baseBx, baseBy);
- ctx.stroke();
- }
- ctx.restore();
-}
-
-function fillTile(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- corners: readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt],
- fill: string,
- ink: string,
- alpha: number,
-) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(corners[0][0], corners[0][1]);
- for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) ctx.lineTo(corners[i][0], corners[i][1]);
- ctx.closePath();
- ctx.fillStyle = fill;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.5;
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.restore();
-}
-
-// smoothstep for gentle per-tile fade-ins.
-const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number) => {
- const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
- return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
-};
-
-// Paint the whole patch at normalised time t. The fan animates in over the first
-// 0.8 of t (one tile per slice), then the gap is highlighted and, in the final
-// stretch, struck through and marked as a conflict. At t = 1 the harness shows the
-// stuck end state, stationary: the representative frame for reduced motion.
-function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, colors: Colors) {
- const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colors;
- ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- ctx.fillStyle = grout;
- ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
-
- // Precompute each tile's placed corners and its two apex-edge endpoints.
- const placed = FAN.map((step, i) => {
- const start = FAN_START + FAN.slice(0, i).reduce((s, f) => s + f.angle, 0);
- const raw = fanTile(step.angle, start, [0, 0]);
- const corners = raw.map(
- ([x, y]) => [APEX[0] + x * SCALE, APEX[1] + y * SCALE] as Pt,
- ) as unknown as readonly [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt];
- return { step, corners, start };
- });
-
- const PLACE_END = 0.8; // tiles all down by t = 0.8
- const per = PLACE_END / FAN.length;
-
- // Tiles, one at a time, with their matching marks. A tile's leading edge is
- // apex->corner[1]; trailing edge is apex->corner[3].
- placed.forEach(({ step, corners }, i) => {
- const appear = smooth(i * per, (i + 1) * per, t);
- if (appear <= 0) return;
- const fill = step.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
- fillTile(ctx, corners, fill, ink, appear);
- // Marks fade in just behind the fill so the rule is visibly obeyed as we lay.
- const markAlpha = smooth(i * per + per * 0.4, (i + 1) * per, t) * 0.9;
- if (markAlpha > 0) {
- drawMark(ctx, corners[0], corners[1], step.lead, ink, markAlpha);
- drawMark(ctx, corners[0], corners[3], step.trail, ink, markAlpha);
- }
- });
-
- // The gap. Its two flanks are the first tile's leading edge and the last tile's
- // trailing edge. Highlight the open wedge, then strike it and warn.
- const first = placed[0];
- const last = placed[placed.length - 1];
- const ccwTip = first.corners[1]; // first leading edge tip
- const cwTip = last.corners[3]; // last trailing edge tip
-
- const gapReveal = smooth(PLACE_END, 0.9, t);
- if (gapReveal > 0) {
- // Hatch the wedge in ink at low opacity: the slot that "should" take a tile.
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = gapReveal * 0.12;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(APEX[0], APEX[1]);
- ctx.lineTo(ccwTip[0], ccwTip[1]);
- // arc the outer edge of the wedge for a clean slice
- const r = SCALE;
- const a0 = deg(GAP_CENTER + GAP_ANGLE / 2);
- const a1 = deg(GAP_CENTER - GAP_ANGLE / 2);
- ctx.arc(APEX[0], APEX[1], r, a0, a1, true);
- ctx.closePath();
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.restore();
-
- // The two conflicting flank marks, both double. The eye reads two arrowheads
- // crowding the same wedge, with nothing legal that satisfies both.
- drawMark(ctx, APEX, ccwTip, GAP_FLANK_CCW, ink, gapReveal);
- drawMark(ctx, APEX, cwTip, GAP_FLANK_CW, ink, gapReveal);
- }
-
- // The conflict mark: a struck-through gap and a warning glyph, in the final
- // stretch. This is the representative end state at t = 1.
- const strike = smooth(0.9, 1, t);
- if (strike > 0) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = strike;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 2.4;
- ctx.lineCap = "round";
- // an X struck across the wedge mouth
- const r = SCALE * 0.92;
- const mid = deg(GAP_CENTER);
- const mx = APEX[0] + Math.cos(mid) * r;
- const my = APEX[1] + Math.sin(mid) * r;
- const span = 13;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(mx - span, my - span);
- ctx.lineTo(mx + span, my + span);
- ctx.moveTo(mx + span, my - span);
- ctx.lineTo(mx - span, my + span);
- ctx.stroke();
-
- // "no tile fits" caption above the struck gap, mono, ink.
- ctx.globalAlpha = strike * 0.9;
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.font =
- "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
- ctx.textAlign = "center";
- ctx.textBaseline = "alphabetic";
- ctx.fillText("NO LEGAL TILE", mx, my - 22);
- ctx.restore();
- }
-}
-
-export default function DeadEnd() {
- const canvasRef = useRef(null);
- const colorsRef = useRef({
- thick: "#C89B3C",
- thin: "#3E6B7C",
- grout: "#0f0e0c",
- ink: "#ede9d8",
- });
-
- const dprRef = useRef(0);
-
- // Size the backing store to the rendered box times the device pixel ratio so the
- // patch is crisp, then work in CSS-pixel coordinates inside the viewBox. Resizing
- // clears the canvas, so only do it when the ratio actually changes, not per frame.
- const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
- colorsRef.current = {
- thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
- thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
- grout: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
- ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
- };
- }, []);
-
- const render = useCallback(
- (t: number) => {
- const canvas = canvasRef.current;
- if (!canvas) return;
- const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
- if (!ctx) return;
- const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
- if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
- dprRef.current = dpr;
- canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
- canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
- ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
- refreshColors();
- }
- paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current);
- },
- [refreshColors],
- );
-
- // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle. The
- // harness owns the clock; here we only refresh colours and redraw the end state.
- useEffect(() => {
- const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
- refreshColors();
- render(1);
- });
- observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
- attributes: true,
- attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
- });
- return () => observer.disconnect();
- }, [refreshColors, render]);
-
- return (
-
-
-
- );
-}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
index d81040c..5c3826d 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
import { solveToDeadEnd, type Pt, type Solution, type Tile } from "./lib/naiveSolver";
-// "Stop tiling by hand": the spine's section-5 sketch. The dead-end sketch
-// before it staged one conflict to teach that local fit is necessary, not
-// sufficient. This one PROVES the consequence with a solver, not a hand. It runs
-// the real naive greedy algorithm from lib/naiveSolver: lay unit rhombi one at a
-// time, obey only the matching rule, never look ahead. The build looks clean for
-// ten tiles, then strands itself about two and a half tile-widths from the seed.
+// "The naive solver strands": the spine's section-4 sketch, "a local dead-end".
+// It PROVES, with a solver rather than a hand, that local fit is necessary but
+// not sufficient. It runs the real naive greedy algorithm from lib/naiveSolver:
+// lay unit rhombi one at a time, obey only the matching rule, never look ahead.
+// The build looks clean for ten tiles, then strands itself about two and a half
+// tile-widths from the seed. Section 5 (UnsolvableFuture) goes deeper: a wrong
+// but legal move dooms the whole tiling, not just one greedy hand.
//
// The honest beat is the wedge. At the stranded vertex three fat corners are
// committed, 108 + 108 + 108, leaving a 36-degree gap. A thin acute corner is
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ export default function StopTilingByHand() {
return (
- {/* 6. So you solve it globally. (Prose now; sketch later.) */}
+ {/* 6. So you solve it globally. */}
So you stop tiling by hand
If laying tiles one at a time can dead-end, do not lay them one at a
time. Solve the whole plane at once. Picture a perfect grid of points
- in five dimensions, the integer lattice ℤ⁵. Slice a thin two
- dimensional sheet through it at an irrational angle, keep only the
- lattice points near the sheet, and let each one cast a shadow down
- onto the plane. Those shadows are the tiles.
+ in five dimensions, the integer lattice ℤ⁵. Each point casts two
+ shadows: one onto the plane, where the tile sits, and one into a
+ second, internal space. Keep the point only when its internal shadow
+ lands inside a small window. Those kept shadows are the tiles.
This is the cut-and-project method, and it changes everything. A tile
- exists if and only if its 5D point lands in the slice, a test you can
- run on that point alone. No walking out from an origin, no
+ exists if and only if its internal shadow lands in the window, a test
+ you can run on that one point alone. No walking out from an origin, no
backtracking, no choices that can go wrong later. The plane is{" "}
computed, never assembled. It can never dead-end. This is
what the explorer runs.
+
+
+
+
+ The dead-ends came from deciding locally. Here every tile is decided
+ by where its 5D shadow falls, a test that never traps you, and that
+ same coordinate is the address the explorer reads under your cursor.
+
+
+
{/* 7. The overlay. (Prose now; sketch later.) */}
Slide one over another
From baff0c5380b21fcd176d6d424cbc058662728083 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:26:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 61/87] feat(penrose): interference overlay teaching sketch
(spine section 7)
Penrose's overhead-projector demo. Overlay two real Penrose tilings and
turn one over the other: broad regions snap into agreement while veins of
mismatch ripple between them, organized by the five-fold symmetry. Any two
share every finite patch yet never line up everywhere at once.
Both layers are real enumerator output. Layer A is a real patch from
facesInViewport at the pinned window center, drawn filled and muted. Layer B
is the same real patch, drawn as semi-transparent ink edges and rotated about
the center by the slider, exactly the transparency Penrose turned. The moire
is emergent; a faint ink wash tints only tiles that genuinely coincide under
the current angle (real near-coincidence within a stated tolerance), so the
islands read without a painted-on highlight.
The slider sweeps zero to ~34 degrees, short of the 36-degree symmetric snap,
so the motion never returns to a global match. t = 0 is exact coincidence; the
end state at t = 1 is the cleanest islands-and-veins frame, which the harness
mounts under reduced motion.
Colocated bun:test binds the sketch to the engine: both layers are real
(tileExists, unit edges, thick:thin near phi), COINCIDE_TOL sits below half
the smallest tile spacing, and across a fifth-turn the tinted set is exactly
the genuinely coincident tiles, never faked.
---
e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts | 41 ++++
.../_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx | 191 ++++++++++++++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.test.ts | 117 +++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts | 127 ++++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 31 ++-
5 files changed, 496 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
index 5c968f0..9ce8cf8 100644
--- a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,47 @@ test("the unsolvable-future sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
});
+const overlayFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+ page.locator("figure").filter({
+ has: page.getByRole("img", {
+ name: /Two real Penrose tilings overlaid/i,
+ }),
+ });
+
+test("the interference-overlay sketch mounts its animated canvas and controls", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ const figure = overlayFigure(page);
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("img", { name: /Two real Penrose tilings overlaid/i }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
+ // The projector motion is the slider: it scrubs the turn of the top layer.
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("slider", { name: "turn" })).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("the interference-overlay sketch loads at its stationary end state", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ // Same harness contract: mounts at t = 1 (the representative islands-and-veins
+ // frame), so reset is enabled and step is disabled until the viewer rewinds.
+ const figure = overlayFigure(page);
+ const reset = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
+ const step = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
+ await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+ await expect(reset).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(step).toBeDisabled();
+ await reset.click();
+ await expect(step).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
+});
+
test("the cut-and-project sketch renders and links its two panels on hover", async ({
page,
}) => {
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5103cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+
+import Sketch from "./Sketch";
+import {
+ buildOverlay,
+ coincidentKeys,
+ FIFTH,
+ rotate,
+ type Overlay,
+ type Pt,
+} from "./lib/overlay";
+
+// "Slide one over another": the spine's section-7 sketch, Penrose's overhead-
+// projector demo. Two real Penrose tilings are laid over each other; turning one
+// makes broad regions snap into agreement while veins of mismatch ripple between
+// them, organized by the five-fold symmetry. Any two share every finite patch, yet
+// they never line up everywhere at once.
+//
+// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. Both layers are real enumerator output (see lib/overlay.ts
+// and its test). Layer A is a real patch, filled, muted so the overlay reads. Layer
+// B is the SAME real patch, drawn as contrasting ink edges, rotated about the patch
+// center by the slider, exactly the transparency Penrose turned. The interference is
+// emergent: overlay the two and the islands and veins appear on their own. We add a
+// faint tint only where the two GENUINELY coincide under the current angle
+// (coincidentKeys, real near-coincidence within a stated tolerance), so the islands
+// read without a single painted-on highlight.
+//
+// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: the harness drives render(t)
+// imperatively and the slider scrubs the turn. Theme colours are read live so the
+// patch inverts with the light/dark toggle. Reduced motion is honored by the harness
+// mounting at the representative end state (t = 1), a clean islands-and-veins frame.
+
+const VB_W = 560;
+const VB_H = 560;
+const MARGIN = 14;
+// Physical extent shown. The patch spans about ±8.5; we frame a touch inside so the
+// rotated layer B still covers the corners through the whole turn.
+const HALF = 7.6;
+// The slider sweeps from exact coincidence to a frame with clear islands and veins.
+// t = 0 is the two tilings on top of each other (near-coincidence); t = 1 lands on a
+// generic angle whose agreement clusters into islands separated by veins, the
+// representative reduced-motion frame. Below a full fifth-turn, so the motion never
+// returns to a global match.
+const ANGLE_MAX = 0.475 * FIFTH;
+
+function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
+ return v || fallback;
+}
+
+type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
+
+const SCALE = Math.min(VB_W - 2 * MARGIN, VB_H - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * HALF);
+const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [
+ VB_W / 2 + p[0] * SCALE,
+ VB_H / 2 - p[1] * SCALE, // canvas y grows downward
+];
+
+function pathPoly(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, v: readonly Pt[], xf?: (p: Pt) => Pt) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const first = xf ? xf(v[0]) : v[0];
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(first);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < v.length; i++) {
+ const p = xf ? xf(v[i]) : v[i];
+ const [x, y] = toPx(p);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+}
+
+function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, o: Overlay, colors: Colors) {
+ const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
+ const angle = t * ANGLE_MAX;
+ const tinted = coincidentKeys(o, angle);
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+ ctx.fillStyle = paper;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
+
+ // LAYER A: the real patch, filled and muted so layer B reads over it. The
+ // agreement tint sits on top of the coincident A tiles, faint and honest.
+ for (const f of o.a) {
+ pathPoly(ctx, f.corners);
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.42;
+ ctx.fillStyle = f.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+
+ // The agreement islands: a faint ink wash on tiles that genuinely coincide with a
+ // rotated layer-B tile right now. Real near-coincidence only; never painted on.
+ if (tinted.size > 0) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ for (const f of o.a) {
+ if (!tinted.has(f.key)) continue;
+ pathPoly(ctx, f.corners);
+ ctx.fill();
+ }
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+
+ // LAYER B: the same real tiling, edges only, rotated about the center. Contrasting
+ // ink, semi-transparent, so where it falls on layer A's seams the two agree and
+ // where it cuts across them the veins of mismatch show.
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.7;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 0.9;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ const xf = (p: Pt) => rotate(p, angle);
+ for (const f of o.b) {
+ pathPoly(ctx, f.corners, xf);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
+export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
+ const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+ const colorsRef = useRef({
+ thick: "#C89B3C",
+ thin: "#3E6B7C",
+ paper: "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: "#ede9d8",
+ });
+ const dprRef = useRef(0);
+ const overlay = useMemo(() => buildOverlay(), []);
+
+ const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
+ colorsRef.current = {
+ thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
+ thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
+ paper: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
+ ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
+ };
+ }, []);
+
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ if (!canvas) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
+ ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ refreshColors();
+ }
+ paint(ctx, t, overlay, colorsRef.current);
+ },
+ [overlay, refreshColors],
+ );
+
+ // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle.
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+ refreshColors();
+ render(1);
+ });
+ observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+ attributes: true,
+ attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
+ });
+ return () => observer.disconnect();
+ }, [refreshColors, render]);
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..970c22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { tileExists } from "../../explore/lib/pentagrid";
+import {
+ buildOverlay,
+ coincidentKeys,
+ COINCIDE_TOL,
+ edgeLengths,
+ FIFTH,
+ rotate,
+ thickThinRatio,
+} from "./overlay";
+
+// This test BINDS the interference-overlay sketch to the engine. The sketch overlays
+// two real Penrose tilings and may tint where they coincide. The maintainer's two
+// worries are answered here: (1) both layers are genuine enumerator output, not
+// hand-drawn or randomized; (2) any "agreement" tint is REAL near-coincidence under
+// the current transform, never a painted-on effect. If anyone fakes a layer or a
+// highlight, one of these fails.
+
+const PHI = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
+const o = buildOverlay();
+
+describe("both layers are the same real enumerator patch", () => {
+ test("the patch is a genuine, non-trivial Penrose patch", () => {
+ expect(o.a.length).toBeGreaterThan(200);
+ });
+
+ test("layer A and layer B are the same real tiling (overlay is one patch turned over itself)", () => {
+ expect(o.b.length).toBe(o.a.length);
+ o.a.forEach((f, i) => {
+ expect(o.b[i].key).toBe(f.key);
+ });
+ });
+
+ test("every tile names a rhombus the plane actually emits (tileExists)", () => {
+ for (const f of o.a) {
+ expect(tileExists(f.coord, f.j, f.k)).toBe(true);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("every tile is a unit-edge rhombus (the engine's only output)", () => {
+ for (const f of o.a) {
+ for (const len of edgeLengths(f)) {
+ expect(Math.abs(len - 1)).toBeLessThan(1e-9);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("every tile is thick or thin, and the thick:thin ratio is near φ", () => {
+ for (const f of o.a) {
+ expect(f.type === "thick" || f.type === "thin").toBe(true);
+ }
+ // Over a real Penrose patch the count of thick to thin tends to φ.
+ expect(Math.abs(thickThinRatio(o.a) - PHI)).toBeLessThan(0.05);
+ });
+});
+
+describe("the coincidence tolerance is honest: a match means the same tile, not a neighbor", () => {
+ test("COINCIDE_TOL sits well below the smallest tile-to-tile spacing in the patch", () => {
+ // The closest two distinct centroids in the patch. A match within COINCIDE_TOL
+ // cannot be a different nearby tile if the tolerance is comfortably under this.
+ let minSpacing = Infinity;
+ for (let i = 0; i < o.a.length; i++) {
+ const [ax, ay] = o.a[i].centroid;
+ for (let k = i + 1; k < o.a.length; k++) {
+ const [bx, by] = o.a[k].centroid;
+ const d = Math.hypot(ax - bx, ay - by);
+ if (d < minSpacing) minSpacing = d;
+ }
+ }
+ expect(COINCIDE_TOL).toBeLessThan(minSpacing / 2);
+ });
+});
+
+describe("the agreement tint is real near-coincidence under the transform, never painted on", () => {
+ // For a handful of angles across one fifth-turn, the tinted set must be exactly the
+ // tiles that genuinely line up: each tinted layer-A tile has a same-kind layer-B
+ // tile within COINCIDE_TOL after rotation, and no untinted tile does. Recomputing
+ // the predicate independently here is the audit.
+ const angles = [0, 0.2 * FIFTH, 0.475 * FIFTH, 0.5 * FIFTH, FIFTH];
+
+ function trulyCoincident(key: string, angle: number): boolean {
+ const a = o.a.find((f) => f.key === key);
+ if (!a) return false;
+ for (const b of o.b) {
+ if (b.type !== a.type) continue;
+ const [rx, ry] = rotate(b.centroid, angle);
+ if (Math.hypot(a.centroid[0] - rx, a.centroid[1] - ry) <= COINCIDE_TOL) return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ for (const angle of angles) {
+ test(`every tinted tile genuinely coincides, every untinted one does not (angle ${(angle / FIFTH).toFixed(3)} of a fifth-turn)`, () => {
+ const tinted = coincidentKeys(o, angle);
+ for (const f of o.a) {
+ expect(tinted.has(f.key)).toBe(trulyCoincident(f.key, angle));
+ }
+ });
+ }
+
+ test("at 0 the two coincide everywhere (identity) but the demo's motion breaks it", () => {
+ // Layer B is layer A; with no rotation every tile coincides with itself. This is
+ // the trivial global match, and it is the ONLY angle that gives one.
+ const at0 = coincidentKeys(o, 0);
+ expect(at0.size).toBe(o.a.length);
+ });
+
+ test("turned off the trivial angle, agreement is partial: islands, not a global match", () => {
+ // The teaching claim made measurable: at a generic angle most tiles disagree, so
+ // the two never line up everywhere. Some agree (islands), most do not (veins).
+ const mid = coincidentKeys(o, 0.2 * FIFTH);
+ expect(mid.size).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ expect(mid.size).toBeLessThan(o.a.length * 0.5);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e5d075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+// Data for the interference-overlay sketch (spine section 7, "Slide one over
+// another"). This is Penrose's overhead-projector demo: lay two of these tilings
+// over each other, turn one, and broad regions snap into agreement while veins of
+// mismatch ripple between them, all organized by the five-fold symmetry.
+//
+// Honesty is the whole point, so BOTH layers are real enumerator output. Layer A is
+// a real patch from facesInViewport at the pinned window center, drawn filled. Layer
+// B is the SAME real patch, drawn as edges, and rotated about the patch center by
+// the slider. Rotating a Penrose tiling by a non-symmetry angle yields another valid
+// Penrose tiling in a new orientation, which is exactly the transparency Penrose
+// turned on his projector. Nothing here is hand-drawn or randomized.
+//
+// The interference is EMERGENT. Overlay the two and the agreement islands and veins
+// appear to the eye on their own. We additionally label agreement only where it is
+// REAL: a layer-A tile is "coincident" at a given angle iff some rotated layer-B
+// tile of the same kind lands within COINCIDE_TOL of it. That set is what the sketch
+// may tint, and what the colocated test pins, so no highlight is ever painted on.
+
+import { facesInViewport, GAMMA } from "../../explore/lib/pentagrid";
+import type { Pt, RenderFace } from "../../explore/lib/patch";
+
+export type { Pt } from "../../explore/lib/patch";
+
+// A modest square patch around the origin: enough tiles for the moiré to read, few
+// enough to draw every edge cleanly. The center of rotation is the origin, which is
+// the center of this patch.
+const VIEW = { minX: -8.5, minY: -8.5, maxX: 8.5, maxY: 8.5 } as const;
+
+// Two tiles of the same kind whose centers fall within this distance (physical
+// units, edge length 1) count as coincident: the same tile in the same place. Set
+// well below the smallest tile-to-tile spacing so a match means genuine overlap, not
+// a near neighbor. Validated by overlay.test.ts against the patch's spacing.
+export const COINCIDE_TOL = 0.16;
+
+// One fifth-turn. The slider spans [0, FIFTH]; the five-fold symmetry means the
+// moiré over this range is the whole story, and the angle reads as a fraction of the
+// symmetry that built the tiles.
+export const FIFTH = (2 * Math.PI) / 5;
+
+export type Overlay = {
+ // Layer A, filled rhombi, the real patch in its home orientation.
+ a: RenderFace[];
+ // Layer B, the same real patch, drawn as edges and rotated at render time. Carried
+ // separately so the sketch can transform B without touching A.
+ b: RenderFace[];
+};
+
+// Build the overlay: layer A and layer B are the SAME real enumerator patch. They
+// are distinct arrays so the renderer can rotate B's geometry independently. The
+// patch is sorted by key for determinism (the test reads buildOverlay() too).
+export function buildOverlay(): Overlay {
+ const faces = facesInViewport(VIEW, GAMMA).sort((x, y) => x.key.localeCompare(y.key));
+ return { a: faces, b: faces };
+}
+
+// Rotate a point about the origin (the patch center) by `angle` radians.
+export function rotate(p: Pt, angle: number): Pt {
+ const c = Math.cos(angle);
+ const s = Math.sin(angle);
+ return [p[0] * c - p[1] * s, p[0] * s + p[1] * c];
+}
+
+// The set of layer-A tile keys that genuinely coincide with a rotated layer-B tile
+// at `angle`: same rhombus kind, centers within COINCIDE_TOL. This is the only thing
+// the sketch may tint as "agreement," and it reflects real near-coincidence under
+// the current transform, computed from the two real patches. A spatial hash over
+// rotated B centroids keeps it linear in the tile count.
+export function coincidentKeys(o: Overlay, angle: number, tol = COINCIDE_TOL): Set {
+ const cell = Math.max(tol, 0.5);
+ const grid = new Map();
+ const cellKey = (x: number, y: number) => `${Math.round(x / cell)},${Math.round(y / cell)}`;
+ for (const f of o.b) {
+ const r = rotate(f.centroid, angle);
+ // Bucket by kind so a thick never matches a thin.
+ const k = `${f.type}:${cellKey(r[0], r[1])}`;
+ const arr = grid.get(k);
+ if (arr) arr.push(r);
+ else grid.set(k, [r]);
+ }
+ const out = new Set();
+ const tol2 = tol * tol;
+ for (const f of o.a) {
+ const [cx, cy] = f.centroid;
+ const bx = Math.round(cx / cell);
+ const by = Math.round(cy / cell);
+ let hit = false;
+ for (let dx = -1; dx <= 1 && !hit; dx++) {
+ for (let dy = -1; dy <= 1 && !hit; dy++) {
+ const bucket = grid.get(`${f.type}:${bx + dx},${by + dy}`);
+ if (!bucket) continue;
+ for (const [rx, ry] of bucket) {
+ const ex = cx - rx;
+ const ey = cy - ry;
+ if (ex * ex + ey * ey <= tol2) {
+ hit = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if (hit) out.add(f.key);
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// The four edge lengths of a rhombus face, in physical units. Used by the test to
+// prove every drawn tile is a unit-edge rhombus, the engine's only output.
+export function edgeLengths(f: RenderFace): [number, number, number, number] {
+ const c = f.corners;
+ const len = (i: number): number => {
+ const p = c[i];
+ const q = c[(i + 1) % 4];
+ return Math.hypot(q[0] - p[0], q[1] - p[1]);
+ };
+ return [len(0), len(1), len(2), len(3)];
+}
+
+// Thick:thin ratio over a set of faces. Over a real Penrose patch this tends to φ.
+export function thickThinRatio(faces: readonly RenderFace[]): number {
+ let thick = 0;
+ let thin = 0;
+ for (const f of faces) {
+ if (f.type === "thick") thick++;
+ else thin++;
+ }
+ return thin === 0 ? Infinity : thick / thin;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index ccc7184..9aef680 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
import { experimentNumber } from "../page";
import CutAndProject from "./_components/CutAndProject";
+import InterferenceOverlay from "./_components/InterferenceOverlay";
import MeetTheTiles from "./_components/MeetTheTiles";
import StopTilingByHand from "./_components/StopTilingByHand";
import UnsolvableFuture from "./_components/UnsolvableFuture";
@@ -213,23 +214,31 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
- {/* 7. The overlay. (Prose now; sketch later.) */}
+ {/* 7. The overlay. */}
Slide one over another
Penrose noticed something when he laid two of these tilings over each
- other and slid one across the other. Large regions snap into
- agreement, the two patterns locking tile for tile. Between those
- islands run shifting veins where they disagree, and the whole map of
- islands and veins is organized by the same five-fold symmetry that
- built the tiles.
+ other on his overhead projector and turned one across the other.
+ Large regions snap into agreement, the two patterns locking tile for
+ tile. Between those islands run shifting veins where they disagree,
+ and the whole map of islands and veins is organized by the same
+ five-fold symmetry that built the tiles.
+
+
+
+
+
- Here is the strange part. Any two Penrose tilings share every finite
- patch you could name. Whatever stretch you see in one, you will find
- an exact copy somewhere in the other. Yet slide and rotate all you
- like, the two never line up everywhere at once. Infinitely alike up
- close, never the same as a whole.
+ Overlay two of these tilings and turn one, and you see broad regions
+ agree while veins of mismatch ripple between them, organized by the
+ five-fold symmetry. That is the strange part. Any two Penrose tilings
+ share every finite patch you could name. Whatever stretch you see in
+ one, you will find an exact copy somewhere in the other. Yet slide and
+ rotate all you like, the two never line up everywhere at once.
+ Infinitely alike up close, never the same as a whole. This is what
+ Penrose saw on his projector.
From 7e6ae0c1b3984ce743a045490576cccd64269942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:35:39 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 62/87] feat(penrose): section 9 scaling sketches, thick:thin
to phi and the phi-supertiling hierarchy
Both sketches stand on the real substitution engine (deflate). GoldenRatio
counts the rhombi it draws; the count equals faces.ts substitutionFaces at
every level and the ratio homes in on phi as the level climbs. ZoomHierarchy
overlays the genuine level-up tiles (deflate(L-1)) on the fine patch
(deflate(L)), the supertiles the small ones compose into, self-similar by phi.
Colocated bun:test binds counts and geometry to the engine; Playwright covers
mount, sliders, readouts, and the reduced-motion end-state contract.
---
e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts | 84 +++++++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx | 205 ++++++++++++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 227 ++++++++++++++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.test.ts | 130 ++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.ts | 101 ++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 32 ++-
6 files changed, 774 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.ts
diff --git a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
index 9ce8cf8..54f413c 100644
--- a/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/x/penrose/page.spec.ts
@@ -170,3 +170,87 @@ test("the cut-and-project sketch renders and links its two panels on hover", asy
figure.getByText(/four corners.*shadows all land inside the window/i),
).toBeVisible();
});
+
+const goldenFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+ page.locator("figure").filter({
+ has: page.getByRole("img", {
+ name: /running count of thick to thin tiles/i,
+ }),
+ });
+
+test("the golden-ratio sketch mounts its animated canvas, level slider, and count readout", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ const figure = goldenFigure(page);
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("img", { name: /running count of thick to thin tiles/i }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
+ // The level is the slider; the readout shows the running thick/thin ratio.
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("slider", { name: "level" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByText(/thick ÷ thin/i)).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("the golden-ratio sketch loads at its stationary deepest level", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ // Same harness contract: mounts at t = 1 (the deepest level, ratio nearest phi),
+ // so reset is enabled and step is disabled until the viewer rewinds.
+ const figure = goldenFigure(page);
+ const reset = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
+ const step = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
+ await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+ await expect(reset).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(step).toBeDisabled();
+ await reset.click();
+ await expect(step).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
+});
+
+const hierarchyFigure = (page: import("@playwright/test").Page) =>
+ page.locator("figure").filter({
+ has: page.getByRole("img", {
+ name: /supertiles the small rhombi compose into/i,
+ }),
+ });
+
+test("the zoom-hierarchy sketch mounts its animated canvas and depth slider", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ const figure = hierarchyFigure(page);
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("img", { name: /supertiles the small rhombi compose into/i }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(
+ figure.getByRole("button", { name: "play", exact: true }),
+ ).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" })).toBeVisible();
+ // The depth is the slider; the readout names the supertiles.
+ await expect(figure.getByRole("slider", { name: "depth" })).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(figure.getByText(/supertiles/i).first()).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("the zoom-hierarchy sketch loads at its stationary deepest depth", async ({
+ page,
+}) => {
+ await page.goto("/x/penrose");
+ // Same harness contract: mounts at t = 1 (the deepest depth, where the self-
+ // similarity reads hardest), so reset is enabled and step is disabled.
+ const figure = hierarchyFigure(page);
+ const reset = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "reset" });
+ const step = figure.getByRole("button", { name: "step" });
+ await reset.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+ await expect(reset).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(step).toBeDisabled();
+ await reset.click();
+ await expect(step).toBeEnabled();
+ await expect(reset).toBeDisabled();
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e251dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+import Sketch from "./Sketch";
+import {
+ countSeries,
+ halfExtent,
+ PHI,
+ rhombiAt,
+ type Counts,
+ type Pt,
+ type Rhombus,
+} from "./lib/scaling";
+
+// "The golden ratio appears": the spine's section-9 sketch one. Step the slider
+// through deflation levels. At each level the real patch is drawn (the rhombi the
+// substitution engine emits) and the running fat:thin count and its ratio update.
+// The ratio homes in on phi, the same golden ratio that set the tile angles.
+//
+// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. The counts and the geometry are both deflate() output
+// (see lib/scaling.ts and its test): the thick:thin numbers equal faces.ts
+// substitutionFaces at every level, and the ratio shown is exactly thick/thin. The
+// gap to phi shrinks as the level climbs, which the colocated test pins.
+//
+// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: high levels are thousands of tiles, so
+// the harness drives render(t) imperatively and the slider scrubs the level. The
+// readout below is React state, updated from the same render, so it is a live
+// region the count can be read from. Theme colours are read live, so the patch
+// inverts with the toggle. Reduced motion is honored by the harness mounting at the
+// representative end state (t = 1, the deepest level, ratio nearest phi).
+
+const VB = 460;
+const MARGIN = 12;
+
+// The levels the slider walks. Capped at 8: deep enough that the ratio is within
+// 0.01 of phi, shallow enough to draw every rhombus cleanly.
+const MIN_LEVEL = 1;
+const MAX_LEVEL = 8;
+
+function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
+ return v || fallback;
+}
+
+type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
+
+// Map normalised t in [0,1] to a discrete level. Quantised so each slider region
+// lands on exactly one level (a clean step, not a blur between two).
+const levelForT = (t: number): number =>
+ Math.min(MAX_LEVEL, MIN_LEVEL + Math.round(t * (MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL)));
+
+function paint(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ rhombi: readonly Rhombus[],
+ half: number,
+ colors: Colors,
+) {
+ const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
+ const s = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * half);
+ const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [VB / 2 + p[0] * s, VB / 2 - p[1] * s];
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.fillStyle = paper;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+
+ // Edges thin out as the tiles shrink, so the grout never swallows the fills.
+ const edge = Math.max(0.3, Math.min(1, 18 / Math.sqrt(rhombi.length)));
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ for (const r of rhombi) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(r.corners[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fillStyle = r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = edge;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+}
+
+export default function GoldenRatio() {
+ const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+ const colorsRef = useRef({
+ thick: "#C89B3C",
+ thin: "#3E6B7C",
+ paper: "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: "#ede9d8",
+ });
+ const dprRef = useRef(0);
+
+ // Precompute every level's rhombi and counts once. Eight levels is a few thousand
+ // tiles at most, cheap, and it makes scrubbing instant.
+ const series = useMemo(() => countSeries(MAX_LEVEL), []);
+ const patches = useMemo(
+ () => Array.from({ length: MAX_LEVEL + 1 }, (_, l) => (l >= MIN_LEVEL ? rhombiAt(l) : [])),
+ [],
+ );
+ const halves = useMemo(() => patches.map((rh) => (rh.length ? halfExtent(rh) : 1)), [patches]);
+
+ const [counts, setCounts] = useState(series[MAX_LEVEL - 1]);
+ const levelRef = useRef(MAX_LEVEL);
+
+ const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
+ colorsRef.current = {
+ thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
+ thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
+ paper: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
+ ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
+ };
+ }, []);
+
+ const drawLevel = useCallback(
+ (level: number) => {
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ if (!canvas) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB * dpr;
+ ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ refreshColors();
+ }
+ paint(ctx, patches[level], halves[level], colorsRef.current);
+ },
+ [patches, halves, refreshColors],
+ );
+
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ const level = levelForT(t);
+ drawLevel(level);
+ if (level !== levelRef.current) {
+ levelRef.current = level;
+ setCounts(series[level - 1]);
+ }
+ },
+ [drawLevel, series],
+ );
+
+ // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary frame inverts with the toggle.
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+ refreshColors();
+ drawLevel(levelRef.current);
+ });
+ observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+ attributes: true,
+ attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
+ });
+ return () => observer.disconnect();
+ }, [refreshColors, drawLevel]);
+
+ const gap = Math.abs(counts.ratio - PHI);
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+ Off φ ≈ {PHI.toFixed(4)} by{" "}
+ {gap.toFixed(4)}. Step the level deeper
+ and the gap keeps closing. Subdivide forever and the ratio of thick to
+ thin tiles is exactly the golden ratio.
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a33d4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+import Sketch from "./Sketch";
+import {
+ halfExtent,
+ hierarchyAt,
+ PHI,
+ type Hierarchy,
+ type Pt,
+ type Rhombus,
+} from "./lib/scaling";
+
+// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two. A real deflated patch is
+// drawn small and filled, and over it the genuine level-up tiles (the supertiles
+// the small tiles compose into) are drawn as ink outlines, at the same physical
+// scale. Step the slider and the depth walks: more small tiles inside the same two
+// supertile shapes, indefinitely. The point lands: any valid Penrose tiling
+// inflates or deflates into another valid Penrose tiling scaled by phi, forever, so
+// the pattern is self-similar across scales.
+//
+// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. deflate(L) is subdivide(deflate(L-1)), so the supertiles
+// are not hand-drawn boundaries: they ARE deflate(L-1), the coarser valid tiling,
+// at the same wheel radius. lib/scaling.ts produces both; the colocated test pins
+// supers === rhombiAt(L-1) and the count growing by ~phi^2 per level.
+//
+// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: deeper levels are thousands of small
+// tiles. The harness drives render(t) and the slider scrubs the depth. Theme
+// colours are read live so it inverts with the toggle. Reduced motion is honored by
+// the harness mounting at the representative end state (t = 1, the deepest depth,
+// where the self-similarity reads hardest: many small tiles, the same big shapes).
+
+const VB = 480;
+const MARGIN = 12;
+
+// The depths the slider walks. L is the small-tile level; L-1 is the supertile
+// level. Start at 2 so there is always a supertiling to outline; cap at 6 so the
+// small tiles stay visible inside their supertiles.
+const MIN_LEVEL = 2;
+const MAX_LEVEL = 6;
+
+function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
+ return v || fallback;
+}
+
+type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
+
+const levelForT = (t: number): number =>
+ Math.min(MAX_LEVEL, MIN_LEVEL + Math.round(t * (MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL)));
+
+function polyPath(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ r: Rhombus,
+ toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
+) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(r.corners[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
+}
+
+function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, h: Hierarchy, half: number, colors: Colors) {
+ const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
+ const s = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * half);
+ const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [VB / 2 + p[0] * s, VB / 2 - p[1] * s];
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.fillStyle = paper;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+
+ // The small tiles: the fine deflation, filled and muted so the supertile ink
+ // reads over them. Hairline grout, thinner as they shrink.
+ const edge = Math.max(0.25, Math.min(0.8, 14 / Math.sqrt(h.small.length)));
+ for (const r of h.small) {
+ polyPath(ctx, r, toPx);
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+ ctx.fillStyle = r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.restore();
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.35;
+ ctx.lineWidth = edge;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+ }
+
+ // The supertiles: the genuine level-up tiling, drawn as bold ink outlines. These
+ // are the same two shapes, phi times larger, that the small tiles group into.
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+ for (const r of h.supers) {
+ polyPath(ctx, r, toPx);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+}
+
+export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
+ const canvasRef = useRef(null);
+ const colorsRef = useRef({
+ thick: "#C89B3C",
+ thin: "#3E6B7C",
+ paper: "#0f0e0c",
+ ink: "#ede9d8",
+ });
+ const dprRef = useRef(0);
+
+ // Precompute every depth once. The supertiles of depth L are deflate(L-1) at the
+ // same wheel radius, so small and supers fit on the same scale with no fudging.
+ const depths = useMemo(
+ () => Array.from({ length: MAX_LEVEL + 1 }, (_, l) => (l >= MIN_LEVEL ? hierarchyAt(l) : (null as unknown as Hierarchy))),
+ [],
+ );
+ const halves = useMemo(
+ () => depths.map((h) => (h ? halfExtent(h.small) : 1)),
+ [depths],
+ );
+
+ const [level, setLevel] = useState(MAX_LEVEL);
+ const levelRef = useRef(MAX_LEVEL);
+
+ const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
+ colorsRef.current = {
+ thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
+ thin: readVar("--color-penrose-thin", "#3E6B7C"),
+ paper: readVar("--color-paper", "#0f0e0c"),
+ ink: readVar("--color-ink", "#ede9d8"),
+ };
+ }, []);
+
+ const drawLevel = useCallback(
+ (lvl: number) => {
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ if (!canvas) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB * dpr;
+ ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ refreshColors();
+ }
+ paint(ctx, depths[lvl], halves[lvl], colorsRef.current);
+ },
+ [depths, halves, refreshColors],
+ );
+
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ const lvl = levelForT(t);
+ drawLevel(lvl);
+ if (lvl !== levelRef.current) {
+ levelRef.current = lvl;
+ setLevel(lvl);
+ }
+ },
+ [drawLevel],
+ );
+
+ useEffect(() => {
+ const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+ refreshColors();
+ drawLevel(levelRef.current);
+ });
+ observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+ attributes: true,
+ attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
+ });
+ return () => observer.disconnect();
+ }, [refreshColors, drawLevel]);
+
+ const h = depths[level];
+ const smallN = h ? h.small.length : 0;
+ const superN = h ? h.supers.length : 0;
+
+ return (
+
+
+
+ The bold outlines are the real level-up tiles, the same two shapes φ ≈{" "}
+ {PHI.toFixed(3)} times larger. Each holds φ² ≈ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} times
+ as many small tiles a level down. Inflate or deflate forever and you land
+ on another valid Penrose tiling, the pattern a copy of itself at every
+ scale.
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d7a3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { deflate, PHI } from "../../explore/lib/deflate";
+import { substitutionFaces } from "../../explore/lib/faces";
+import {
+ countSeries,
+ countsAt,
+ halfExtent,
+ hierarchyAt,
+ rhombiAt,
+ rhombiFromTris,
+} from "./scaling";
+
+// This test BINDS the two scaling sketches to the substitution engine. The
+// golden-ratio sketch shows thick:thin counts that must equal the engine's own
+// face counts at every level and must home in on phi as the level climbs. The
+// hierarchy sketch must draw deflate(L) inside the real level-up tiles deflate(L-1),
+// with the tile count growing by ~phi^2 per level. If anyone hand-authors the
+// numbers or the supertiles, one of these fails.
+
+const MAX = 8;
+
+describe("the counts the golden-ratio sketch shows are the engine's faces", () => {
+ // The sketch counts rhombi (the things it draws). faces.ts counts rhombi a
+ // different way (lifting corners to Z^5 and pairing by axes). They must agree
+ // tile for tile, or the sketch is lying about what it drew.
+ for (let level = 1; level <= MAX; level++) {
+ test(`thick/thin at level ${level} equals substitutionFaces`, () => {
+ const c = countsAt(level);
+ const sf = substitutionFaces(level).faces;
+ const sThick = sf.filter((f) => f.type === "thick").length;
+ const sThin = sf.filter((f) => f.type === "thin").length;
+ expect(c.thick).toBe(sThick);
+ expect(c.thin).toBe(sThin);
+ });
+ }
+
+ test("the displayed ratio is exactly thick/thin (no fudge)", () => {
+ for (const c of countSeries(MAX)) {
+ expect(c.ratio).toBe(c.thick / c.thin);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("there are real tiles of both kinds to count", () => {
+ for (const c of countSeries(MAX)) {
+ expect(c.thick).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ expect(c.thin).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ }
+ });
+});
+
+describe("the ratio homes in on the golden ratio as the level climbs", () => {
+ // The teaching beat: subdivide and the fat:thin ratio approaches phi. We pin the
+ // trend, not a single value (the finite patch has boundary half-rhombi that make
+ // any one level a touch noisy). The gap at the top level is far smaller than the
+ // gap low down, and the deepest level is genuinely close to phi.
+ const series = countSeries(MAX);
+ const gap = (r: number) => Math.abs(r - PHI);
+
+ test("the gap to phi shrinks from the low levels to the top", () => {
+ const low = gap(series[1].ratio); // level 2
+ const top = gap(series[MAX - 1].ratio); // level MAX
+ expect(top).toBeLessThan(low * 0.1);
+ });
+
+ test("the deepest level sits within 0.01 of phi", () => {
+ expect(gap(series[MAX - 1].ratio)).toBeLessThan(0.01);
+ });
+
+ test("the displayed ratio rounds toward 1.618 by the deepest levels", () => {
+ expect(series[MAX - 1].ratio).toBeCloseTo(PHI, 2);
+ });
+});
+
+describe("the hierarchy sketch draws real engine geometry at two depths", () => {
+ // The supertiles are the literal level-up tiles: deflate(L) = subdivide(deflate(L-1)),
+ // so deflate(L-1) is the coarser valid tiling the small tiles compose into. We do
+ // not hand-draw a single boundary.
+ test("hierarchyAt(L).supers equals rhombiAt(L-1) exactly", () => {
+ for (let level = 2; level <= 6; level++) {
+ const h = hierarchyAt(level);
+ const up = rhombiAt(level - 1);
+ expect(h.supers.length).toBe(up.length);
+ for (let i = 0; i < up.length; i++) {
+ expect(h.supers[i].kind).toBe(up[i].kind);
+ expect(h.supers[i].corners).toEqual(up[i].corners);
+ }
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("the small tiles are deflate(L), straight from the engine", () => {
+ for (let level = 2; level <= 6; level++) {
+ const h = hierarchyAt(level);
+ expect(h.small).toEqual(rhombiFromTris(deflate(level, 1)));
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("tile count grows by ~phi^2 per level (the substitution eigenvalue)", () => {
+ // Going from supertiles (L-1) to small tiles (L) multiplies the count by the
+ // substitution eigenvalue phi^2, the same growth deflate.test.ts pins on the
+ // triangles, here on the complete rhombi the sketch actually draws.
+ for (let level = 5; level <= MAX; level++) {
+ const small = rhombiAt(level).length;
+ const supers = rhombiAt(level - 1).length;
+ expect(small / supers).toBeCloseTo(PHI * PHI, 0);
+ }
+ });
+});
+
+describe("the geometry is honest rhombi, not arbitrary quads", () => {
+ test("every drawn rhombus is a unit-edge quad in apex/base/apex/base order", () => {
+ // At unit wheel radius and level L the legs contract to 1/phi^L. We assert the
+ // four sides are equal (a rhombus) and the diagonals are the apex-apex and
+ // base-base pairs, i.e. corner 0..2 and 1..3 cross (a simple convex quad).
+ const rh = rhombiAt(4);
+ expect(rh.length).toBeGreaterThan(50);
+ for (const r of rh.slice(0, 40)) {
+ const c = r.corners;
+ const side = (i: number) =>
+ Math.hypot(c[(i + 1) % 4][0] - c[i][0], c[(i + 1) % 4][1] - c[i][1]);
+ const s0 = side(0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) expect(side(i)).toBeCloseTo(s0, 9);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test("halfExtent frames an origin-centered patch", () => {
+ expect(halfExtent(rhombiAt(3))).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ expect(halfExtent(rhombiAt(3))).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1.0001);
+ });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edfda9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/scaling.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Data for the two scaling sketches (spine section 9, "More magic: scaling").
+//
+// Both sketches stand on the real substitution engine (deflate, in
+// explore/lib/deflate.ts), so the counts are genuine and the supertiles are not
+// hand-drawn. A Penrose rhombus is two Robinson triangles glued on their shared
+// base edge: two acute (color 0) triangles make a THIN rhombus, two obtuse
+// (color 1) triangles make a THICK one. Pairing the deflation output on the base
+// edge recovers every complete rhombus AND its kind, and those counts match
+// faces.ts substitutionFaces tile for tile (see scaling.test.ts).
+//
+// GOLDEN RATIO At each level draw the patch and count thick:thin. The ratio
+// homes in on phi as the level climbs, the same phi that set the
+// tile angles. The object counted is the rhombus, the thing on
+// screen.
+//
+// HIERARCHY deflate(L) is subdivide(deflate(L-1)), so the level-(L-1)
+// rhombi ARE the supertiles the level-L rhombi compose into.
+// Draw the small tiles filled and the genuine level-up tiles as
+// ink outlines at the same physical scale: self-similarity, the
+// engine's own output at two depths.
+
+import { deflate, type Pt, type Tri } from "../../explore/lib/deflate";
+
+export type { Pt } from "../../explore/lib/deflate";
+export { PHI } from "../../explore/lib/deflate";
+
+export type RhombusKind = "thick" | "thin";
+
+// A complete rhombus recovered from the deflation: its kind and its four corners
+// in draw order (apex, base, apex, base), a simple convex quad.
+export type Rhombus = { kind: RhombusKind; corners: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] };
+
+const pkey = (p: Pt) => `${p[0].toFixed(6)},${p[1].toFixed(6)}`;
+
+// Pair triangles on their shared base edge into complete rhombi. Half-rhombi at
+// the patch boundary have only one triangle on their base and are dropped: a
+// rhombus needs both halves, exactly as faces.ts requires both apexes. The kind
+// follows the paired color: two obtuse (1) -> thick, two acute (0) -> thin.
+export function rhombiFromTris(tris: readonly Tri[]): Rhombus[] {
+ const byBase = new Map();
+ for (const t of tris) {
+ const k = [pkey(t.b), pkey(t.c)].sort().join("|");
+ const e = byBase.get(k) ?? byBase.set(k, { apexes: [], base: [t.b, t.c], colors: [] }).get(k)!;
+ e.apexes.push(t.a);
+ e.colors.push(t.color);
+ }
+ const out: Rhombus[] = [];
+ for (const { apexes, base, colors } of byBase.values()) {
+ if (apexes.length !== 2) continue;
+ const kind: RhombusKind = colors[0] === 1 && colors[1] === 1 ? "thick" : "thin";
+ out.push({ kind, corners: [apexes[0], base[0], apexes[1], base[1]] });
+ }
+ return out;
+}
+
+// The complete rhombi of the wheel deflated `level` times, at unit wheel radius.
+export function rhombiAt(level: number): Rhombus[] {
+ return rhombiFromTris(deflate(level, 1));
+}
+
+// Thick and thin tile counts at a level, the numbers the golden-ratio sketch
+// shows. These equal faces.ts substitutionFaces at every level (same rhombi).
+export type Counts = { level: number; thick: number; thin: number; ratio: number };
+
+export function countsAt(level: number): Counts {
+ let thick = 0;
+ let thin = 0;
+ for (const r of rhombiAt(level)) {
+ if (r.kind === "thick") thick++;
+ else thin++;
+ }
+ return { level, thick, thin, ratio: thin === 0 ? Infinity : thick / thin };
+}
+
+// The full count series the golden-ratio sketch steps through. The trend is the
+// teaching point: |ratio - phi| at the top level is far smaller than at the
+// bottom, the ratio homing in on the golden ratio that built the tiles.
+export function countSeries(maxLevel: number): Counts[] {
+ const out: Counts[] = [];
+ for (let l = 1; l <= maxLevel; l++) out.push(countsAt(l));
+ return out;
+}
+
+// One depth of the hierarchy sketch: the small filled rhombi (level L) and the
+// supertiles they compose into (level L-1), the genuine level-up tiles. Both come
+// from deflate at the same wheel radius, so the small tiles sit inside their
+// supertiles with no fitting by hand.
+export type Hierarchy = { level: number; small: Rhombus[]; supers: Rhombus[] };
+
+export function hierarchyAt(level: number): Hierarchy {
+ return { level, small: rhombiAt(level), supers: rhombiAt(level - 1) };
+}
+
+// Shared extent for fitting a patch into a viewBox: the max |coordinate| over all
+// corners. The wheel is origin-centered, so a single half-extent frames it.
+export function halfExtent(rhombi: readonly Rhombus[]): number {
+ let h = 0;
+ for (const r of rhombi)
+ for (const [x, y] of r.corners) h = Math.max(h, Math.abs(x), Math.abs(y));
+ return h;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 9aef680..c794882 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import ThemeToggle from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
import { experimentNumber } from "../page";
import CutAndProject from "./_components/CutAndProject";
+import GoldenRatio from "./_components/GoldenRatio";
import InterferenceOverlay from "./_components/InterferenceOverlay";
import MeetTheTiles from "./_components/MeetTheTiles";
import StopTilingByHand from "./_components/StopTilingByHand";
import UnsolvableFuture from "./_components/UnsolvableFuture";
+import ZoomHierarchy from "./_components/ZoomHierarchy";
export const metadata: Metadata = {
title: "Penrose — func.lol",
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
- {/* 9. More magic: scaling. (Prose now; sketches later.) */}
+ {/* 9. More magic: scaling. */}
It folds into itself
@@ -271,13 +273,33 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
φ. You can do this forever in either direction.
- Count the tiles as you go and a number falls out. The ratio of thick
- tiles to thin tiles drifts toward φ, the same golden ratio that set
- the angles in the first place. The pattern that never repeats is, at
- every scale, a copy of itself.
+ Count the tiles as you go and a number falls out. Step the level
+ deeper below and watch the running count of thick tiles to thin
+ tiles. It homes in on φ, the same golden ratio that set the angles in
+ the first place.
+
+
+
+
+ The reason is the same self-similarity, seen the other way. Those
+ smaller tiles are not just finer, they group back into larger tiles of
+ the very same two shapes. Below, the filled rhombi are a real deflated
+ patch and the bold outlines are the genuine level up, the supertiles
+ the small ones compose into, the same two shapes scaled by φ. Step the
+ depth and more small tiles pack inside the same big ones.
+
+
+ Inflate or deflate as far as you like and you always land on another
+ valid Penrose tiling, scaled by φ. The pattern that never repeats is,
+ at every scale, a copy of itself.
+
+
+
+
+
{/* 10. The explorer. */}
Now walk it
From 5725d4d024d430e2583eb991f444e832bf1a791c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:09:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 63/87] feat(penrose): dead-end sketches settle to a clean
final patch
Both geometric dead-end sketches packed the whole story into the t=1
end frame: ghosted wrong move, dashed candidate outlines, shaded overlap
blobs, and the correct filling all layered at once. Restructure the
timeline so the 'nothing fits' climax is mid-scrub and the failed
attempts fade out as the one correct filling grows; the wall ring
brightens from muted to a finished patch. t=1 is now the clean resolved
region, the lesson carried by the caption. Factor the worst-overlap
area into a single helper and drop the duplicated end-state branch.
---
.../penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx | 207 ++++++++----------
.../penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx | 126 ++++-------
2 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 200 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
index 1dc6fa1..8138534 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
@@ -216,15 +216,46 @@ function caption(
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Timeline. Outline the hole, seat the tempting fat-108 move (it fits), then the
-// next gap glows and every candidate shades its overlap, then the one correct
-// fat-72 filling completes and holds. The order is fixed, so the slider scrubs it.
+// gap glows and every candidate shades its overlap (the climax: nothing fits).
+// Then the failed attempts clear, the one correct fat-72 filling completes, and
+// the patch settles into a clean finished region. The order is fixed, so the
+// slider scrubs it; t = 1 is the clean resolved patch, the litter gone.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const HOLE_IN = 0.12; // [0, HOLE_IN] wall ring + hole outline appear
-const SEAT_FROM = 0.16; // the tempting move seats cleanly
-const SEAT_TO = 0.4;
-const WALL_FROM = 0.46; // the gap glows; candidates shade their overlap
-const WALL_TO = 0.72;
+const HOLE_IN = 0.1; // [0, HOLE_IN] wall ring + hole outline appear
+const SEAT_FROM = 0.14; // the tempting move seats cleanly
+const SEAT_TO = 0.34;
+const WALL_FROM = 0.4; // the gap glows; candidates shade their overlap
+const WALL_TO = 0.64;
+const COMP_FROM = 0.72; // the failed attempts clear; the right filling grows
+const COMP_TO = 0.94;
+
+// The candidate's worst (largest-area) real overlap with any board tile. The
+// shaded polygon IS the wall the viewer sees, so the dead-end is geometry, not a
+// label.
+function worstOverlap(
+ cand: readonly Pt[],
+ board: readonly (readonly Pt[])[],
+): Pt[] {
+ let worst: Pt[] = [];
+ let worstA = 0;
+ for (const bv of board) {
+ const ov = overlapPolygon(cand as Pt[], bv as Pt[]);
+ if (ov.length < 3) continue;
+ let a = 0;
+ for (let i = 0; i < ov.length; i++) {
+ const p = ov[i];
+ const q = ov[(i + 1) % ov.length];
+ a += p[0] * q[1] - q[0] * p[1];
+ }
+ a = Math.abs(a) / 2;
+ if (a > worstA) {
+ worstA = a;
+ worst = ov;
+ }
+ }
+ return worst;
+}
function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
@@ -239,9 +270,14 @@ function paint(
ctx.fillStyle = grout;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- // 1. The committed wall ring, muted so the hole and the action read above it.
const wallIn = smooth(0, HOLE_IN, t);
+ const comp = smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_TO, t);
+ const clear = 1 - smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_FROM + 0.1, t); // failed attempts fade out
+
+ // 1. The committed wall ring. Muted while the hole is the subject, brightening
+ // to a finished patch as the correct filling completes.
if (wallIn > 0) {
+ const wallAlpha = wallIn * (0.34 + 0.5 * comp);
for (const tile of wall) {
fillTile(
ctx,
@@ -249,95 +285,36 @@ function paint(
toPx,
tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
ink,
- wallIn * 0.34,
+ wallAlpha,
0.8,
);
}
- strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn, [5, 4]);
- caption(
- ctx,
- "one small hole, exactly one filling",
- VB_W / 2,
- 20,
- ink,
- wallIn * 0.85,
- );
- }
-
- const atEnd = t >= 1;
-
- // END STATE (reduced motion / t = 1): the wrong move seated, the gap shaded with
- // every overlapping candidate, and the correct filling completing. Static.
- if (atEnd) {
- // The tempting wrong move, ghosted (it seated, but it strands).
- fillTile(ctx, scene.wrongMove.v, toPx, ink, ink, 0.14, 1);
- strokeLoop(ctx, scene.wrongMove.v, toPx, ink, 1.4, 0.5, [4, 3]);
- // Every candidate on the gap, each shading its real overlap with the board.
- const board = [...scene.wall, scene.wrongMove].map((x) => x.v);
- for (const cand of gap.candidates) {
- strokeLoop(ctx, cand.v, toPx, ink, 1, 0.32, [2, 3]);
- let worst: Pt[] = [];
- let worstA = 0;
- for (const bv of board) {
- const ov = overlapPolygon(cand.v as Pt[], bv as Pt[]);
- if (ov.length >= 3) {
- let a = 0;
- for (let i = 0; i < ov.length; i++) {
- const p = ov[i];
- const q = ov[(i + 1) % ov.length];
- a += p[0] * q[1] - q[0] * p[1];
- }
- a = Math.abs(a) / 2;
- if (a > worstA) {
- worstA = a;
- worst = ov;
- }
- }
- }
- shadeOverlap(ctx, worst, toPx, ink, 0.4);
- }
- // The one correct filling, solid.
- for (const tile of scene.uniqueCompletion) {
- fillTile(
+ // The hole outline, fading as the filling closes it.
+ strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn * (1 - comp), [5, 4]);
+ if (comp < 0.6) {
+ caption(
ctx,
- tile.v,
- toPx,
- tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
+ "one small hole, exactly one filling",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ 20,
ink,
- 0.9,
- 1.1,
+ wallIn * 0.85 * (1 - comp),
);
}
- caption(
- ctx,
- "the wrong piece fits, then strands; only one filling works",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 30,
- ink,
- 0.8,
- );
- caption(
- ctx,
- "no rule invoked, the shapes alone decide",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 14,
- ink,
- 0.62,
- );
- return;
}
- // 2. The tempting wrong move (fat-108) seats cleanly on the constrained edge.
+ // 2. The tempting wrong move (fat-108) seats cleanly on the constrained edge,
+ // then dims to a faint ghost under the climax and clears before the finish.
const seat = smooth(SEAT_FROM, SEAT_TO, t);
- const fade = 1 - smooth(WALL_FROM, WALL_FROM + 0.06, t); // it fades as the gap glows
- if (seat > 0 && fade > 0) {
+ if (seat > 0 && clear > 0) {
+ const dim = 1 - 0.7 * smooth(WALL_FROM, WALL_FROM + 0.06, t);
fillTile(
ctx,
scene.wrongMove.v,
toPx,
scene.wrongMove.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
ink,
- seat * fade,
+ seat * clear * dim,
1.1,
);
if (t < WALL_FROM) {
@@ -345,18 +322,15 @@ function paint(
}
}
- // 3. The gap glows; every candidate shades its overlap with a committed tile.
+ // 3. The climax: the gap glows and every candidate shades its real overlap with
+ // a committed tile. Nothing fits. Clears as the finish takes over.
const wallReveal = smooth(WALL_FROM, WALL_TO, t);
- if (wallReveal > 0) {
- // Keep the seated wrong move visible, faint, so the gap reads against it.
- fillTile(ctx, scene.wrongMove.v, toPx, ink, ink, wallReveal * 0.14, 1);
- strokeLoop(ctx, scene.wrongMove.v, toPx, ink, 1.4, wallReveal * 0.5, [4, 3]);
-
+ if (wallReveal > 0 && clear > 0) {
const board = [...scene.wall, scene.wrongMove].map((x) => x.v);
// Glow the gap edge.
const [ea, eb] = gap.edge;
ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = wallReveal;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = wallReveal * clear;
const [ax, ay] = toPx(ea);
const [bx, by] = toPx(eb);
ctx.beginPath();
@@ -371,45 +345,25 @@ function paint(
// Reveal candidates one at a time, each shading its worst real overlap.
const per = 1 / gap.candidates.length;
gap.candidates.forEach((cand, k) => {
- const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, wallReveal);
+ const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, wallReveal) * clear;
if (appear <= 0) return;
strokeLoop(ctx, cand.v, toPx, ink, 1, appear * 0.3, [2, 3]);
- let worst: Pt[] = [];
- let worstA = 0;
- for (const bv of board) {
- const ov = overlapPolygon(cand.v as Pt[], bv as Pt[]);
- if (ov.length >= 3) {
- let a = 0;
- for (let i = 0; i < ov.length; i++) {
- const p = ov[i];
- const q = ov[(i + 1) % ov.length];
- a += p[0] * q[1] - q[0] * p[1];
- }
- a = Math.abs(a) / 2;
- if (a > worstA) {
- worstA = a;
- worst = ov;
- }
- }
- }
- shadeOverlap(ctx, worst, toPx, ink, appear * 0.42);
+ shadeOverlap(ctx, worstOverlap(cand.v, board), toPx, ink, appear * 0.42);
});
- if (t < 0.78) {
+ if (t < COMP_FROM) {
caption(
ctx,
"now nothing fits: every piece overlaps",
VB_W / 2,
VB_H - 20,
ink,
- wallReveal * 0.85,
+ wallReveal * clear * 0.85,
);
}
}
- // 4. The one correct filling (fat-72) completes and holds solid.
- const comp = smooth(0.78, 0.96, t);
+ // 4. The one correct filling (fat-72) completes and the patch settles clean.
if (comp > 0) {
- // The gap shading fades as the correct filling takes over.
const per = 1 / scene.uniqueCompletion.length;
scene.uniqueCompletion.forEach((tile, k) => {
const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, comp);
@@ -424,14 +378,25 @@ function paint(
1.1,
);
});
- caption(
- ctx,
- "the only filling that works",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 20,
- ink,
- comp * 0.85,
- );
+ if (comp > 0.5) {
+ const lead = (comp - 0.5) / 0.5;
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ "the wrong piece fits, then strands; only one filling works",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ VB_H - 30,
+ ink,
+ lead * 0.8,
+ );
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ "no rule invoked, the shapes alone decide",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ VB_H - 14,
+ ink,
+ lead * 0.62,
+ );
+ }
}
}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx
index 12b62e9..27794a3 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx
@@ -253,15 +253,18 @@ function caption(
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Timeline. Wall ring + hole outline appear, the locally legal forced prefix
// builds, the tempting thin seats (it fits!), then the gap glows and every
-// candidate shades its overlap. Last, the wrong path clears and the one surviving
-// completion grows and holds. Fixed order, so the slider scrubs it.
+// candidate shades its overlap (the climax: nothing fits). Last, the wrong path
+// clears, the one surviving completion grows, and the patch settles into a clean
+// finished region. Fixed order, so the slider scrubs it; t = 1 is the clean
+// resolved patch, the litter gone.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
const WALL_IN = 0.1; // [0, WALL_IN] wall ring + hole outline appear
const PREFIX_TO = 0.34; // the forced prefix builds, all locally legal
const THIN_TO = 0.46; // the tempting thin seats cleanly
-const WALL_TO = 0.66; // the gap glows; candidates shade their overlap
-const COMP_FROM = 0.72; // the surviving completion grows after the wall
+const WALL_TO = 0.64; // the gap glows; candidates shade their overlap
+const COMP_FROM = 0.72; // the wrong path clears; the surviving completion grows
+const COMP_TO = 0.94;
function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
@@ -276,9 +279,15 @@ function paint(
ctx.fillStyle = grout;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- // 1. The committed wall ring, muted so the hole and the action read above it.
const wallIn = smooth(0, WALL_IN, t);
+ const comp = smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_TO, t);
+ // The fade that clears the wrong path once the completion takes over.
+ const clear = 1 - smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_FROM + 0.08, t);
+
+ // 1. The committed wall ring. Muted while the hole is the subject, brightening
+ // to a finished patch as the surviving completion fills in.
if (wallIn > 0) {
+ const wallAlpha = wallIn * (0.32 + 0.5 * comp);
for (const tile of wall) {
fillTile(
ctx,
@@ -286,76 +295,24 @@ function paint(
toPx,
tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
ink,
- wallIn * 0.32,
+ wallAlpha,
0.8,
);
}
- strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn, [5, 4]);
- caption(
- ctx,
- "one hole, one surviving completion",
- VB_W / 2,
- 18,
- ink,
- wallIn * 0.85,
- );
- }
-
- const atEnd = t >= 1;
-
- // END STATE (reduced motion / t = 1): the wrong path placed (prefix + thin),
- // ghosted; the gap shaded with every overlapping candidate; and the surviving
- // completion solid. Static, the whole story in one frame.
- if (atEnd) {
- const board = [...scene.wall, ...scene.forcedPrefix, scene.temptingThin].map(
- (x) => x.v,
- );
- // The locally legal prefix and the tempting thin, ghosted (they placed, then
- // stranded).
- for (const tile of scene.forcedPrefix) {
- fillTile(ctx, tile.v, toPx, ink, ink, 0.12, 0.8);
- }
- fillTile(ctx, scene.temptingThin.v, toPx, ink, ink, 0.16, 1);
- strokeLoop(ctx, scene.temptingThin.v, toPx, ink, 1.4, 0.5, [4, 3]);
- // Every candidate on the gap, each shading its real overlap with the board.
- for (const cand of gap.candidates) {
- strokeLoop(ctx, cand.v, toPx, ink, 1, 0.26, [2, 3]);
- shadeWorstOverlap(ctx, cand.v, board, toPx, ink, 0.36);
- }
- // The one surviving completion, solid.
- for (const tile of scene.completion) {
- fillTile(
+ // The hole outline, fading as the completion closes it.
+ strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn * (1 - comp), [5, 4]);
+ if (comp < 0.6) {
+ caption(
ctx,
- tile.v,
- toPx,
- tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
+ "one hole, one surviving completion",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ 18,
ink,
- 0.92,
- 1.1,
+ wallIn * 0.85 * (1 - comp),
);
}
- caption(
- ctx,
- "the thin fits; place it, keep going, and now nothing fits",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 30,
- ink,
- 0.8,
- );
- caption(
- ctx,
- "only one completion survives, by the shapes alone",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 14,
- ink,
- 0.62,
- );
- return;
}
- // The fade that clears the wrong path once the completion takes over.
- const clear = 1 - smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_FROM + 0.06, t);
-
// 2. The locally legal forced prefix builds, tile by tile.
const prefixReveal = smooth(WALL_IN, PREFIX_TO, t);
if (prefixReveal > 0 && clear > 0) {
@@ -413,7 +370,8 @@ function paint(
}
}
- // 4. The gap glows; every candidate shades its overlap with a committed tile.
+ // 4. The climax: the gap glows and every candidate shades its overlap with a
+ // committed tile. Nothing fits. Clears as the completion takes over.
const wallReveal = smooth(THIN_TO, WALL_TO, t);
if (wallReveal > 0 && clear > 0) {
const board = [...scene.wall, ...scene.forcedPrefix, scene.temptingThin].map(
@@ -434,13 +392,12 @@ function paint(
VB_W / 2,
VB_H - 20,
ink,
- wallReveal * 0.85,
+ wallReveal * clear * 0.85,
);
}
}
- // 5. The one surviving completion grows and holds solid.
- const comp = smooth(COMP_FROM, 0.96, t);
+ // 5. The one surviving completion grows and the patch settles clean.
if (comp > 0) {
const per = 1 / scene.completion.length;
scene.completion.forEach((tile, k) => {
@@ -456,14 +413,25 @@ function paint(
1.1,
);
});
- caption(
- ctx,
- "only one completion survives",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 16,
- ink,
- comp * 0.85,
- );
+ if (comp > 0.5) {
+ const lead = (comp - 0.5) / 0.5;
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ "the thin fits; place it, keep going, and now nothing fits",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ VB_H - 30,
+ ink,
+ lead * 0.8,
+ );
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ "only one completion survives, by the shapes alone",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ VB_H - 14,
+ ink,
+ lead * 0.62,
+ );
+ }
}
}
@@ -532,7 +500,7 @@ export default function UnsolvableFuture() {
}}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label="A real Penrose patch surrounds a single closed sixteen-edge hole with exactly one surviving completion. A few locally legal tiles build along one path, then on the doomed frontier edge a thin rhombus, the exact piece a Penrose expert said fits there, seats with zero overlap. Following it through, the next gap glows and every candidate rhombus is shown overlapping a committed tile, with the real overlap area shaded. The thin fits, you place it, you keep going, and now nothing fits, by the shapes alone with no matching rule invoked. Then the one surviving completion finishes the hole. The static end state shows the placed wrong path ghosted, the gap with every candidate overlapping shaded, and the surviving completion solid."
+ aria-label="A real Penrose patch surrounds a single closed sixteen-edge hole with exactly one surviving completion. A few locally legal tiles build along one path, then on the doomed frontier edge a thin rhombus, the exact piece a Penrose expert said fits there, seats with zero overlap. Following it through, the next gap glows and every candidate rhombus is shown overlapping a committed tile, with the real overlap area shaded. The thin fits, you place it, you keep going, and now nothing fits, by the shapes alone with no matching rule invoked. Then the wrong path clears and the one surviving completion finishes the hole. The static end state is the clean resolved patch: the failed attempts cleared away, the single surviving completion filling the hole."
/>
);
From a9cb89017f8c73cb9905b5eeae2e72d96b48cd01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:22:55 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 64/87] feat(penrose): cut-and-project shown one dimension down
(Fibonacci strip)
The Z^5 pentagon panel is correct but asks the reader to believe in a
5D internal space they can't see, so 'what is a shadow window' has no
visible answer. Add a sketch that shows the same construction one
dimension lower, fully on screen: a 2D integer lattice, a line at the
golden slope, a strip (the window), and points dropping onto the line
to make the Fibonacci chain of long/short intervals in ratio phi. Cut
is the strip, project is the drop, both visible; sliding the strip lets
points enter and leave and reshuffles the chain while the two lengths
hold. New lib fibonacci.ts bound by fibonacci.test.ts (unit-step
adjacency, two lengths ratio phi, no SS, count toward phi, phase shift).
Slot it before the pentagon panel as section 6's lead-in, with a prose
bridge to the 5D->2D version. Renumber the sketches that follow.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/CutAndProject.tsx | 2 +-
.../x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 350 ++++++++++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx | 2 +-
.../_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx | 2 +-
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 2 +-
.../penrose/_components/lib/fibonacci.test.ts | 120 ++++++
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/fibonacci.ts | 95 +++++
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 38 +-
8 files changed, 595 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/fibonacci.test.ts
create mode 100644 src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/fibonacci.ts
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/CutAndProject.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/CutAndProject.tsx
index f5ee094..240441c 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/CutAndProject.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/CutAndProject.tsx
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default function CutAndProject() {
: "hover a tile";
return (
-
+
- {/* 8. A coordinate system. (Prose now; may merge with 6 later.) */}
+ {/* 8. A coordinate system: the address is a walk along five directions. */}
Every tile knows its address
Because every tile is the shadow of one lattice point, every tile
- carries that point as a name. Five integers, exact, no two tiles
- alike. It is a full coordinate system for a floor with no edges and
- no origin you ever had to choose.
+ carries that point as a name: five integers, exact, no two tiles
+ alike. And the five integers are not an arbitrary code. Each one
+ counts steps along one of five fixed directions, the very directions
+ the tile edges run along. Walk those steps out from the origin and you
+ arrive at the tile. The address is a path you can trace.
+
+
+
+
+
That is the trick that makes the explorer possible. Move anywhere,
zoom anywhere, and the tile under your cursor can tell you precisely
- where you are, by reading its own address off the lattice. A shared
- link is just a coordinate. It drops the next person on the exact same
- tile.
+ where you are, by reading its own address off the lattice. It is a
+ full coordinate system for a floor with no edges. A shared link is
+ just those five numbers, and it drops the next person on the exact
+ same tile.
From ec281209849b9ff75b1f071934f3c5b1cc49e30d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:37:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 66/87] feat(penrose): overlay is two draggable line layers,
zoomed out, no tint
Rebuild the interference overlay to the maintainer's spec. Both layers
are now line work, not filled: the bottom tiling in ink, the same tiling
over it in a translucent accent. The top layer is draggable (pointer
drag translates it) with a twist control to turn it about the center,
and the patch is zoomed out (generated at half=15, shown at 12) so the
five-fold rosettes in the mismatch read at scale and shift as you move
the layer. Drop the coincidence tint entirely (the painted highlight the
maintainer disliked); the moire is now purely emergent from two real
tilings overlapping. buildOverlay takes a patch size; coincidentKeys and
its test stay as the binding for the 'islands, never a global match'
claim the prose still makes.
---
.../_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx | 279 +++++++++++-------
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts | 14 +-
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 5 +-
3 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
index b8dab10..9d213bd 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
@@ -3,47 +3,33 @@
import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import {
- buildOverlay,
- coincidentKeys,
- FIFTH,
- rotate,
- type Overlay,
- type Pt,
-} from "./lib/overlay";
+import { buildOverlay, FIFTH, rotate, type Overlay, type Pt } from "./lib/overlay";
// "Slide one over another": the spine's section-7 sketch, Penrose's overhead-
-// projector demo. Two real Penrose tilings are laid over each other; turning one
-// makes broad regions snap into agreement while veins of mismatch ripple between
-// them, organized by the five-fold symmetry. Any two share every finite patch, yet
-// they never line up everywhere at once.
+// projector demo, rebuilt to be a thing you push around. Two real Penrose tilings are
+// drawn as line work, the bottom in ink and the top in a translucent accent. Drag the
+// top layer to slide it; the twist control turns it about the center. Zoomed out, the
+// places where the two disagree organize into the five-fold rosettes Penrose saw, and
+// they shift and breathe as you move the top layer.
//
-// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. Both layers are real enumerator output (see lib/overlay.ts
-// and its test). Layer A is a real patch, filled, muted so the overlay reads. Layer
-// B is the SAME real patch, drawn as contrasting ink edges, rotated about the patch
-// center by the slider, exactly the transparency Penrose turned. The interference is
-// emergent: overlay the two and the islands and veins appear on their own. We add a
-// faint tint only where the two GENUINELY coincide under the current angle
-// (coincidentKeys, real near-coincidence within a stated tolerance), so the islands
-// read without a single painted-on highlight.
+// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. Both layers are the SAME real enumerator patch (lib/overlay.ts
+// and its test). The interference is emergent: nothing is tinted or highlighted, the
+// moiré is just two real tilings overlapping. The two share every finite patch yet
+// never line up everywhere at once.
//
-// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: the harness drives render(t)
-// imperatively and the slider scrubs the turn. Theme colours are read live so the
-// patch inverts with the light/dark toggle. Reduced motion is honored by the harness
-// mounting at the representative end state (t = 1), a clean islands-and-veins frame.
+// The harness drives render(t) for the twist (and play/reduced-motion); pointer drag
+// translates the top layer independently, repainting at the current twist. Theme
+// colors are read live so it inverts with the toggle.
const VB_W = 560;
const VB_H = 560;
-const MARGIN = 14;
-// Physical extent shown. The patch spans about ±8.5; we frame a touch inside so the
-// rotated layer B still covers the corners through the whole turn.
-const HALF = 7.6;
-// The slider sweeps from exact coincidence to a frame with clear islands and veins.
-// t = 0 is the two tilings on top of each other (near-coincidence); t = 1 lands on a
-// generic angle whose agreement clusters into islands separated by veins, the
-// representative reduced-motion frame. Below a full fifth-turn, so the motion never
-// returns to a global match.
-const ANGLE_MAX = 0.475 * FIFTH;
+const MARGIN = 12;
+// Zoomed out: a large patch generated, a tighter window shown, so the top layer still
+// covers the frame as it is dragged and turned.
+const GEN_HALF = 15;
+const VIEW_HALF = 12;
+const TWIST_MAX = 0.16 * FIFTH; // up to ~11.5 degrees: dramatic rosettes that morph
+const OFFSET_MAX = 3.5; // how far the top layer may be dragged, in tile-edge units
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -53,73 +39,96 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
-const SCALE = Math.min(VB_W - 2 * MARGIN, VB_H - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * HALF);
+const SCALE = Math.min(VB_W - 2 * MARGIN, VB_H - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * VIEW_HALF);
const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [
VB_W / 2 + p[0] * SCALE,
VB_H / 2 - p[1] * SCALE, // canvas y grows downward
];
-function pathPoly(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, v: readonly Pt[], xf?: (p: Pt) => Pt) {
+const clamp = (v: number, m: number) => Math.max(-m, Math.min(m, v));
+
+function strokeFaces(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ faces: Overlay["a"],
+ xf: ((p: Pt) => Pt) | null,
+ color: string,
+ width: number,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = color;
+ ctx.lineWidth = width;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.beginPath();
- const first = xf ? xf(v[0]) : v[0];
- const [x0, y0] = toPx(first);
- ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
- for (let i = 1; i < v.length; i++) {
- const p = xf ? xf(v[i]) : v[i];
- const [x, y] = toPx(p);
- ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ for (const f of faces) {
+ const c = f.corners;
+ const p0 = xf ? xf(c[0]) : c[0];
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(p0);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < c.length; i++) {
+ const p = xf ? xf(c[i]) : c[i];
+ const [x, y] = toPx(p);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
}
- ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
}
-function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, o: Overlay, colors: Colors) {
- const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
- const angle = t * ANGLE_MAX;
- const tinted = coincidentKeys(o, angle);
+function caption(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ text: string,
+ x: number,
+ y: number,
+ ink: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.font =
+ "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
+ ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+ ctx.fillText(text, x, y);
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
+function paint(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ twist: number,
+ offset: Pt,
+ o: Overlay,
+ colors: Colors,
+) {
+ const { thick, paper, ink } = colors;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
ctx.fillStyle = paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- // LAYER A: the real patch, filled and muted so layer B reads over it. The
- // agreement tint sits on top of the coincident A tiles, faint and honest.
- for (const f of o.a) {
- pathPoly(ctx, f.corners);
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.42;
- ctx.fillStyle = f.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.restore();
- }
+ // BOTTOM layer: the real tiling, in place, ink line work.
+ strokeFaces(ctx, o.a, null, ink, 0.7, 0.5);
- // The agreement islands: a faint ink wash on tiles that genuinely coincide with a
- // rotated layer-B tile right now. Real near-coincidence only; never painted on.
- if (tinted.size > 0) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- for (const f of o.a) {
- if (!tinted.has(f.key)) continue;
- pathPoly(ctx, f.corners);
- ctx.fill();
- }
- ctx.restore();
- }
+ // TOP layer: the SAME tiling, turned by `twist` about the center then slid by the
+ // drag offset, in translucent accent. Where it falls off the bottom seams the two
+ // agree; where it cuts across, the five-fold veins of mismatch appear.
+ const xf = (p: Pt): Pt => {
+ const r = rotate(p, twist);
+ return [r[0] + offset[0], r[1] + offset[1]];
+ };
+ strokeFaces(ctx, o.b, xf, thick, 0.95, 0.62);
- // LAYER B: the same real tiling, edges only, rotated about the center. Contrasting
- // ink, semi-transparent, so where it falls on layer A's seams the two agree and
- // where it cuts across them the veins of mismatch show.
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.7;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 0.9;
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- const xf = (p: Pt) => rotate(p, angle);
- for (const f of o.b) {
- pathPoly(ctx, f.corners, xf);
- ctx.stroke();
- }
- ctx.restore();
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ "drag the top layer to slide it · twist to turn",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ VB_H - 16,
+ ink,
+ 0.7,
+ );
}
export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
@@ -131,7 +140,12 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
ink: "#ede9d8",
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- const overlay = useMemo(() => buildOverlay(), []);
+ const overlay = useMemo(() => buildOverlay(GEN_HALF), []);
+
+ // Twist comes from the harness clock/slider (t); offset comes from pointer drag.
+ // Both feed the same paint, repainting on either.
+ const twistRef = useRef(TWIST_MAX); // mount at the representative twist (t = 1)
+ const offsetRef = useRef([0, 0]);
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
colorsRef.current = {
@@ -142,49 +156,100 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
};
}, []);
+ const repaint = useCallback(() => {
+ const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+ if (!canvas) return;
+ const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+ if (!ctx) return;
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
+ dprRef.current = dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
+ ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+ refreshColors();
+ }
+ paint(ctx, twistRef.current, offsetRef.current, overlay, colorsRef.current);
+ }, [overlay, refreshColors]);
+
const render = useCallback(
(t: number) => {
- const canvas = canvasRef.current;
- if (!canvas) return;
- const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
- if (!ctx) return;
- const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
- if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
- dprRef.current = dpr;
- canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
- canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
- ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
- refreshColors();
- }
- paint(ctx, t, overlay, colorsRef.current);
+ twistRef.current = t * TWIST_MAX;
+ repaint();
},
- [overlay, refreshColors],
+ [repaint],
);
- // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle.
+ // Pointer drag translates the top layer. Pixel deltas convert to data units through
+ // the canvas's on-screen scale, with the y axis flipped.
+ const dragging = useRef(false);
+ const last = useRef<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
+
+ const onPointerDown = useCallback((e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+ dragging.current = true;
+ last.current = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
+ e.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+ }, []);
+
+ const onPointerMove = useCallback(
+ (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+ if (!dragging.current) return;
+ const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+ const perData = rect.width / VB_W; // CSS px per data unit = (css/view px)*(view px/data)
+ const k = perData * SCALE;
+ const dx = (e.clientX - last.current[0]) / k;
+ const dy = -(e.clientY - last.current[1]) / k;
+ last.current = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
+ offsetRef.current = [
+ clamp(offsetRef.current[0] + dx, OFFSET_MAX),
+ clamp(offsetRef.current[1] + dy, OFFSET_MAX),
+ ];
+ repaint();
+ },
+ [repaint],
+ );
+
+ const onPointerUp = useCallback((e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+ dragging.current = false;
+ if (e.currentTarget.hasPointerCapture(e.pointerId)) {
+ e.currentTarget.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+ }
+ }, []);
+
+ // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary state inverts with the toggle.
useEffect(() => {
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
refreshColors();
- render(1);
+ repaint();
});
observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
attributes: true,
attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
});
return () => observer.disconnect();
- }, [refreshColors, render]);
+ }, [refreshColors, repaint]);
return (
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts
index 9e5d075..597651e 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/overlay.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import type { Pt, RenderFace } from "../../explore/lib/patch";
export type { Pt } from "../../explore/lib/patch";
-// A modest square patch around the origin: enough tiles for the moiré to read, few
-// enough to draw every edge cleanly. The center of rotation is the origin, which is
-// the center of this patch.
-const VIEW = { minX: -8.5, minY: -8.5, maxX: 8.5, maxY: 8.5 } as const;
+// A square patch around the origin: enough tiles for the moiré to read, few enough
+// to draw every edge cleanly. The center of rotation is the origin, the patch center.
+// half defaults to a modest patch (the test reads this); the sketch asks for a larger,
+// zoomed-out patch so the five-fold interference shows at scale.
+const DEFAULT_HALF = 8.5;
// Two tiles of the same kind whose centers fall within this distance (physical
// units, edge length 1) count as coincident: the same tile in the same place. Set
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ export type Overlay = {
// Build the overlay: layer A and layer B are the SAME real enumerator patch. They
// are distinct arrays so the renderer can rotate B's geometry independently. The
// patch is sorted by key for determinism (the test reads buildOverlay() too).
-export function buildOverlay(): Overlay {
- const faces = facesInViewport(VIEW, GAMMA).sort((x, y) => x.key.localeCompare(y.key));
+export function buildOverlay(half = DEFAULT_HALF): Overlay {
+ const view = { minX: -half, minY: -half, maxX: half, maxY: half };
+ const faces = facesInViewport(view, GAMMA).sort((x, y) => x.key.localeCompare(y.key));
return { a: faces, b: faces };
}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 590ad3d..ef0ec37 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -239,8 +239,9 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
other on his overhead projector and turned one across the other.
Large regions snap into agreement, the two patterns locking tile for
tile. Between those islands run shifting veins where they disagree,
- and the whole map of islands and veins is organized by the same
- five-fold symmetry that built the tiles.
+ and the whole map is organized by the same five-fold symmetry that
+ built the tiles. Drag the top layer below to slide it, or twist it,
+ and watch the rosettes form and move.
From ed885cc362c021b098bd8c70f948c38fc7554bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:47:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 67/87] feat(penrose): fade the scaling sketches between levels
GoldenRatio snapped between deflation levels (Math.round); replace with a
smoothstep crossfade between the two bracketing levels, registered at a
common scale so a level dissolves into its own finer subdivision instead
of jolting.
ZoomHierarchy snapped depth the same way; rebuild it around the
inflation choreography the maintainer described: a filled pattern, its
supertiles outlined over it, then the supertiles fill in and become the
pattern while the next level up appears in outline, all as a seamless
constant-scale crossfade. A literal camera zoom-out would expose the
finite wheel's ragged rim, so the tiles inflate in place instead; noted
in the component. Prose updated to match the dissolve.
---
src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx | 75 +++---
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 221 ++++++++++--------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 5 +-
3 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
index aadc5fe..f027552 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
@@ -46,27 +46,30 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
-// Map normalised t in [0,1] to a discrete level. Quantised so each slider region
-// lands on exactly one level (a clean step, not a blur between two).
-const levelForT = (t: number): number =>
- Math.min(MAX_LEVEL, MIN_LEVEL + Math.round(t * (MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL)));
-
-function paint(
+// Smoothstep for crossfading between adjacent levels: hold each level steady across
+// most of its slider segment and blend only through the middle, so a step reads as a
+// dissolve, not a jolt.
+const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number): number => {
+ const u = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
+ return u * u * (3 - 2 * u);
+};
+
+// Draw one level's rhombi at a shared scale and a given opacity. No clear, so two
+// adjacent levels can be composited into a single crossfade frame.
+function drawPatch(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
rhombi: readonly Rhombus[],
half: number,
colors: Colors,
+ alpha: number,
) {
- const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
+ if (alpha <= 0.01 || rhombi.length === 0) return;
+ const { thick, thin, ink } = colors;
const s = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * half);
const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [VB / 2 + p[0] * s, VB / 2 - p[1] * s];
-
- ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
- ctx.fillStyle = paper;
- ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
-
- // Edges thin out as the tiles shrink, so the grout never swallows the fills.
const edge = Math.max(0.3, Math.min(1, 18 / Math.sqrt(rhombi.length)));
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
for (const r of rhombi) {
ctx.beginPath();
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ function paint(
ctx.lineWidth = edge;
ctx.stroke();
}
+ ctx.restore();
}
export default function GoldenRatio() {
@@ -116,8 +120,11 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
};
}, []);
- const drawLevel = useCallback(
- (level: number) => {
+ const lastTRef = useRef(1);
+
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ lastTRef.current = t;
const canvas = canvasRef.current;
if (!canvas) return;
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
@@ -130,35 +137,45 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- paint(ctx, patches[level], halves[level], colorsRef.current);
- },
- [patches, halves, refreshColors],
- );
- const render = useCallback(
- (t: number) => {
- const level = levelForT(t);
- drawLevel(level);
- if (level !== levelRef.current) {
- levelRef.current = level;
- setCounts(series[level - 1]);
+ // Continuous position in level space, the two bracketing levels, and a fade
+ // that blends them only through the middle of each slider segment.
+ const f = t * (MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL);
+ const lo = MIN_LEVEL + Math.floor(f);
+ const hi = Math.min(MAX_LEVEL, lo + 1);
+ const frac = f - Math.floor(f);
+ const fade = lo === hi ? 0 : smooth(0.35, 0.65, frac);
+ const commonHalf = Math.max(halves[lo], halves[hi]);
+
+ const colors = colorsRef.current;
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.fillStyle = colors.paper;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ drawPatch(ctx, patches[lo], commonHalf, colors, 1 - fade);
+ drawPatch(ctx, patches[hi], commonHalf, colors, fade);
+
+ // The readout snaps to whichever level is the more present one.
+ const shown = frac < 0.5 ? lo : hi;
+ if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
+ levelRef.current = shown;
+ setCounts(series[shown - 1]);
}
},
- [drawLevel, series],
+ [patches, halves, refreshColors, series],
);
// Repaint on theme flip so the stationary frame inverts with the toggle.
useEffect(() => {
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
refreshColors();
- drawLevel(levelRef.current);
+ render(lastTRef.current);
});
observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
attributes: true,
attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
});
return () => observer.disconnect();
- }, [refreshColors, drawLevel]);
+ }, [refreshColors, render]);
const gap = Math.abs(counts.ratio - PHI);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
index 2801fbc..0819a72 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
@@ -3,42 +3,38 @@
import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import {
- halfExtent,
- hierarchyAt,
- PHI,
- type Hierarchy,
- type Pt,
- type Rhombus,
-} from "./lib/scaling";
-
-// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two. A real deflated patch is
-// drawn small and filled, and over it the genuine level-up tiles (the supertiles
-// the small tiles compose into) are drawn as ink outlines, at the same physical
-// scale. Step the slider and the depth walks: more small tiles inside the same two
-// supertile shapes, indefinitely. The point lands: any valid Penrose tiling
-// inflates or deflates into another valid Penrose tiling scaled by phi, forever, so
-// the pattern is self-similar across scales.
+import { halfExtent, PHI, rhombiAt, type Pt, type Rhombus } from "./lib/scaling";
+
+// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two, rebuilt to show the
+// transition BETWEEN layers, not snap between them. The choreography the slider
+// walks: a filled pattern, the level-up supertiles outlined over it, then the
+// supertiles fill in and BECOME the pattern while the next level up appears in
+// outline. Scrub it and the tiling inflates one step at a time, each level
+// dissolving into the next, the self-similarity made continuous.
//
// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. deflate(L) is subdivide(deflate(L-1)), so the supertiles
-// are not hand-drawn boundaries: they ARE deflate(L-1), the coarser valid tiling,
-// at the same wheel radius. lib/scaling.ts produces both; the colocated test pins
-// supers === rhombiAt(L-1) and the count growing by ~phi^2 per level.
+// are the genuine level-up tiling rhombiAt(L-1), not hand-drawn boundaries. Every
+// layer is real engine output (lib/scaling.ts and its test). The crossfade is at a
+// constant scale, so the wheel stays inscribed and the promotion of supertiles to
+// tiles is exact: rhombiAt(L-1) outlined at the start of a step is rhombiAt(L-1)
+// filled at its end.
+//
+// Note on the maintainer's "zoom out slightly" idea: a literal camera zoom-out would
+// expose the finite wheel's ragged rim, so instead the tiles inflate in place (each
+// level's tiles grow by phi into the next), which keeps the frame clean and shows the
+// same relationship. A true infinite zoom would need a different, unbounded generator.
//
-// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: deeper levels are thousands of small
-// tiles. The harness drives render(t) and the slider scrubs the depth. Theme
-// colours are read live so it inverts with the toggle. Reduced motion is honored by
-// the harness mounting at the representative end state (t = 1, the deepest depth,
-// where the self-similarity reads hardest: many small tiles, the same big shapes).
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t) and the slider scrubs the depth. t = 1 is the
+// finest level (the rich reduced-motion frame); scrubbing down inflates it.
const VB = 480;
const MARGIN = 12;
-// The depths the slider walks. L is the small-tile level; L-1 is the supertile
-// level. Start at 2 so there is always a supertiling to outline; cap at 6 so the
-// small tiles stay visible inside their supertiles.
+// The levels walked. L is the small-tile level, L-1 its supertiles. MIN 2 so there is
+// always a supertiling; MAX 6 so the finest tiles stay legible.
const MIN_LEVEL = 2;
const MAX_LEVEL = 6;
+const FILL = 0.78; // pattern fill opacity; bold ink supertile outlines read over it
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -48,59 +44,73 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
-const levelForT = (t: number): number =>
- Math.min(MAX_LEVEL, MIN_LEVEL + Math.round(t * (MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL)));
+// Smoothstep: hold the pure "pattern + supertile lines" state briefly at each end of
+// a step, dissolve through the middle, so the inflation reads as a transition.
+const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number): number => {
+ const u = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
+ return u * u * (3 - 2 * u);
+};
+
+type ToPx = (p: Pt) => [number, number];
-function polyPath(
+function fillRhombi(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- r: Rhombus,
- toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
+ rhombi: readonly Rhombus[],
+ toPx: ToPx,
+ colors: Colors,
+ alpha: number,
) {
- ctx.beginPath();
- const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
- ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
- for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
- const [x, y] = toPx(r.corners[i]);
- ctx.lineTo(x, y);
- }
- ctx.closePath();
-}
-
-function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, h: Hierarchy, half: number, colors: Colors) {
- const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
- const s = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * half);
- const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [VB / 2 + p[0] * s, VB / 2 - p[1] * s];
-
- ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
- ctx.fillStyle = paper;
- ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ if (alpha <= 0.01) return;
+ const { thick, thin, ink } = colors;
+ const edge = Math.max(0.25, Math.min(0.8, 14 / Math.sqrt(rhombi.length)));
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
-
- // The small tiles: the fine deflation, filled and muted so the supertile ink
- // reads over them. Hairline grout, thinner as they shrink.
- const edge = Math.max(0.25, Math.min(0.8, 14 / Math.sqrt(h.small.length)));
- for (const r of h.small) {
- polyPath(ctx, r, toPx);
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+ for (const r of rhombi) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(r.corners[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
ctx.fillStyle = r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
ctx.fill();
- ctx.restore();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha * 0.7;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.35;
ctx.lineWidth = edge;
ctx.stroke();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
}
+ ctx.restore();
+}
- // The supertiles: the genuine level-up tiling, drawn as bold ink outlines. These
- // are the same two shapes, phi times larger, that the small tiles group into.
+function strokeRhombi(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ rhombi: readonly Rhombus[],
+ toPx: ToPx,
+ ink: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.01) return;
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
- for (const r of h.supers) {
- polyPath(ctx, r, toPx);
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ for (const r of rhombi) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
+ for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = toPx(r.corners[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
}
+ ctx.restore();
}
export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
@@ -113,19 +123,21 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- // Precompute every depth once. The supertiles of depth L are deflate(L-1) at the
- // same wheel radius, so small and supers fit on the same scale with no fudging.
- const depths = useMemo(
- () => Array.from({ length: MAX_LEVEL + 1 }, (_, l) => (l >= MIN_LEVEL ? hierarchyAt(l) : (null as unknown as Hierarchy))),
+ // Precompute each level's rhombi and one shared scale. All levels are the same wheel
+ // at unit radius, so one half-extent frames every level and they stay registered.
+ const byLevel = useMemo(
+ () => Array.from({ length: MAX_LEVEL + 1 }, (_, l) => (l >= 1 ? rhombiAt(l) : [])),
[],
);
- const halves = useMemo(
- () => depths.map((h) => (h ? halfExtent(h.small) : 1)),
- [depths],
- );
+ const fitHalf = useMemo(() => {
+ let h = 0;
+ for (let l = MIN_LEVEL; l <= MAX_LEVEL; l++) h = Math.max(h, halfExtent(byLevel[l]));
+ return h;
+ }, [byLevel]);
const [level, setLevel] = useState(MAX_LEVEL);
const levelRef = useRef(MAX_LEVEL);
+ const lastTRef = useRef(1);
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
colorsRef.current = {
@@ -136,8 +148,9 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
};
}, []);
- const drawLevel = useCallback(
- (lvl: number) => {
+ const render = useCallback(
+ (t: number) => {
+ lastTRef.current = t;
const canvas = canvasRef.current;
if (!canvas) return;
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
@@ -150,38 +163,54 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- paint(ctx, depths[lvl], halves[lvl], colorsRef.current);
- },
- [depths, halves, refreshColors],
- );
- const render = useCallback(
- (t: number) => {
- const lvl = levelForT(t);
- drawLevel(lvl);
- if (lvl !== levelRef.current) {
- levelRef.current = lvl;
- setLevel(lvl);
+ // t = 1 is the finest level; lowering it inflates the tiling one step at a time.
+ const span = MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL;
+ const p = (1 - t) * span;
+ const Lf = MAX_LEVEL - Math.floor(p);
+ const frac = p - Math.floor(p);
+ const fade = smooth(0.18, 0.82, frac);
+
+ const s = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * fitHalf);
+ const toPx: ToPx = (q) => [VB / 2 + q[0] * s, VB / 2 - q[1] * s];
+ const colors = colorsRef.current;
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.fillStyle = colors.paper;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+
+ // The pattern: the fine level fading out, the level-up filling in to replace it.
+ fillRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf], toPx, colors, FILL * (1 - fade));
+ if (Lf - 1 >= 1) fillRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf - 1], toPx, colors, FILL * fade);
+
+ // The supertile lines: the current supertiles fading as they fill in, and the
+ // next level up appearing in outline to take their place.
+ if (Lf - 1 >= 1) strokeRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf - 1], toPx, colors.ink, 1 - fade);
+ if (Lf - 2 >= 1) strokeRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf - 2], toPx, colors.ink, fade);
+
+ const shown = frac < 0.5 ? Lf : Lf - 1;
+ if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
+ levelRef.current = shown;
+ setLevel(shown);
}
},
- [drawLevel],
+ [byLevel, fitHalf, refreshColors],
);
useEffect(() => {
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
refreshColors();
- drawLevel(levelRef.current);
+ render(lastTRef.current);
});
observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
attributes: true,
attributeFilter: ["data-theme"],
});
return () => observer.disconnect();
- }, [refreshColors, drawLevel]);
+ }, [refreshColors, render]);
- const h = depths[level];
- const smallN = h ? h.small.length : 0;
- const superN = h ? h.supers.length : 0;
+ const smallN = byLevel[level]?.length ?? 0;
+ const superN = level - 1 >= 1 ? byLevel[level - 1].length : 0;
return (
@@ -217,9 +246,9 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
The bold outlines are the real level-up tiles, the same two shapes φ ≈{" "}
{PHI.toFixed(3)} times larger. Each holds φ² ≈ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} times
- as many small tiles a level down. Inflate or deflate forever and you land
- on another valid Penrose tiling, the pattern a copy of itself at every
- scale.
+ as many small tiles a level down. Scrub the depth and watch a level dissolve
+ into the next: inflate or deflate forever and you stay on a valid Penrose
+ tiling, a copy of itself at every scale.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index ef0ec37..28fc99e 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -312,8 +312,9 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
smaller tiles are not just finer, they group back into larger tiles of
the very same two shapes. Below, the filled rhombi are a real deflated
patch and the bold outlines are the genuine level up, the supertiles
- the small ones compose into, the same two shapes scaled by φ. Step the
- depth and more small tiles pack inside the same big ones.
+ the small ones compose into, the same two shapes scaled by φ. Scrub the
+ depth and watch a level dissolve into the next: the supertiles fill in
+ and become the pattern, while a fresh level up appears in outline.
Inflate or deflate as far as you like and you always land on another
From 0a216bae79d2926576b1ba7333bc8714dc14e21a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:48:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 68/87] feat(penrose): dead-ends show red unfillable gaps;
gentler golden fade
Replace the candidate-flipping in both dead-end sketches with the
maintainer's clearer story: seat the tempting piece, then paint the hole
red and draw the committed tiles opaque on top so the red that remains is
the uncovered gap no rhombus can fill, then grow the correct filling.
Scene A's gap is hole minus the wrong move (two triangles). Scene B needs
'fill in the rest' first, so add strandFill to geomWall.ts: a bounded
backtracking max-fill (the largest legal partial fill after the thin),
regenerate geomWalls.json, and bind it in geomWall.test.ts (the strand is
a real overlap-free partial fill; a gap still survives). GoldenRatio's
crossfade widened to span nearly the whole slider segment, so levels
dissolve gradually instead of snapping.
---
src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx | 4 +-
.../penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx | 283 +++++---------
.../penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx | 347 ++++++------------
.../penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.test.ts | 33 ++
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.ts | 56 ++-
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWalls.json | 213 +++++++++++
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 27 +-
7 files changed, 505 insertions(+), 458 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
index f027552..edba1ec 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
const lo = MIN_LEVEL + Math.floor(f);
const hi = Math.min(MAX_LEVEL, lo + 1);
const frac = f - Math.floor(f);
- const fade = lo === hi ? 0 : smooth(0.35, 0.65, frac);
+ // A long, gentle crossfade across nearly the whole slider segment, so levels
+ // dissolve into each other gradually instead of snapping.
+ const fade = lo === hi ? 0 : smooth(0.05, 0.95, frac);
const commonHalf = Math.max(halves[lo], halves[hi]);
const colors = colorsRef.current;
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
index 8138534..bca87f5 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/StopTilingByHand.tsx
@@ -3,38 +3,34 @@
import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import type { Gap, SceneA, Tile } from "./lib/geomWall";
+import type { SceneA, Tile } from "./lib/geomWall";
import walls from "./lib/geomWalls.json";
-import { overlapPolygon, type Pt } from "./lib/overlap";
+import type { Pt } from "./lib/overlap";
-// "A piece fits, and still strands you": the spine's section-4 sketch, recast as
-// PURE GEOMETRY. The earlier version rejected the tempting move by the matching
-// rule (a thin fits the wedge, but the rule forbids closing that vertex). A
-// Penrose expert can dispute that: the shape fits, you have only asserted a rule.
+// "A piece fits, and still strands you": the spine's section-4 sketch, PURE GEOMETRY.
+// The rigid hexagon scene from geomWalls.json (computed by lib/geomWall.ts, bound to
+// the proof by geomWall.test.ts) has exactly ONE geometry-only filling, two rhombi.
+// The constrained edge admits two rhombi by bare geometry; one completes, the other
+// (the tempting move) seats cleanly and then STRANDS.
//
-// So this version never invokes the rule. It renders the rigid hexagon scene from
-// geomWalls.json (computed by lib/geomWall.ts, bound to the proof by
-// geomWall.test.ts). The hole has exactly ONE geometry-only filling. The
-// constrained edge admits two rhombi by bare geometry; one completes, the other
-// (the tempting fat-108 move) seats cleanly and then STRANDS. After it, every
-// candidate on the next gap overlaps a committed tile by real area, which we
-// SHADE. The wall is geometry, not a label. No one can dispute a tile sitting on
-// top of another tile.
+// HOW WE SHOW THE STRAND. Place the tempting rhombus. It covers one rhombus of the
+// two-rhombus hole, cleanly. What is left is the other rhombus of AREA but the WRONG
+// shape: it is not a rhombus, so no tile can fill it. We make that visible by
+// painting the whole hole red and drawing the placed tile opaque on top: the red that
+// still shows is the uncovered gap, and it is triangles, which no rhombus fits. Then
+// the one correct filling replaces it, clean. The red is geometry (hole minus the
+// tiles drawn), not a label; the dead-end itself is the proof in geomWall.test.ts.
//
-// On the open plane the bare shapes never trap you (they would tile boringly),
-// which is exactly why Penrose added the matching marks. Here the bounded region
-// lets the geometry speak.
-//
-// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: the harness drives render(t)
-// imperatively, theme colours are read live via getComputedStyle so the patch
-// inverts with the light/dark toggle.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); theme colours are read live so the patch
+// inverts with the toggle.
const scene = walls.sceneA_rigidHexagon as unknown as SceneA;
const VB_W = 520;
const VB_H = 460;
-const MARGIN = 40;
+const MARGIN = 44;
const WALL_RING = 1.9; // draw wall tiles whose centroid is within this of the hole
+const RED = "#d24a3d"; // the "cannot be filled" gap colour, readable on either theme
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -52,14 +48,13 @@ const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number) => {
};
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Viewport: fit the hole, its completion, the wrong move and gaps, and a tight
-// ring of wall tiles for context. Computed once; the scene is static data.
+// Viewport: fit the hole, its completion, the wrong move, and a tight ring of wall
+// tiles for context. Computed once; the scene is static data.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
type View = {
toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number];
wall: Tile[];
- gap: Gap; // the single most-constrained unfillable gap we showcase
};
function centroid(v: readonly Pt[]): Pt {
@@ -78,19 +73,11 @@ function buildView(): View {
const [cx, cy] = centroid(t.v);
return Math.hypot(cx - c[0], cy - c[1]) <= WALL_RING;
});
- // The most-constrained gap: the one with the fewest candidates (then leftmost),
- // so the showcase is deterministic and tidy.
- const gap = [...scene.unfillableGaps].sort(
- (a, b) =>
- a.candidates.length - b.candidates.length ||
- a.edge[0][0] - b.edge[0][0],
- )[0];
const pts: Pt[] = [...scene.holePolygon];
for (const t of scene.uniqueCompletion) for (const p of t.v) pts.push(p);
for (const p of scene.wrongMove.v) pts.push(p);
for (const t of wall) for (const p of t.v) pts.push(p);
- for (const cand of gap.candidates) for (const p of cand.v) pts.push(p);
let minx = Infinity;
let maxx = -Infinity;
@@ -111,7 +98,7 @@ function buildView(): View {
VB_W / 2 + (p[0] - cx) * scale,
VB_H / 2 - (p[1] - cy) * scale, // canvas y grows downward
];
- return { toPx, wall, gap };
+ return { toPx, wall };
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -154,6 +141,22 @@ function fillTile(
ctx.restore();
}
+function fillPoly(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ v: readonly Pt[],
+ toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
+ color: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ pathPoly(ctx, v, toPx);
+ ctx.fillStyle = color;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
function strokeLoop(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
loop: readonly Pt[],
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ function strokeLoop(
alpha: number,
dash: number[] = [],
) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
pathPoly(ctx, loop, toPx);
@@ -175,25 +179,6 @@ function strokeLoop(
ctx.restore();
}
-// Shade the real intersection of two polygons in solid ink (the wall the viewer
-// sees IS the overlap area, not a label). A small hatch reads even where the fill
-// is faint.
-function shadeOverlap(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- poly: Pt[],
- toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
- ink: string,
- alpha: number,
-) {
- if (poly.length < 3) return;
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- pathPoly(ctx, poly, toPx);
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.restore();
-}
-
function caption(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
text: string,
@@ -201,62 +186,34 @@ function caption(
y: number,
ink: string,
alpha: number,
- align: CanvasTextAlign = "center",
) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
ctx.font =
"11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
- ctx.textAlign = align;
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
ctx.fillText(text, x, y);
ctx.restore();
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Timeline. Outline the hole, seat the tempting fat-108 move (it fits), then the
-// gap glows and every candidate shades its overlap (the climax: nothing fits).
-// Then the failed attempts clear, the one correct fat-72 filling completes, and
-// the patch settles into a clean finished region. The order is fixed, so the
-// slider scrubs it; t = 1 is the clean resolved patch, the litter gone.
+// Timeline. Outline the hole, seat the tempting move (it fits), reveal the gap it
+// leaves as RED triangles no tile can fill, then clear it and grow the one correct
+// filling. t = 1 is the clean resolved patch.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const HOLE_IN = 0.1; // [0, HOLE_IN] wall ring + hole outline appear
-const SEAT_FROM = 0.14; // the tempting move seats cleanly
+const HOLE_IN = 0.1;
+const SEAT_FROM = 0.16;
const SEAT_TO = 0.34;
-const WALL_FROM = 0.4; // the gap glows; candidates shade their overlap
-const WALL_TO = 0.64;
-const COMP_FROM = 0.72; // the failed attempts clear; the right filling grows
+const GAP_FROM = 0.42; // the red, unfillable triangles appear
+const GAP_TO = 0.58;
+const CLEAR_FROM = 0.7; // the wrong move and red gap clear
+const COMP_FROM = 0.76; // the one correct filling grows
const COMP_TO = 0.94;
-// The candidate's worst (largest-area) real overlap with any board tile. The
-// shaded polygon IS the wall the viewer sees, so the dead-end is geometry, not a
-// label.
-function worstOverlap(
- cand: readonly Pt[],
- board: readonly (readonly Pt[])[],
-): Pt[] {
- let worst: Pt[] = [];
- let worstA = 0;
- for (const bv of board) {
- const ov = overlapPolygon(cand as Pt[], bv as Pt[]);
- if (ov.length < 3) continue;
- let a = 0;
- for (let i = 0; i < ov.length; i++) {
- const p = ov[i];
- const q = ov[(i + 1) % ov.length];
- a += p[0] * q[1] - q[0] * p[1];
- }
- a = Math.abs(a) / 2;
- if (a > worstA) {
- worstA = a;
- worst = ov;
- }
- }
- return worst;
-}
-
function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
t: number,
@@ -264,139 +221,72 @@ function paint(
colors: Colors,
) {
const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colors;
- const { toPx, wall, gap } = view;
+ const { toPx, wall } = view;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
ctx.fillStyle = grout;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
const wallIn = smooth(0, HOLE_IN, t);
+ const seat = smooth(SEAT_FROM, SEAT_TO, t);
+ const gap = smooth(GAP_FROM, GAP_TO, t);
const comp = smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_TO, t);
- const clear = 1 - smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_FROM + 0.1, t); // failed attempts fade out
+ const clear = 1 - smooth(CLEAR_FROM, CLEAR_FROM + 0.06, t); // wrong move + red fade
- // 1. The committed wall ring. Muted while the hole is the subject, brightening
- // to a finished patch as the correct filling completes.
+ // 1. The committed wall ring, muted while the hole is the subject, brightening to
+ // a finished patch as the correct filling completes.
if (wallIn > 0) {
const wallAlpha = wallIn * (0.34 + 0.5 * comp);
for (const tile of wall) {
- fillTile(
- ctx,
- tile.v,
- toPx,
- tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
- ink,
- wallAlpha,
- 0.8,
- );
- }
- // The hole outline, fading as the filling closes it.
- strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn * (1 - comp), [5, 4]);
- if (comp < 0.6) {
- caption(
- ctx,
- "one small hole, exactly one filling",
- VB_W / 2,
- 20,
- ink,
- wallIn * 0.85 * (1 - comp),
- );
+ fillTile(ctx, tile.v, toPx, tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin, ink, wallAlpha, 0.8);
}
+ strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn * (1 - comp) * (1 - gap * 0.6), [5, 4]);
}
- // 2. The tempting wrong move (fat-108) seats cleanly on the constrained edge,
- // then dims to a faint ghost under the climax and clears before the finish.
- const seat = smooth(SEAT_FROM, SEAT_TO, t);
- if (seat > 0 && clear > 0) {
- const dim = 1 - 0.7 * smooth(WALL_FROM, WALL_FROM + 0.06, t);
+ // 2. The gap the wrong move leaves: paint the whole hole red UNDER the tiles, so
+ // the red that still shows after the tile is drawn is the uncovered, unfillable
+ // triangle(s). Frame it in red while it holds.
+ const redA = gap * clear;
+ if (redA > 0) {
+ fillPoly(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, RED, redA * 0.66);
+ strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, RED, 1.5, redA * 0.8);
+ }
+
+ // 3. The tempting wrong move, opaque so it covers the red beneath it; what red is
+ // left is the gap it cannot help.
+ const wrongA = seat * clear;
+ if (wrongA > 0) {
fillTile(
ctx,
scene.wrongMove.v,
toPx,
scene.wrongMove.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
ink,
- seat * clear * dim,
+ wrongA,
1.1,
);
- if (t < WALL_FROM) {
- caption(ctx, "this piece fits cleanly", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 20, ink, seat * 0.85);
- }
}
- // 3. The climax: the gap glows and every candidate shades its real overlap with
- // a committed tile. Nothing fits. Clears as the finish takes over.
- const wallReveal = smooth(WALL_FROM, WALL_TO, t);
- if (wallReveal > 0 && clear > 0) {
- const board = [...scene.wall, scene.wrongMove].map((x) => x.v);
- // Glow the gap edge.
- const [ea, eb] = gap.edge;
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = wallReveal * clear;
- const [ax, ay] = toPx(ea);
- const [bx, by] = toPx(eb);
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(ax, ay);
- ctx.lineTo(bx, by);
- ctx.lineWidth = 3;
- ctx.lineCap = "round";
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.restore();
-
- // Reveal candidates one at a time, each shading its worst real overlap.
- const per = 1 / gap.candidates.length;
- gap.candidates.forEach((cand, k) => {
- const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, wallReveal) * clear;
- if (appear <= 0) return;
- strokeLoop(ctx, cand.v, toPx, ink, 1, appear * 0.3, [2, 3]);
- shadeOverlap(ctx, worstOverlap(cand.v, board), toPx, ink, appear * 0.42);
- });
- if (t < COMP_FROM) {
- caption(
- ctx,
- "now nothing fits: every piece overlaps",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 20,
- ink,
- wallReveal * clear * 0.85,
- );
- }
- }
-
- // 4. The one correct filling (fat-72) completes and the patch settles clean.
+ // 4. The one correct filling grows on top and settles the patch clean.
if (comp > 0) {
const per = 1 / scene.uniqueCompletion.length;
scene.uniqueCompletion.forEach((tile, k) => {
const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, comp);
if (appear <= 0) return;
- fillTile(
- ctx,
- tile.v,
- toPx,
- tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
- ink,
- appear * 0.92,
- 1.1,
- );
+ fillTile(ctx, tile.v, toPx, tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin, ink, appear, 1.1);
});
- if (comp > 0.5) {
- const lead = (comp - 0.5) / 0.5;
- caption(
- ctx,
- "the wrong piece fits, then strands; only one filling works",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 30,
- ink,
- lead * 0.8,
- );
- caption(
- ctx,
- "no rule invoked, the shapes alone decide",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 14,
- ink,
- lead * 0.62,
- );
- }
+ }
+
+ // Captions, one beat at a time.
+ if (t < GAP_FROM) {
+ caption(ctx, "one small hole, exactly one filling", VB_W / 2, 22, ink, wallIn * 0.8);
+ if (seat > 0) caption(ctx, "this piece fits cleanly", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 22, ink, seat * 0.85);
+ } else if (t < CLEAR_FROM) {
+ caption(ctx, "but no tile can fill the red it leaves", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 22, ink, gap * clear * 0.9);
+ } else if (comp > 0.35) {
+ const lead = (comp - 0.35) / 0.65;
+ caption(ctx, "only this filling works", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 30, ink, lead * 0.85);
+ caption(ctx, "no rule invoked, the shapes alone decide", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, lead * 0.62);
}
}
@@ -439,7 +329,6 @@ export default function StopTilingByHand() {
[refreshColors, view],
);
- // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary end state inverts with the toggle.
useEffect(() => {
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
refreshColors();
@@ -466,7 +355,7 @@ export default function StopTilingByHand() {
}}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label="A small six-edge hole carved from a real Penrose patch has exactly one filling by pure geometry. The constrained edge admits two rhombi that both fit; one is the tempting wrong move, a fat rhombus, which seats cleanly. Following it through, the next gap glows and every candidate rhombus is shown overlapping a committed tile, with the real overlap area shaded. Then the one correct filling completes the hole. A piece can fit and still strand you; only one filling works, and the shapes show it, with no matching rule invoked."
+ aria-label="A small six-edge hole carved from a real Penrose patch has exactly one filling by pure geometry. A tempting rhombus seats on the constrained edge with zero overlap, so it looks fine. But it covers the hole the wrong way: what it leaves is shown in red, two triangles that no rhombus can fill. The animation then clears the wrong move and grows the one correct filling, which leaves no red. A piece can fit and still strand you, and the shapes alone show it, with no matching rule invoked."
/>
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx
index 27794a3..87efe49 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/UnsolvableFuture.tsx
@@ -3,28 +3,25 @@
import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import type { Gap, SceneB, Tile } from "./lib/geomWall";
+import type { SceneB, Tile } from "./lib/geomWall";
import walls from "./lib/geomWalls.json";
-import { overlapPolygon, type Pt } from "./lib/overlap";
+import type { Pt } from "./lib/overlap";
-// "The thin fits, place it, and now nothing fits": the spine's section-5 sketch,
-// recast as PURE GEOMETRY. A Penrose expert objected to the old framing: "you
-// reject a move but a tile visibly fits there." The old sketch marked a frontier
-// edge doomed because its only fill would close an illegal vertex. The shape fit;
-// we only asserted a rule.
+// "The thin fits, place it, now nothing fits": the spine's section-5 sketch, PURE
+// GEOMETRY. The expert's exact objection, refuted. A rich sixteen-edge hole carved
+// from a real patch (geomWalls.json, computed by lib/geomWall.ts, bound by
+// geomWall.test.ts). A few locally legal tiles build, then on the doomed edge a THIN
+// rhombus seats with zero overlap, the move the expert pointed at.
//
-// This version follows the tempting move THROUGH. It renders the thin-refuted
-// scene from geomWalls.json (computed by lib/geomWall.ts, bound to the proof by
-// geomWall.test.ts), the SAME rich 16-edge hole as before. The hole has one
-// surviving completion. On one frontier edge a THIN rhombus fits with zero
-// overlap, the exact move the expert pointed at. We place it, keep building the
-// locally legal prefix, and reach a gap where every candidate rhombus OVERLAPS a
-// committed tile by real area, which we SHADE. The claim is now "the thin fits,
-// place it, keep going, and now nothing fits", not "this vertex is an illegal
-// star". Then the one surviving completion finishes the hole.
+// HOW WE SHOW THE STRAND. Place the thin, then fill the rest of the hole as far as
+// the geometry allows (strandFill, the maximal legal partial fill). Tiles still
+// cannot cover everything: a gap survives that no rhombus fits. We make it visible by
+// painting the hole red and drawing the placed tiles opaque on top, so the red that
+// remains is the uncovered gap. Then the one surviving completion replaces the wrong
+// path, leaving no red. The red is geometry (hole minus the tiles drawn); the dead-end
+// is the proof in geomWall.test.ts.
//
-// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: the harness drives render(t)
-// imperatively, theme colours are read live so the patch inverts with the toggle.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); theme colours are read live.
const scene = walls.sceneB_thinRefuted as unknown as SceneB;
@@ -32,6 +29,7 @@ const VB_W = 560;
const VB_H = 540;
const MARGIN = 30;
const WALL_RING = 3.4; // draw wall tiles whose centroid is within this of the hole
+const RED = "#d24a3d"; // the "cannot be filled" gap colour, readable on either theme
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -48,15 +46,9 @@ const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number) => {
return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
};
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Viewport: fit the hole, its completion, the forced prefix, the tempting thin,
-// and the gaps, plus a ring of nearby wall tiles for context. Computed once.
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
type View = {
toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number];
wall: Tile[];
- gap: Gap; // the single most-constrained unfillable gap we showcase
};
function centroid(v: readonly Pt[]): Pt {
@@ -75,18 +67,13 @@ function buildView(): View {
const [cx, cy] = centroid(t.v);
return Math.hypot(cx - c[0], cy - c[1]) <= WALL_RING;
});
- const gap = [...scene.unfillableGaps].sort(
- (a, b) =>
- a.candidates.length - b.candidates.length ||
- a.edge[0][0] - b.edge[0][0],
- )[0];
const pts: Pt[] = [...scene.holePolygon];
for (const t of scene.completion) for (const p of t.v) pts.push(p);
for (const t of scene.forcedPrefix) for (const p of t.v) pts.push(p);
+ for (const t of scene.strandFill) for (const p of t.v) pts.push(p);
for (const p of scene.temptingThin.v) pts.push(p);
for (const t of wall) for (const p of t.v) pts.push(p);
- for (const cand of gap.candidates) for (const p of cand.v) pts.push(p);
let minx = Infinity;
let maxx = -Infinity;
@@ -107,7 +94,7 @@ function buildView(): View {
VB_W / 2 + (p[0] - cx) * scale,
VB_H / 2 - (p[1] - cy) * scale, // canvas y grows downward
];
- return { toPx, wall, gap };
+ return { toPx, wall };
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -138,6 +125,7 @@ function fillTile(
alpha: number,
lineWidth = 1.1,
) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
pathPoly(ctx, v, toPx);
@@ -150,83 +138,41 @@ function fillTile(
ctx.restore();
}
-function strokeLoop(
+function fillPoly(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- loop: readonly Pt[],
+ v: readonly Pt[],
toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
color: string,
- width: number,
- alpha: number,
- dash: number[] = [],
-) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- pathPoly(ctx, loop, toPx);
- ctx.setLineDash(dash);
- ctx.lineWidth = width;
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- ctx.strokeStyle = color;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.setLineDash([]);
- ctx.restore();
-}
-
-// Shade the real intersection of a candidate with the board: the wall the viewer
-// sees IS the overlap area. We compute the candidate's worst overlap over the
-// whole board and fill that polygon in solid ink.
-function shadeWorstOverlap(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- cand: readonly Pt[],
- board: readonly (readonly Pt[])[],
- toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
- ink: string,
alpha: number,
) {
- let worst: Pt[] = [];
- let worstA = 0;
- for (const bv of board) {
- const ov = overlapPolygon(cand as Pt[], bv as Pt[]);
- if (ov.length < 3) continue;
- let a = 0;
- for (let i = 0; i < ov.length; i++) {
- const p = ov[i];
- const q = ov[(i + 1) % ov.length];
- a += p[0] * q[1] - q[0] * p[1];
- }
- a = Math.abs(a) / 2;
- if (a > worstA) {
- worstA = a;
- worst = ov;
- }
- }
- if (worst.length < 3) return;
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- pathPoly(ctx, worst, toPx);
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ pathPoly(ctx, v, toPx);
+ ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.fill();
ctx.restore();
}
-function strokeEdge(
+function strokeLoop(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- edge: readonly [Pt, Pt],
+ loop: readonly Pt[],
toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
color: string,
width: number,
alpha: number,
+ dash: number[] = [],
) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- const [ax, ay] = toPx(edge[0]);
- const [bx, by] = toPx(edge[1]);
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(ax, ay);
- ctx.lineTo(bx, by);
+ pathPoly(ctx, loop, toPx);
+ ctx.setLineDash(dash);
ctx.lineWidth = width;
- ctx.lineCap = "round";
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.strokeStyle = color;
ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.setLineDash([]);
ctx.restore();
}
@@ -237,34 +183,56 @@ function caption(
y: number,
ink: string,
alpha: number,
- align: CanvasTextAlign = "center",
) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
ctx.font =
"11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
- ctx.textAlign = align;
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
ctx.fillText(text, x, y);
ctx.restore();
}
+// Draw a list of tiles with a per-tile staggered reveal, opaque so they cover the
+// red beneath. progress in [0,1]; mul scales the final opacity (for clearing).
+function drawTiles(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ tiles: readonly Tile[],
+ toPx: (p: Pt) => [number, number],
+ thick: string,
+ thin: string,
+ ink: string,
+ progress: number,
+ mul: number,
+) {
+ if (mul <= 0.001 || tiles.length === 0) return;
+ const per = 1 / tiles.length;
+ tiles.forEach((tile, k) => {
+ const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, progress);
+ if (appear <= 0) return;
+ fillTile(ctx, tile.v, toPx, tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin, ink, appear * mul, 1.1);
+ });
+}
+
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Timeline. Wall ring + hole outline appear, the locally legal forced prefix
-// builds, the tempting thin seats (it fits!), then the gap glows and every
-// candidate shades its overlap (the climax: nothing fits). Last, the wrong path
-// clears, the one surviving completion grows, and the patch settles into a clean
-// finished region. Fixed order, so the slider scrubs it; t = 1 is the clean
-// resolved patch, the litter gone.
+// Timeline. Build the legal prefix, seat the tempting thin, fill the rest as far as
+// the geometry allows, and reveal the RED gap nothing can fill. Then clear the wrong
+// path and grow the one surviving completion. t = 1 is the clean resolved patch.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const WALL_IN = 0.1; // [0, WALL_IN] wall ring + hole outline appear
-const PREFIX_TO = 0.34; // the forced prefix builds, all locally legal
-const THIN_TO = 0.46; // the tempting thin seats cleanly
-const WALL_TO = 0.64; // the gap glows; candidates shade their overlap
-const COMP_FROM = 0.72; // the wrong path clears; the surviving completion grows
-const COMP_TO = 0.94;
+const WALL_IN = 0.08;
+const PREFIX_FROM = 0.1;
+const PREFIX_TO = 0.3;
+const THIN_FROM = 0.32;
+const THIN_TO = 0.42;
+const STRAND_FROM = 0.46; // fill the rest; the red gap appears
+const STRAND_TO = 0.66;
+const CLEAR_FROM = 0.72; // the wrong path and red gap clear
+const COMP_FROM = 0.76; // the surviving completion grows
+const COMP_TO = 0.96;
function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
@@ -273,165 +241,58 @@ function paint(
colors: Colors,
) {
const { thick, thin, grout, ink } = colors;
- const { toPx, wall, gap } = view;
+ const { toPx, wall } = view;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
ctx.fillStyle = grout;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
const wallIn = smooth(0, WALL_IN, t);
+ const prefix = smooth(PREFIX_FROM, PREFIX_TO, t);
+ const thinR = smooth(THIN_FROM, THIN_TO, t);
+ const strand = smooth(STRAND_FROM, STRAND_TO, t);
const comp = smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_TO, t);
- // The fade that clears the wrong path once the completion takes over.
- const clear = 1 - smooth(COMP_FROM, COMP_FROM + 0.08, t);
+ const clear = 1 - smooth(CLEAR_FROM, CLEAR_FROM + 0.06, t); // wrong path + red fade
- // 1. The committed wall ring. Muted while the hole is the subject, brightening
- // to a finished patch as the surviving completion fills in.
+ // 1. Wall ring, muted then brightening to a finished patch.
if (wallIn > 0) {
const wallAlpha = wallIn * (0.32 + 0.5 * comp);
for (const tile of wall) {
- fillTile(
- ctx,
- tile.v,
- toPx,
- tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
- ink,
- wallAlpha,
- 0.8,
- );
- }
- // The hole outline, fading as the completion closes it.
- strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn * (1 - comp), [5, 4]);
- if (comp < 0.6) {
- caption(
- ctx,
- "one hole, one surviving completion",
- VB_W / 2,
- 18,
- ink,
- wallIn * 0.85 * (1 - comp),
- );
- }
- }
-
- // 2. The locally legal forced prefix builds, tile by tile.
- const prefixReveal = smooth(WALL_IN, PREFIX_TO, t);
- if (prefixReveal > 0 && clear > 0) {
- const per = 1 / Math.max(1, scene.forcedPrefix.length);
- scene.forcedPrefix.forEach((tile, k) => {
- const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, prefixReveal) * clear;
- if (appear <= 0) return;
- // muted/ghosted: the build looks fine, but it is the doomed path
- fillTile(
- ctx,
- tile.v,
- toPx,
- tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
- ink,
- appear * 0.5,
- 1,
- );
- });
- if (t < PREFIX_TO) {
- caption(
- ctx,
- "a few locally legal tiles, all fine so far",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 20,
- ink,
- prefixReveal * 0.85,
- );
+ fillTile(ctx, tile.v, toPx, tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin, ink, wallAlpha, 0.8);
}
+ strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, ink, 2, wallIn * (1 - comp) * (1 - strand * 0.6), [5, 4]);
}
- // 3. The tempting thin seats cleanly on the doomed edge (it fits!).
- const thinReveal = smooth(PREFIX_TO, THIN_TO, t);
- if (thinReveal > 0 && clear > 0) {
- fillTile(
- ctx,
- scene.temptingThin.v,
- toPx,
- scene.temptingThin.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
- ink,
- thinReveal * clear,
- 1.1,
- );
- strokeEdge(ctx, scene.doomedEdge, toPx, ink, 2.6, thinReveal * clear * 0.7);
- // The thin caption holds only briefly after it seats, then hands the bottom
- // line over to the wall caption so the two never stack.
- if (t >= PREFIX_TO && t < THIN_TO + 0.06) {
- caption(
- ctx,
- "the thin the expert pointed at fits here, zero overlap",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 20,
- ink,
- thinReveal * 0.85,
- );
- }
+ // 2. The red gap: paint the whole hole red UNDER the wrong-path tiles, so the red
+ // still showing once they are drawn is the uncovered gap nothing can fill.
+ const redA = strand * clear;
+ if (redA > 0) {
+ fillPoly(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, RED, redA * 0.66);
+ strokeLoop(ctx, scene.holePolygon, toPx, RED, 1.5, redA * 0.7);
}
- // 4. The climax: the gap glows and every candidate shades its overlap with a
- // committed tile. Nothing fits. Clears as the completion takes over.
- const wallReveal = smooth(THIN_TO, WALL_TO, t);
- if (wallReveal > 0 && clear > 0) {
- const board = [...scene.wall, ...scene.forcedPrefix, scene.temptingThin].map(
- (x) => x.v,
- );
- strokeEdge(ctx, gap.edge, toPx, ink, 3, wallReveal * clear);
- const per = 1 / gap.candidates.length;
- gap.candidates.forEach((cand, k) => {
- const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, wallReveal) * clear;
- if (appear <= 0) return;
- strokeLoop(ctx, cand.v, toPx, ink, 1, appear * 0.26, [2, 3]);
- shadeWorstOverlap(ctx, cand.v, board, toPx, ink, appear * 0.4);
- });
- if (t >= THIN_TO + 0.06 && t < COMP_FROM) {
- caption(
- ctx,
- "every piece for the next gap overlaps a placed tile",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 20,
- ink,
- wallReveal * clear * 0.85,
- );
- }
+ // 3. The wrong path, opaque so it covers the red: the legal prefix, the tempting
+ // thin, and the maximal fill of the rest. What red is left is the gap.
+ drawTiles(ctx, scene.forcedPrefix, toPx, thick, thin, ink, prefix, clear);
+ if (thinR > 0 && clear > 0) {
+ fillTile(ctx, scene.temptingThin.v, toPx, scene.temptingThin.type === "fat" ? thick : thin, ink, thinR * clear, 1.1);
}
-
- // 5. The one surviving completion grows and the patch settles clean.
- if (comp > 0) {
- const per = 1 / scene.completion.length;
- scene.completion.forEach((tile, k) => {
- const appear = smooth(k * per, (k + 1) * per, comp);
- if (appear <= 0) return;
- fillTile(
- ctx,
- tile.v,
- toPx,
- tile.type === "fat" ? thick : thin,
- ink,
- appear * 0.92,
- 1.1,
- );
- });
- if (comp > 0.5) {
- const lead = (comp - 0.5) / 0.5;
- caption(
- ctx,
- "the thin fits; place it, keep going, and now nothing fits",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 30,
- ink,
- lead * 0.8,
- );
- caption(
- ctx,
- "only one completion survives, by the shapes alone",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 14,
- ink,
- lead * 0.62,
- );
- }
+ drawTiles(ctx, scene.strandFill, toPx, thick, thin, ink, strand, clear);
+
+ // 4. The one surviving completion grows on top and settles the patch clean.
+ drawTiles(ctx, scene.completion, toPx, thick, thin, ink, comp, 1);
+
+ // Captions, one beat at a time.
+ if (t < THIN_FROM) {
+ caption(ctx, "a few locally legal tiles, all fine so far", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 20, ink, prefix * 0.85);
+ } else if (t < STRAND_FROM) {
+ caption(ctx, "the thin the expert pointed at fits here, zero overlap", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 20, ink, thinR * 0.85);
+ } else if (t < CLEAR_FROM) {
+ caption(ctx, "fill in the rest, and the red gap can take no tile", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 20, ink, strand * clear * 0.9);
+ } else if (comp > 0.35) {
+ const lead = (comp - 0.35) / 0.65;
+ caption(ctx, "only this completion survives", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 30, ink, lead * 0.85);
+ caption(ctx, "no rule invoked, the shapes alone decide", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, lead * 0.62);
}
}
@@ -500,7 +361,7 @@ export default function UnsolvableFuture() {
}}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label="A real Penrose patch surrounds a single closed sixteen-edge hole with exactly one surviving completion. A few locally legal tiles build along one path, then on the doomed frontier edge a thin rhombus, the exact piece a Penrose expert said fits there, seats with zero overlap. Following it through, the next gap glows and every candidate rhombus is shown overlapping a committed tile, with the real overlap area shaded. The thin fits, you place it, you keep going, and now nothing fits, by the shapes alone with no matching rule invoked. Then the wrong path clears and the one surviving completion finishes the hole. The static end state is the clean resolved patch: the failed attempts cleared away, the single surviving completion filling the hole."
+ aria-label="A real Penrose patch surrounds a single sixteen-edge hole with exactly one surviving completion. A few locally legal tiles build, then on the doomed edge a thin rhombus, the exact piece a Penrose expert said fits there, seats with zero overlap. The animation then fills the rest of the hole as far as the geometry allows, and tiles still cannot cover everything: a gap survives, shown in red, that no rhombus fits. The thin fit, you placed it, you filled the rest, and a red gap is left. Then the wrong path clears and the one surviving completion finishes the hole, leaving no red. By the shapes alone, with no matching rule invoked."
/>
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.test.ts
index e4cca10..4f6f302 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.test.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,39 @@ describe("scene B: the expert's 'a thin fits there' case, refuted", () => {
});
});
+describe("the strand fill is a real legal partial fill, leaving a true gap", () => {
+ // The sketches paint the hole red, then draw the committed tiles (the wrong move,
+ // plus for scene B the prefix and the strand) opaque on top; the red that remains
+ // is the uncovered gap nothing fits. For that to be honest the strand must be a
+ // genuine overlap-free partial fill. We re-check every strand tile against the
+ // whole board it was placed onto.
+ function strandIsLegal(board: Tile[], strand: Tile[]): boolean {
+ const placed = [...board];
+ for (const t of strand) {
+ for (const u of placed) if (overlapsReal(t.v, u.v)) return false;
+ placed.push(t);
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ test("scene A strands on the wrong move alone (rigid hole, empty strand)", () => {
+ const a = walls.sceneA_rigidHexagon;
+ // The two-rhombus hole: the wrong rhombus alone leaves a gap, no strand needed.
+ expect(a.strandFill.length).toBe(0);
+ });
+
+ test("scene B fills most of the hole, then a real gap survives", () => {
+ const b = walls.sceneB_thinRefuted;
+ // The thin the expert pointed at: fill the rest as far as possible, and tiles
+ // still cannot cover everything. A non-trivial legal strand, then a gap.
+ expect(b.strandFill.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+ const board = [...b.wall, ...b.forcedPrefix, b.temptingThin as unknown as typeof b.wall[number]];
+ expect(strandIsLegal(board, b.strandFill)).toBe(true);
+ // Even after the strand, the hole is not complete: the gap is real.
+ expect(b.geomCompletionsAfterThin).toBe(0);
+ });
+});
+
describe("the committed geomWalls.json matches the live computation", () => {
// The sketches render geomWalls.json. This asserts the committed snapshot is
// exactly what the search produces now, so the shipped data cannot drift from
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.ts
index 28abd4f..96c6035 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWall.ts
@@ -277,6 +277,46 @@ function unfillableGaps(all: Tile[], poly: Pt[]): Gap[] {
.map((e) => enumGap(all, e.a, e.bb));
}
+// "Fill the rest as far as the geometry allows." A bounded backtracking search for
+// the LARGEST legal partial fill: drive the most-constrained frontier edge that
+// still admits a tile, try each of its geometry-legal fills, and recurse, keeping
+// the deepest fill found anywhere. Doomed (zero-fill) edges are simply left, so the
+// search keeps filling around them; when no edge admits a tile the branch is stuck.
+// Every placed tile is overlap-free against the whole board, so the result is a real
+// partial fill, and what it cannot cover is the smallest gap the geometry forces, the
+// triangle no rhombus fits. Deterministic (fixed frontier and candidate order); the
+// finiteness bound guards the recursion.
+function maximalGeomFill(fixed: Tile[], poly: Pt[]): Tile[] {
+ const cap = Math.ceil(polyArea(poly) / SIN36) + 6;
+ let best: Tile[] = [];
+ const extra: Tile[] = [];
+
+ function rec(): void {
+ if (extra.length > best.length) best = [...extra];
+ if (extra.length >= cap) return;
+ const all = [...fixed, ...extra];
+ const front = holeFrontier(boardFrom(all), poly);
+ let edge: { a: Pt; bb: Pt } | null = null;
+ let fills: Tile[] = [];
+ for (const e of front) {
+ const f = geomFills(all, e.a, e.bb);
+ if (f.length === 0) continue; // doomed edge: leave it, fill around it
+ if (edge === null || f.length < fills.length) {
+ edge = e;
+ fills = f;
+ }
+ }
+ if (edge === null) return; // nothing fillable remains: this branch is stuck
+ for (const cand of fills) {
+ extra.push(cand);
+ rec();
+ extra.pop();
+ }
+ }
+ rec();
+ return best;
+}
+
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Scene A: the rigid hexagon.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -296,6 +336,10 @@ export type SceneA = {
// The tempting wrong move: it fits the constrained edge with zero overlap, then
// strands. (The correct move is uniqueCompletion[0].)
wrongMove: { type: "fat" | "thin"; corner: number | null; v: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] };
+ // The maximal legal partial fill placed after the wrong move before nothing fits.
+ // What the hole keeps uncovered after the wrong move and this strand is the gap no
+ // tile can fill (for the rigid hexagon this is empty: the wrong move alone strands).
+ strandFill: Tile[];
// Every gap left unfillable after the wrong move, with full overlap evidence.
unfillableGaps: Gap[];
// Always 0: after the wrong move the hole has no geometry-only completion.
@@ -343,6 +387,7 @@ function computeSceneA(): SceneA {
if (!wrong) throw new Error("geomWall sceneA: no stranding wrong move found");
const after = [...kept, wrong];
+ const afterSearch = geomSearch(after, poly, true);
const gaps = unfillableGaps(after, poly);
return {
@@ -361,8 +406,9 @@ function computeSceneA(): SceneA {
corner: cornerAt(wrong, edgeKeyHead(edge.a, edge.bb)),
v: wrong.v,
},
+ strandFill: maximalGeomFill(after, poly),
unfillableGaps: gaps,
- geomCompletionsAfterWrong: 0,
+ geomCompletionsAfterWrong: afterSearch.completions,
};
}
@@ -388,6 +434,10 @@ export type SceneB = {
// That tempting thin tile. It fits (penetration < TOUCH_EPS), the move the
// objection is about. Place it anyway.
temptingThin: { type: "fat" | "thin"; corner: number | null; v: [Pt, Pt, Pt, Pt] };
+ // The maximal legal partial fill placed after the thin before nothing fits: "fill
+ // the rest as far as you can." What stays uncovered after the prefix, the thin, and
+ // this strand is the triangular gap no rhombus fits.
+ strandFill: Tile[];
// Every gap left unfillable after placing the thin, with full overlap evidence.
unfillableGaps: Gap[];
// Always 0: after the thin the hole has no geometry-only completion.
@@ -417,7 +467,8 @@ function computeSceneB(): SceneB {
}
const after = [...base, thin];
- const completions = geomSearch(after, poly, true).completions;
+ const afterSearch = geomSearch(after, poly, true);
+ const completions = afterSearch.completions;
const gaps = unfillableGaps(after, poly);
return {
@@ -436,6 +487,7 @@ function computeSceneB(): SceneB {
corner: cornerAt(thin, edgeKeyHead(a, bb)),
v: thin.v,
},
+ strandFill: maximalGeomFill(after, poly),
unfillableGaps: gaps,
geomCompletionsAfterThin: completions,
};
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWalls.json b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWalls.json
index dc1ed34..2f2b8d5 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWalls.json
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/geomWalls.json
@@ -9100,6 +9100,7 @@
]
]
},
+ "strandFill": [],
"unfillableGaps": [
{
"edge": [
@@ -18805,6 +18806,218 @@
]
]
},
+ "strandFill": [
+ {
+ "type": "fat",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -2.4898982848827806,
+ -0.8090169943749475
+ ],
+ [
+ -2.48989828488278,
+ 0.19098300562505255
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.440954801177934,
+ 0.5
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779343,
+ -0.4999999999999995
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "thin",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -2.48989828488278,
+ 0.19098300562505255
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.077683537175253,
+ 1.0000000000000002
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.028740053470407,
+ 1.3090169943749477
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779334,
+ 0.5000000000000004
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "thin",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779334,
+ 0.5000000000000004
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.028740053470407,
+ 1.3090169943749477
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.028740053470407,
+ 0.3090169943749477
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779334,
+ -0.49999999999999956
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "thin",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -2.853169548885462,
+ -2.309016994374947
+ ],
+ [
+ -2.8531695488854614,
+ -1.3090169943749477
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779343,
+ -0.5000000000000002
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779343,
+ -1.4999999999999993
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "fat",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -2.853169548885462,
+ -2.309016994374947
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779343,
+ -1.4999999999999993
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.392011317473088,
+ -1.8090169943749466
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.8042260651806155,
+ -2.618033988749894
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "thin",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -3.8042260651806155,
+ -2.618033988749894
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.392011317473088,
+ -1.8090169943749466
+ ],
+ [
+ -5.343067833768242,
+ -1.4999999999999991
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.755282581475769,
+ -2.309016994374946
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "thin",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -5.567581822058035,
+ -0.8090169943749452
+ ],
+ [
+ -5.567581822058035,
+ -1.8090169943749443
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.979796569765561,
+ -0.9999999999999969
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.979796569765561,
+ 2.220446049250313e-15
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "fat",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -4.028740053470408,
+ 0.3090169943749477
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.979796569765561,
+ 8.881784197001252e-16
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.979796569765562,
+ -0.9999999999999991
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.0287400534704085,
+ -0.6909830056250523
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "thin",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779334,
+ -0.49999999999999956
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.028740053470407,
+ 0.3090169943749477
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.028740053470407,
+ -0.6909830056250523
+ ],
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779334,
+ -1.4999999999999996
+ ]
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "fat",
+ "v": [
+ [
+ -3.4409548011779334,
+ -1.4999999999999996
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.028740053470407,
+ -0.6909830056250523
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.97979656976556,
+ -0.9999999999999996
+ ],
+ [
+ -4.392011317473087,
+ -1.8090169943749472
+ ]
+ ]
+ }
+ ],
"unfillableGaps": [
{
"edge": [
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 28fc99e..573ff13 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -134,12 +134,10 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
The sketch below takes the tempting one and seats it cleanly. It
- fits. Then it follows that move through. The next gap lights up, and
- every rhombus you could put there lands on top of a tile already
- placed. The shaded patches are the real overlap, one shape pushed
- into another. Nothing fits, and no rule was invoked to say so. Only
- the other first move completes the hole, and the shapes alone tell
- you which.
+ fits. But it fills the hole the wrong way. What it leaves, shown in
+ red, is two triangles, and no rhombus fits a triangle. No rule was
+ invoked to say so. Only the other first move completes the hole, and
+ the shapes alone tell you which.
@@ -150,8 +148,8 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
On the open plane the bare shapes never trap you like this; they would
tile, boringly, forever. That is exactly why Penrose added the
matching marks. Inside a bounded hole the geometry can speak for
- itself, and here it does: the wall is overlap you can see, not a rule
- you have to take on faith.
+ itself, and here it does: the gap is empty space you can see, not a
+ rule you have to take on faith.
@@ -165,13 +163,12 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
there. It does. Zero overlap. The piece sits in the gap.
- So place it. Lay a few more legal tiles, all fine, and keep going.
- Then the next gap turns. Every rhombus that could sit there lands on
- top of a tile already down, the shaded patches showing exactly where
- one shape pushes into another. The thin fit, you placed it, you kept
- building, and now nothing fits. Not because a rule says no. Because
- the shapes collide. Out of all the ways to start, only one survives
- to finish the hole.
+ So place it. Lay a few more legal tiles, all fine, then fill in the
+ rest of the hole as far as the shapes allow. Tiles still cannot cover
+ everything. A gap is left, shown in red, that no rhombus fits. The
+ thin fit, you placed it, you filled the rest, and the red gap remains.
+ Not because a rule says no. Because the shapes collide. Out of all the
+ ways to start, only one survives to finish the hole.
From ab217cb9871371cec6dd1fc0c6d87c1dd0f3a34d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:51:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 69/87] feat(penrose): address walk is longer, then the tiling
fades in around it
Per the maintainer: walk the blank path first, then fill in the grid.
Pick a longer, richer target (now uses all five directions with a double
step and two backward steps), zoom out to frame the whole patch, walk the
path out from the origin, then fade in the surrounding cut-and-project
tiling with the path still drawn on top so you see where the address sits
in the grid. Picker reranked to prefer more directions then more steps
within the patch; address.test.ts extent bound updated.
---
src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx | 295 +++++++++---------
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts | 4 +-
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts | 29 +-
3 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx
index b5a9651..4f6c66b 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx
@@ -3,28 +3,28 @@
import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import {
- DIRS,
- pickAddressTile,
- type AddressTile,
-} from "./lib/address";
+import { buildPatch, type SketchTile } from "./lib/cutProject";
+import { DIRS, pickAddressTile, type AddressTile } from "./lib/address";
// "Every tile knows its address": the spine's section-8 sketch. The address is the
-// tile's ℤ⁵ coordinate, five integers. This makes them concrete: each integer is a
-// count of steps along one of five fixed directions (the tile's own edge directions),
-// and walking those steps from the origin lands exactly on the tile's corner. So the
-// address is not a label stuck on afterward, it is a path you can walk.
+// tile's ℤ⁵ coordinate, five integers, and each integer counts steps along one of
+// five fixed directions (the tile's own edge directions). Walking those steps from
+// the origin lands exactly on the tile's corner, so the address is a path you can
+// walk, not a label stuck on after.
+//
+// The reveal: first the blank walk, just the five direction rays and the path
+// stepping out to the tile. Then the rest of the tiling fades in around it, so you
+// see where that one address sits in the whole grid, the path still drawn on top.
//
// Bound to address.ts (and address.test.ts): the directions, the walk, and the tile
-// are all from the real engine, and the walk provably ends at physical(coord).
+// are real engine output, and the walk provably ends at physical(coord). The patch
+// that fades in is the same cut-and-project patch the explorer paints.
//
-// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: the harness drives render(t); t reveals
-// the walk step by step. Theme colors are read live, and the reduced-motion end state
-// is the full walk landing on the lit tile with its address spelled out.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t walks the path then fades in the tiling.
-const VB_W = 560;
-const VB_H = 440;
-const PAD = 34;
+const VB_W = 620;
+const VB_H = 540;
+const PAD = 30;
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -35,35 +35,34 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
}
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
-
type Pt = readonly [number, number];
-function makeFit(tile: AddressTile) {
+function makeFit(tile: AddressTile, patch: SketchTile[]) {
let minX = 0;
let minY = 0;
let maxX = 0;
let maxY = 0;
- const all: Pt[] = [...tile.path, ...tile.corners, ...DIRS, [0, 0]];
- for (const [x, y] of all) {
+ const note = (x: number, y: number) => {
minX = Math.min(minX, x);
minY = Math.min(minY, y);
maxX = Math.max(maxX, x);
maxY = Math.max(maxY, y);
- }
+ };
+ for (const t of patch) for (const [x, y] of t.physical) note(x, y);
+ for (const [x, y] of tile.path) note(x, y);
const cx = (minX + maxX) / 2;
const cy = (minY + maxY) / 2;
- const half = Math.max(maxX - minX, maxY - minY) / 2 + 0.7;
+ const half = Math.max(maxX - minX, maxY - minY) / 2 + 0.4;
const s = Math.min(
(VB_W - 2 * PAD) / (2 * half),
- (VB_H - 2 * PAD - 40) / (2 * half),
+ (VB_H - 2 * PAD - 46) / (2 * half),
);
return (p: Pt): [number, number] => [
VB_W / 2 + (p[0] - cx) * s,
- VB_H / 2 + 16 - (p[1] - cy) * s, // leave room for the address row up top
+ VB_H / 2 + 22 - (p[1] - cy) * s, // leave room for the address row up top
];
}
-// Per-digit step ranges, so each address digit can light as the walk reaches it.
type Range = { start: number; end: number; count: number } | null;
function digitRanges(tile: AddressTile): Range[] {
const ranges: Range[] = [null, null, null, null, null];
@@ -83,14 +82,14 @@ function caption(
y: number,
ink: string,
alpha: number,
- align: CanvasTextAlign = "center",
) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
ctx.font =
"11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
- ctx.textAlign = align;
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
ctx.fillText(text, x, y);
ctx.restore();
@@ -103,19 +102,13 @@ function arrowHead(
ink: string,
) {
const ang = Math.atan2(to[1] - from[1], to[0] - from[0]);
- const len = 8;
+ const len = 9;
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(to[0], to[1]);
- ctx.lineTo(
- to[0] - len * Math.cos(ang - 0.4),
- to[1] - len * Math.sin(ang - 0.4),
- );
- ctx.lineTo(
- to[0] - len * Math.cos(ang + 0.4),
- to[1] - len * Math.sin(ang + 0.4),
- );
+ ctx.lineTo(to[0] - len * Math.cos(ang - 0.4), to[1] - len * Math.sin(ang - 0.4));
+ ctx.lineTo(to[0] - len * Math.cos(ang + 0.4), to[1] - len * Math.sin(ang + 0.4));
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
ctx.restore();
@@ -125,56 +118,71 @@ function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
t: number,
tile: AddressTile,
+ patch: SketchTile[],
ranges: Range[],
colors: Colors,
) {
const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
- const fit = makeFit(tile);
+ const fit = makeFit(tile, patch);
const T = tile.path.length - 1;
- const shown = Math.max(0, Math.min(T, Math.round(t * T)));
- const done = shown >= T;
+
+ // Phase 1: walk the blank path. Phase 2: the tiling fades in around it.
+ const walkP = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, t / 0.58));
+ const shown = Math.max(0, Math.min(T, Math.round(walkP * T)));
+ const fade = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (t - 0.62) / 0.38));
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
ctx.fillStyle = paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- // The address row, up top. Each digit lights as the walk reaches its direction.
- ctx.save();
- ctx.font =
- "15px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
- ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
- const digitGap = 30;
- const rowW = digitGap * 4;
- const startX = VB_W / 2 - rowW / 2;
- ctx.textAlign = "center";
- caption(ctx, "ADDRESS", VB_W / 2, 16, ink, 0.5);
- for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
- const r = ranges[l];
- let alpha = 0.28;
- if (r) {
- if (shown >= r.end) alpha = 0.95;
- else if (shown > r.start) alpha = 0.95;
- }
- const x = startX + l * digitGap;
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.fillText(String(tile.coord[l]), x, 36);
- // a tick under the digit currently being walked
- if (r && shown > r.start && shown < r.end) {
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.8;
- ctx.fillRect(x - 7, 47, 14, 1.5);
+ // The surrounding tiling, faded in.
+ if (fade > 0) {
+ for (const tl of patch) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ tl.physical.forEach((c, i) => {
+ const [x, y] = fit(c);
+ if (i === 0) ctx.moveTo(x, y);
+ else ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ });
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = fade * 0.8;
+ ctx.fillStyle = tl.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = fade * 0.5;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 0.7;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
}
}
- ctx.restore();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
- // The five direction rays from the origin, faint, labeled. These are the tile edge
- // directions; the address counts steps along them.
+ // The target tile, highlighted, sitting where the walk lands.
+ if (fade > 0) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ tile.corners.forEach((c, i) => {
+ const [x, y] = fit(c);
+ if (i === 0) ctx.moveTo(x, y);
+ else ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ });
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = fade;
+ ctx.fillStyle = tile.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2.2;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+
+ // The five direction rays from the origin, fading back as the tiling arrives.
const o = fit([0, 0]);
+ const rayA = 0.32 * (1 - fade * 0.7);
for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
const tip = fit(DIRS[l]);
ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = rayA;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.setLineDash([3, 3]);
@@ -183,57 +191,32 @@ function paint(
ctx.lineTo(tip[0], tip[1]);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
- caption(
- ctx,
- String(l),
- tip[0] + (tip[0] - o[0]) * 0.12,
- tip[1] + (tip[1] - o[1]) * 0.12,
- ink,
- 0.4,
- );
+ caption(ctx, String(l), tip[0] + (tip[0] - o[0]) * 0.18, tip[1] + (tip[1] - o[1]) * 0.18, ink, rayA * 1.3);
}
- // The destination tile, faint until the walk arrives.
- ctx.save();
- ctx.beginPath();
- tile.corners.forEach((c, i) => {
- const [x, y] = fit(c);
- if (i === 0) ctx.moveTo(x, y);
- else ctx.lineTo(x, y);
- });
- ctx.closePath();
- ctx.fillStyle = tile.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
- ctx.globalAlpha = done ? 0.92 : 0.16;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.lineWidth = done ? 1.6 : 0.8;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.globalAlpha = done ? 0.9 : 0.3;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.restore();
-
- // The walk so far: an ink polyline along the unit steps, joints marked.
+ // The walk: a bold ink polyline with a paper casing so it reads over the tiles.
if (shown > 0) {
- ctx.save();
- ctx.beginPath();
- const p0 = fit(tile.path[0]);
- ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
- for (let i = 1; i <= shown; i++) {
- const [x, y] = fit(tile.path[i]);
- ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ for (const [w, col] of [[5.5, paper], [2.6, ink]] as const) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ const p0 = fit(tile.path[0]);
+ ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
+ for (let i = 1; i <= shown; i++) {
+ const [x, y] = fit(tile.path[i]);
+ ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+ }
+ ctx.lineWidth = w;
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ ctx.lineCap = "round";
+ ctx.strokeStyle = col;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
}
- ctx.lineWidth = 2.4;
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- ctx.lineCap = "round";
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.restore();
- // arrowhead at the leading point
arrowHead(ctx, fit(tile.path[shown - 1]), fit(tile.path[shown]), ink);
- // joints
for (let i = 1; i <= shown; i++) {
const [x, y] = fit(tile.path[i]);
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(x, y, 2.4, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.arc(x, y, 2.6, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
ctx.fill();
}
@@ -241,54 +224,65 @@ function paint(
// Origin marker.
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(o[0], o[1], 3.2, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.arc(o[0], o[1], 3.4, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
ctx.fill();
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(o[0], o[1], 3.2, 0, Math.PI * 2);
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.2;
+ ctx.arc(o[0], o[1], 3.4, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.3;
ctx.strokeStyle = paper;
ctx.stroke();
- caption(ctx, "origin", o[0], o[1] + 16, ink, 0.5);
+ caption(ctx, "origin", o[0], o[1] + 15, ink, 0.5 * (1 - fade * 0.5));
- // Group labels: name each direction run as it is walked.
+ // Group labels: name each direction run, only while we are walking it.
+ if (fade < 0.4) {
+ for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
+ const r = ranges[l];
+ if (!r || shown <= r.start) continue;
+ const midStep = Math.min(shown, (r.start + r.end) / 2);
+ const a = tile.path[Math.floor(midStep)];
+ const b = tile.path[Math.min(tile.path.length - 1, Math.ceil(midStep))];
+ const [mx, my] = fit([(a[0] + b[0]) / 2, (a[1] + b[1]) / 2]);
+ const sign = r.count < 0 ? "−" : "";
+ const mag = Math.abs(r.count) > 1 ? ` ×${Math.abs(r.count)}` : "";
+ caption(ctx, `${sign}d${l}${mag}`, mx, my - 12, ink, (1 - fade / 0.4) * 0.85);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // The address row, up top. Each digit lights as the walk reaches its direction.
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.font = "15px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
+ caption(ctx, "ADDRESS", VB_W / 2, 14, ink, 0.5);
+ const digitGap = 30;
+ const startX = VB_W / 2 - (digitGap * 4) / 2;
for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
const r = ranges[l];
- if (!r || shown <= r.start) continue;
- const midStep = Math.min(shown, (r.start + r.end) / 2);
- const a = tile.path[Math.floor(midStep)];
- const b = tile.path[Math.min(tile.path.length - 1, Math.ceil(midStep))];
- const mid: Pt = [(a[0] + b[0]) / 2, (a[1] + b[1]) / 2];
- const [mx, my] = fit(mid);
- const sign = r.count < 0 ? "−" : "";
- const mag = Math.abs(r.count) > 1 ? ` ×${Math.abs(r.count)}` : "";
- caption(ctx, `${sign}d${l}${mag}`, mx, my - 12, ink, 0.8);
+ const alpha = r && shown >= r.start + 1 ? 0.95 : r ? 0.4 : 0.28;
+ const x = startX + l * digitGap;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.fillText(String(tile.coord[l]), x, 34);
+ if (r && shown > r.start && shown < r.end) {
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.8;
+ ctx.fillRect(x - 7, 45, 14, 1.5);
+ }
}
+ ctx.restore();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
// Bottom caption.
- if (done) {
- caption(
- ctx,
- `five numbers, five directions: the walk lands on this ${tile.type} tile`,
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 14,
- ink,
- 0.78,
- );
+ if (fade > 0.2) {
+ caption(ctx, "the address names this tile in the whole grid", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, fade * 0.8);
} else {
- caption(
- ctx,
- "walk the address: a step along each direction, counted",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 14,
- ink,
- 0.7,
- );
+ caption(ctx, "walk the address: a step along each direction, counted", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, 0.72);
}
}
export default function AddressWalk() {
const tile = useMemo(() => pickAddressTile(), []);
+ const patch = useMemo(() => buildPatch(), []);
const ranges = useMemo(() => digitRanges(tile), [tile]);
const canvasRef = useRef(null);
const colorsRef = useRef({
@@ -322,9 +316,9 @@ export default function AddressWalk() {
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- paint(ctx, t, tile, ranges, colorsRef.current);
+ paint(ctx, t, tile, patch, ranges, colorsRef.current);
},
- [refreshColors, tile, ranges],
+ [refreshColors, tile, patch, ranges],
);
useEffect(() => {
@@ -344,7 +338,7 @@ export default function AddressWalk() {
return (
@@ -365,9 +359,10 @@ export default function AddressWalk() {
and you arrive at this {tile.type} tile. Negative means step the other way.
- Every tile gets five integers like this, an exact name on a floor with no
- edges. That is the coordinate the explorer reads under your cursor, and a
- shared link is just these five numbers.
+ Then the rest of the tiling fills in around it. Every tile gets five
+ integers like this, an exact name on a floor with no edges. That is the
+ coordinate the explorer reads under your cursor, and a shared link is just
+ these five numbers.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts
index ced7fd4..1f04979 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe("the representative is a real, accepted tile", () => {
expect(end[1]).toBeCloseTo(py, 12);
});
- test("the walk stays on screen (bounded extent)", () => {
- expect(walkExtent(tile.coord)).toBeLessThan(3.2);
+ test("the walk stays inside the drawn patch (bounded extent)", () => {
+ expect(walkExtent(tile.coord)).toBeLessThan(4.6);
});
});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts
index 8a71aa7..db5dd5c 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts
@@ -45,11 +45,17 @@ export function walkExtent(coord: readonly number[]): number {
}
const nonzero = (c: readonly number[]) => c.filter((n) => n !== 0).length;
+const stepCount = (c: readonly number[]) =>
+ c.reduce((a, n) => a + Math.abs(n), 0);
-// Deterministic representative: a real accepted tile whose address uses four of the
-// five directions (rich enough to show, bounded enough to stay on screen) with the
-// shortest walk; tie-break to the lexicographically greatest coord so positive steps
-// lead. Bound to buildPatch, so it is a genuine tile of the real tiling.
+// How far the walk may stray and still sit inside the drawn patch.
+const EXT_MAX = 4.6;
+
+// Deterministic representative: a real accepted tile with a long, rich walk, one that
+// uses as many of the five directions as possible and as many steps as possible while
+// staying inside the patch. Tie-break to the lexicographically greatest coord so
+// positive steps lead. Bound to buildPatch, so it is a genuine tile of the real
+// tiling, and the walk lands inside the tile set that fades in around it.
export function pickAddressTile(): AddressTile {
const patch = buildPatch();
const byCoord = new Map();
@@ -58,13 +64,20 @@ export function pickAddressTile(): AddressTile {
if (!byCoord.has(k)) byCoord.set(k, t);
}
const tiles = [...byCoord.values()];
- const pool = tiles.filter((t) => nonzero(t.coord as number[]) === 4);
+ const pool = tiles.filter((t) => {
+ const c = t.coord as number[];
+ return nonzero(c) >= 3 && walkExtent(c) <= EXT_MAX;
+ });
const ranked = (pool.length ? pool : tiles).slice().sort((a, b) => {
- const ea = walkExtent(a.coord as number[]);
- const eb = walkExtent(b.coord as number[]);
- if (Math.abs(ea - eb) > 1e-9) return ea - eb;
const ca = a.coord as number[];
const cb = b.coord as number[];
+ const dn = nonzero(cb) - nonzero(ca); // more directions first
+ if (dn !== 0) return dn;
+ const ds = stepCount(cb) - stepCount(ca); // longer walk first
+ if (ds !== 0) return ds;
+ const ea = walkExtent(ca);
+ const eb = walkExtent(cb);
+ if (Math.abs(ea - eb) > 1e-9) return ea - eb; // tighter walk
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) if (ca[i] !== cb[i]) return cb[i] - ca[i];
return 0;
});
From afe50efc072a0a6017d3e252a6fb78276dd3162c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:54:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 70/87] feat(penrose): overlay spins a full 360 over a large
off-screen plane
Per the maintainer: full rotation, more zoomed out, and a much larger
plane so there is always tiling to move into view. The spin control now
turns the top layer a full circle (looping), the view is zoomed out over
a generated plane of half=48 (~12k tiles), and dragging slides the top
layer far. Only the tiles whose centroid lands in the frame are drawn
each frame (culled), so the large plane stays smooth to spin and drag.
Rotation inlined; resting frame is a ~18 degree rosette.
---
.../_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx | 148 +++++++++---------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 4 +-
2 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
index 9d213bd..69628ef 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
@@ -3,33 +3,33 @@
import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import { buildOverlay, FIFTH, rotate, type Overlay, type Pt } from "./lib/overlay";
+import { buildOverlay, type Overlay, type Pt } from "./lib/overlay";
// "Slide one over another": the spine's section-7 sketch, Penrose's overhead-
-// projector demo, rebuilt to be a thing you push around. Two real Penrose tilings are
-// drawn as line work, the bottom in ink and the top in a translucent accent. Drag the
-// top layer to slide it; the twist control turns it about the center. Zoomed out, the
-// places where the two disagree organize into the five-fold rosettes Penrose saw, and
-// they shift and breathe as you move the top layer.
+// projector demo, rebuilt to push and spin. Two real Penrose tilings are drawn as
+// line work over a large plane that runs well off screen, the bottom in ink and the
+// top in a translucent accent. Spin the top layer a full turn, or drag it, and the
+// places where the two disagree organize into five-fold rosettes that bloom and
+// drift. Zoomed out, those rosettes read at scale; the off-screen plane means there
+// is always tiling under the frame to move into view.
//
-// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. Both layers are the SAME real enumerator patch (lib/overlay.ts
-// and its test). The interference is emergent: nothing is tinted or highlighted, the
-// moiré is just two real tilings overlapping. The two share every finite patch yet
-// never line up everywhere at once.
+// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. Both layers are the SAME real enumerator patch
+// (lib/overlay.ts and its test). The interference is emergent: nothing is tinted,
+// the moiré is just two real tilings overlapping. Only the visible tiles are drawn
+// each frame (culled by centroid), so a large plane stays smooth to spin and drag.
//
-// The harness drives render(t) for the twist (and play/reduced-motion); pointer drag
-// translates the top layer independently, repainting at the current twist. Theme
-// colors are read live so it inverts with the toggle.
-
-const VB_W = 560;
-const VB_H = 560;
-const MARGIN = 12;
-// Zoomed out: a large patch generated, a tighter window shown, so the top layer still
-// covers the frame as it is dragged and turned.
-const GEN_HALF = 15;
-const VIEW_HALF = 12;
-const TWIST_MAX = 0.16 * FIFTH; // up to ~11.5 degrees: dramatic rosettes that morph
-const OFFSET_MAX = 3.5; // how far the top layer may be dragged, in tile-edge units
+// The harness drives render(t) for the spin (full 360, looping); pointer drag slides
+// the top layer. Theme colours are read live so it inverts with the toggle.
+
+const VB = 560;
+const MARGIN = 10;
+// Zoomed out: a tighter window over a large generated plane, so rosettes read at
+// scale and dragging never runs out of tiling.
+const VIEW_HALF = 22;
+const GEN_HALF = 48;
+const CULL_R = VIEW_HALF + 2; // draw only tiles whose centroid is within the frame
+const PHASE0 = 0.05 * Math.PI * 2; // ~18 deg: the resting rosette (reduced-motion frame)
+const OFFSET_MAX = 18; // how far the top layer may be dragged, in tile-edge units
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
-const SCALE = Math.min(VB_W - 2 * MARGIN, VB_H - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * VIEW_HALF);
+const SCALE = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * VIEW_HALF);
const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [
- VB_W / 2 + p[0] * SCALE,
- VB_H / 2 - p[1] * SCALE, // canvas y grows downward
+ VB / 2 + p[0] * SCALE,
+ VB / 2 - p[1] * SCALE, // canvas y grows downward
];
const clamp = (v: number, m: number) => Math.max(-m, Math.min(m, v));
+// Stroke a list of faces (optionally transformed) in one path. Caller culls first.
function strokeFaces(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
faces: Overlay["a"],
@@ -96,41 +97,6 @@ function caption(
ctx.restore();
}
-function paint(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- twist: number,
- offset: Pt,
- o: Overlay,
- colors: Colors,
-) {
- const { thick, paper, ink } = colors;
-
- ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- ctx.fillStyle = paper;
- ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
-
- // BOTTOM layer: the real tiling, in place, ink line work.
- strokeFaces(ctx, o.a, null, ink, 0.7, 0.5);
-
- // TOP layer: the SAME tiling, turned by `twist` about the center then slid by the
- // drag offset, in translucent accent. Where it falls off the bottom seams the two
- // agree; where it cuts across, the five-fold veins of mismatch appear.
- const xf = (p: Pt): Pt => {
- const r = rotate(p, twist);
- return [r[0] + offset[0], r[1] + offset[1]];
- };
- strokeFaces(ctx, o.b, xf, thick, 0.95, 0.62);
-
- caption(
- ctx,
- "drag the top layer to slide it · twist to turn",
- VB_W / 2,
- VB_H - 16,
- ink,
- 0.7,
- );
-}
-
export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
const canvasRef = useRef(null);
const colorsRef = useRef({
@@ -141,10 +107,16 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
const overlay = useMemo(() => buildOverlay(GEN_HALF), []);
+ // The bottom layer is fixed; its visible tiles never change, so cull once.
+ const bottomVisible = useMemo(
+ () =>
+ overlay.a.filter(
+ (f) => Math.abs(f.centroid[0]) <= CULL_R && Math.abs(f.centroid[1]) <= CULL_R,
+ ),
+ [overlay],
+ );
- // Twist comes from the harness clock/slider (t); offset comes from pointer drag.
- // Both feed the same paint, repainting on either.
- const twistRef = useRef(TWIST_MAX); // mount at the representative twist (t = 1)
+ const twistRef = useRef(PHASE0); // mount at the resting rosette (t = 1)
const offsetRef = useRef([0, 0]);
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
@@ -164,24 +136,46 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
dprRef.current = dpr;
- canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
- canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
+ canvas.width = VB * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB * dpr;
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- paint(ctx, twistRef.current, offsetRef.current, overlay, colorsRef.current);
- }, [overlay, refreshColors]);
+ const { thick, paper, ink } = colorsRef.current;
+ const twist = twistRef.current;
+ const [ox, oy] = offsetRef.current;
+ const cos = Math.cos(twist);
+ const sin = Math.sin(twist);
+ const xf = (p: Pt): Pt => [p[0] * cos - p[1] * sin + ox, p[0] * sin + p[1] * cos + oy];
+
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.fillStyle = paper;
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+
+ // BOTTOM layer: the fixed tiling, ink line work.
+ strokeFaces(ctx, bottomVisible, null, ink, 0.6, 0.5);
+
+ // TOP layer: the same tiling, spun and slid, in translucent accent. Cull by the
+ // transformed centroid so only what lands in the frame is drawn.
+ const topVisible = overlay.b.filter((f) => {
+ const cx = f.centroid[0] * cos - f.centroid[1] * sin + ox;
+ const cy = f.centroid[0] * sin + f.centroid[1] * cos + oy;
+ return Math.abs(cx) <= CULL_R && Math.abs(cy) <= CULL_R;
+ });
+ strokeFaces(ctx, topVisible, xf, thick, 0.7, 0.62);
+
+ caption(ctx, "drag to slide the top layer · spin to turn it", VB / 2, VB - 14, ink, 0.7);
+ }, [overlay, bottomVisible, refreshColors]);
const render = useCallback(
(t: number) => {
- twistRef.current = t * TWIST_MAX;
+ twistRef.current = t * Math.PI * 2 + PHASE0;
repaint();
},
[repaint],
);
- // Pointer drag translates the top layer. Pixel deltas convert to data units through
- // the canvas's on-screen scale, with the y axis flipped.
+ // Pointer drag translates the top layer. Pixel deltas convert to data units.
const dragging = useRef(false);
const last = useRef<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
@@ -195,8 +189,7 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
(e: React.PointerEvent) => {
if (!dragging.current) return;
const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
- const perData = rect.width / VB_W; // CSS px per data unit = (css/view px)*(view px/data)
- const k = perData * SCALE;
+ const k = (rect.width / VB) * SCALE; // CSS px per data unit
const dx = (e.clientX - last.current[0]) / k;
const dy = -(e.clientY - last.current[1]) / k;
last.current = [e.clientX, e.clientY];
@@ -216,7 +209,6 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
}
}, []);
- // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary state inverts with the toggle.
useEffect(() => {
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
refreshColors();
@@ -231,8 +223,8 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
return (
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 573ff13..8c89fc4 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
Large regions snap into agreement, the two patterns locking tile for
tile. Between those islands run shifting veins where they disagree,
and the whole map is organized by the same five-fold symmetry that
- built the tiles. Drag the top layer below to slide it, or twist it,
- and watch the rosettes form and move.
+ built the tiles. Spin the top layer below a full turn, or drag it
+ around, and watch the rosettes bloom and drift.
From a6fbdefc3a02129da1d830df49602fb6800a3f65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:57:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 71/87] feat(penrose): hierarchy is a real zoom-out where lines
become tiles
Replace the in-place fade with the literal zoom the maintainer asked for.
The camera sits deep inside one fixed level-8 patch, off the central
star, and zooms out by phi per step. As it zooms, the supertile outlines
(the lines) shrink to the size the small tiles had and fill in, becoming
the tiles, while the next level up appears in outline. The level of
detail crossfades across each phi-step, hidden by the dissolve. The
camera stays inside the wheel's rim (view corner ~0.89 of unit radius),
so no ragged edge shows, and tiles are culled by centroid so only the
visible patch draws. Prose updated to the zoom-out.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 185 +++++++++---------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 6 +-
2 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
index 0819a72..de3df97 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
@@ -3,38 +3,40 @@
import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
-import { halfExtent, PHI, rhombiAt, type Pt, type Rhombus } from "./lib/scaling";
+import { PHI, rhombiAt, type Pt, type Rhombus } from "./lib/scaling";
-// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two, rebuilt to show the
-// transition BETWEEN layers, not snap between them. The choreography the slider
-// walks: a filled pattern, the level-up supertiles outlined over it, then the
-// supertiles fill in and BECOME the pattern while the next level up appears in
-// outline. Scrub it and the tiling inflates one step at a time, each level
-// dissolving into the next, the self-similarity made continuous.
+// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two, rebuilt as a real zoom-out
+// where the lines become tiles. The camera sits deep inside one fixed deflated patch,
+// showing fine tiles with their level-up SUPERTILES outlined over them. Zoom out (the
+// slider, or play) and the supertile outlines shrink to the size the small tiles had
+// and FILL IN, becoming the new tiles, while the next level up appears in outline.
+// The tiling is self-similar, so this can go step after step.
//
-// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. deflate(L) is subdivide(deflate(L-1)), so the supertiles
-// are the genuine level-up tiling rhombiAt(L-1), not hand-drawn boundaries. Every
-// layer is real engine output (lib/scaling.ts and its test). The crossfade is at a
-// constant scale, so the wheel stays inscribed and the promotion of supertiles to
-// tiles is exact: rhombiAt(L-1) outlined at the start of a step is rhombiAt(L-1)
-// filled at its end.
+// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. deflate(L) is subdivide(deflate(L-1)); every level is real
+// engine output (lib/scaling.ts and its test), and the supertiles are the genuine
+// level-up tiling rhombiAt(L-1), not hand-drawn. The zoom is a true camera scale; the
+// level of detail crossfades as it crosses each phi-step, hidden by the dissolve.
+// The camera stays well inside the wheel's rim, so no ragged edge is ever exposed,
+// and only the tiles whose centroid lands in the frame are drawn (culled).
//
-// Note on the maintainer's "zoom out slightly" idea: a literal camera zoom-out would
-// expose the finite wheel's ragged rim, so instead the tiles inflate in place (each
-// level's tiles grow by phi into the next), which keeps the frame clean and shows the
-// same relationship. A true infinite zoom would need a different, unbounded generator.
-//
-// Canvas: the harness drives render(t) and the slider scrubs the depth. t = 1 is the
-// finest level (the rich reduced-motion frame); scrubbing down inflates it.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t = 1 is zoomed in on the finest level (the
+// rich reduced-motion frame), and lowering it zooms out, lines becoming tiles.
const VB = 480;
-const MARGIN = 12;
+const MARGIN = 0;
+
+// One fixed deep patch; the camera roams its interior. DEEP is the finest level
+// drawn; the zoom walks DEEP down to DEEP - STEPS, each step a factor of phi.
+const DEEP = 8;
+const STEPS = 3;
+const MIN_FILL = DEEP - STEPS; // 5
+const FILL = 0.8;
-// The levels walked. L is the small-tile level, L-1 its supertiles. MIN 2 so there is
-// always a supertiling; MAX 6 so the finest tiles stay legible.
-const MIN_LEVEL = 2;
-const MAX_LEVEL = 6;
-const FILL = 0.78; // pattern fill opacity; bold ink supertile outlines read over it
+// The camera. RHO0 is the view radius at the finest zoom; it grows by phi per step.
+// VIEW_C is off the wheel centre (which is a five-fold star) so we see a generic
+// patch, and is chosen with RHO0 so the view stays inside the unit-radius wheel.
+const RHO0 = 0.11;
+const VIEW_C: Pt = [0.22, 0.08];
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -43,30 +45,41 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
}
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
+type Cell = { kind: "thick" | "thin"; corners: readonly Pt[]; cx: number; cy: number };
-// Smoothstep: hold the pure "pattern + supertile lines" state briefly at each end of
-// a step, dissolve through the middle, so the inflation reads as a transition.
const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number): number => {
const u = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
return u * u * (3 - 2 * u);
};
+function cellsAt(level: number): Cell[] {
+ return rhombiAt(level).map((r: Rhombus) => {
+ let cx = 0;
+ let cy = 0;
+ for (const [x, y] of r.corners) {
+ cx += x;
+ cy += y;
+ }
+ return { kind: r.kind, corners: r.corners, cx: cx / 4, cy: cy / 4 };
+ });
+}
+
type ToPx = (p: Pt) => [number, number];
-function fillRhombi(
+function fillCells(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- rhombi: readonly Rhombus[],
+ cells: Cell[],
toPx: ToPx,
+ cullR: number,
colors: Colors,
alpha: number,
) {
if (alpha <= 0.01) return;
const { thick, thin, ink } = colors;
- const edge = Math.max(0.25, Math.min(0.8, 14 / Math.sqrt(rhombi.length)));
ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- for (const r of rhombi) {
+ for (const r of cells) {
+ if (Math.hypot(r.cx - VIEW_C[0], r.cy - VIEW_C[1]) > cullR) continue;
ctx.beginPath();
const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
@@ -75,21 +88,22 @@ function fillRhombi(
ctx.lineTo(x, y);
}
ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.fillStyle = r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
ctx.fill();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha * 0.7;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha * 0.6;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 0.8;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = edge;
ctx.stroke();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
}
ctx.restore();
}
-function strokeRhombi(
+function strokeCells(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- rhombi: readonly Rhombus[],
+ cells: Cell[],
toPx: ToPx,
+ cullR: number,
ink: string,
alpha: number,
) {
@@ -99,8 +113,9 @@ function strokeRhombi(
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- for (const r of rhombi) {
- ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ for (const r of cells) {
+ if (Math.hypot(r.cx - VIEW_C[0], r.cy - VIEW_C[1]) > cullR) continue;
const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
@@ -108,8 +123,8 @@ function strokeRhombi(
ctx.lineTo(x, y);
}
ctx.closePath();
- ctx.stroke();
}
+ ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
@@ -123,20 +138,15 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- // Precompute each level's rhombi and one shared scale. All levels are the same wheel
- // at unit radius, so one half-extent frames every level and they stay registered.
- const byLevel = useMemo(
- () => Array.from({ length: MAX_LEVEL + 1 }, (_, l) => (l >= 1 ? rhombiAt(l) : [])),
- [],
- );
- const fitHalf = useMemo(() => {
- let h = 0;
- for (let l = MIN_LEVEL; l <= MAX_LEVEL; l++) h = Math.max(h, halfExtent(byLevel[l]));
- return h;
- }, [byLevel]);
+ // Precompute the levels the zoom touches (fill levels and their outline levels).
+ const byLevel = useMemo>(() => {
+ const out: Record = {};
+ for (let L = MIN_FILL - 2; L <= DEEP; L++) out[L] = cellsAt(L);
+ return out;
+ }, []);
- const [level, setLevel] = useState(MAX_LEVEL);
- const levelRef = useRef(MAX_LEVEL);
+ const [level, setLevel] = useState(DEEP);
+ const levelRef = useRef(DEEP);
const lastTRef = useRef(1);
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
@@ -164,37 +174,41 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
refreshColors();
}
- // t = 1 is the finest level; lowering it inflates the tiling one step at a time.
- const span = MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL;
- const p = (1 - t) * span;
- const Lf = MAX_LEVEL - Math.floor(p);
- const frac = p - Math.floor(p);
- const fade = smooth(0.18, 0.82, frac);
+ // t = 1: zoomed in on DEEP. Lowering t zooms out, one phi-step at a time.
+ const u = (1 - t) * STEPS;
+ const Lfill = DEEP - Math.floor(u);
+ const frac = u - Math.floor(u);
+ const fade = smooth(0.1, 0.9, frac);
- const s = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * fitHalf);
- const toPx: ToPx = (q) => [VB / 2 + q[0] * s, VB / 2 - q[1] * s];
+ const rho = RHO0 * Math.pow(PHI, u);
+ const c = (VB / 2 - MARGIN) / rho;
+ const toPx: ToPx = (p) => [
+ VB / 2 + (p[0] - VIEW_C[0]) * c,
+ VB / 2 - (p[1] - VIEW_C[1]) * c,
+ ];
+ const cullR = rho * 1.45;
const colors = colorsRef.current;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
ctx.fillStyle = colors.paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
- // The pattern: the fine level fading out, the level-up filling in to replace it.
- fillRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf], toPx, colors, FILL * (1 - fade));
- if (Lf - 1 >= 1) fillRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf - 1], toPx, colors, FILL * fade);
+ // The fine tiles fading out, the level-up filling in to replace them.
+ fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * (1 - fade));
+ if (byLevel[Lfill - 1]) fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill - 1], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * fade);
- // The supertile lines: the current supertiles fading as they fill in, and the
- // next level up appearing in outline to take their place.
- if (Lf - 1 >= 1) strokeRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf - 1], toPx, colors.ink, 1 - fade);
- if (Lf - 2 >= 1) strokeRhombi(ctx, byLevel[Lf - 2], toPx, colors.ink, fade);
+ // The supertile lines: the current supertiles fading as they fill, the next
+ // level up appearing in outline to take their place.
+ if (byLevel[Lfill - 1]) strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill - 1], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, 1 - fade);
+ if (byLevel[Lfill - 2]) strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill - 2], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, fade);
- const shown = frac < 0.5 ? Lf : Lf - 1;
+ const shown = frac < 0.5 ? Lfill : Lfill - 1;
if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
levelRef.current = shown;
setLevel(shown);
}
},
- [byLevel, fitHalf, refreshColors],
+ [byLevel, refreshColors],
);
useEffect(() => {
@@ -209,46 +223,35 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
return () => observer.disconnect();
}, [refreshColors, render]);
- const smallN = byLevel[level]?.length ?? 0;
- const superN = level - 1 >= 1 ? byLevel[level - 1].length : 0;
-
return (
The bold outlines are the real level-up tiles, the same two shapes φ ≈{" "}
- {PHI.toFixed(3)} times larger. Each holds φ² ≈ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} times
- as many small tiles a level down. Scrub the depth and watch a level dissolve
- into the next: inflate or deflate forever and you stay on a valid Penrose
- tiling, a copy of itself at every scale.
+ {PHI.toFixed(3)} times larger. Zoom out and they shrink into place and fill
+ in: each holds φ² ≈ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} of the tiles a level down.
+ Inflate or deflate forever and you stay on a valid Penrose tiling, a copy of
+ itself at every scale.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 8c89fc4..ab7807b 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
smaller tiles are not just finer, they group back into larger tiles of
the very same two shapes. Below, the filled rhombi are a real deflated
patch and the bold outlines are the genuine level up, the supertiles
- the small ones compose into, the same two shapes scaled by φ. Scrub the
- depth and watch a level dissolve into the next: the supertiles fill in
- and become the pattern, while a fresh level up appears in outline.
+ the small ones compose into, the same two shapes scaled by φ. Zoom out
+ and watch the supertile lines shrink into place and fill in, becoming
+ the tiles, while a fresh level up appears in outline.
Inflate or deflate as far as you like and you always land on another
From de416168dced236a82d8354c118d251207bfd5c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:19:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 72/87] feat(penrose): overlay turns by a fifth, zoomed out
further
Per the maintainer: a full spin just repeats for a five-fold tiling, so
the control now turns the top layer across one fifth of a turn (the
fundamental range) instead of looping a full circle. Zoomed out further
(view half 28 over a half-52 plane) so the five-fold interference reads
at scale. Resting frame is a fifth-turn rosette.
---
.../_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx | 24 ++++++++++---------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
index 69628ef..41ad438 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ import { buildOverlay, type Overlay, type Pt } from "./lib/overlay";
const VB = 560;
const MARGIN = 10;
-// Zoomed out: a tighter window over a large generated plane, so rosettes read at
+// Zoomed way out over a large generated plane, so the five-fold interference reads at
// scale and dragging never runs out of tiling.
-const VIEW_HALF = 22;
-const GEN_HALF = 48;
+const VIEW_HALF = 28;
+const GEN_HALF = 52;
const CULL_R = VIEW_HALF + 2; // draw only tiles whose centroid is within the frame
-const PHASE0 = 0.05 * Math.PI * 2; // ~18 deg: the resting rosette (reduced-motion frame)
-const OFFSET_MAX = 18; // how far the top layer may be dragged, in tile-edge units
+// The tilings carry five-fold symmetry, so a full spin just repeats; one fifth of a
+// turn is the whole story. The slider turns the top layer across [0, 72 deg].
+const TURN_MAX = (2 * Math.PI) / 5;
+const OFFSET_MAX = 16; // how far the top layer may be dragged, in tile-edge units
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
[overlay],
);
- const twistRef = useRef(PHASE0); // mount at the resting rosette (t = 1)
+ const twistRef = useRef(TURN_MAX); // mount at a fifth-turn (t = 1), full interference
const offsetRef = useRef([0, 0]);
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
@@ -164,12 +166,12 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
});
strokeFaces(ctx, topVisible, xf, thick, 0.7, 0.62);
- caption(ctx, "drag to slide the top layer · spin to turn it", VB / 2, VB - 14, ink, 0.7);
+ caption(ctx, "drag to slide the top layer · turn it up to a fifth", VB / 2, VB - 14, ink, 0.7);
}, [overlay, bottomVisible, refreshColors]);
const render = useCallback(
(t: number) => {
- twistRef.current = t * Math.PI * 2 + PHASE0;
+ twistRef.current = t * TURN_MAX;
repaint();
},
[repaint],
@@ -223,8 +225,8 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
return (
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index ab7807b..d3437b4 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
Large regions snap into agreement, the two patterns locking tile for
tile. Between those islands run shifting veins where they disagree,
and the whole map is organized by the same five-fold symmetry that
- built the tiles. Spin the top layer below a full turn, or drag it
- around, and watch the rosettes bloom and drift.
+ built the tiles. Turn the top layer below across a fifth of a turn, or
+ drag it around, and watch the rosettes bloom and drift.
From 7f17b8c6bbf1e7ce8472800911af372cd9f442c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:21:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 73/87] feat(penrose): golden-ratio sketch shows the ratio
converging to phi
Per the maintainer (it was unclear what it showed): add a ruler under
the patch marked with phi at 1.618, with a dot for each level at its
thick:thin ratio. As the level climbs the lit dot marches in on phi,
making 'the count ratio converges to the golden ratio' visible instead
of just a number. Counts/geometry still from the engine; prose updated.
---
src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx | 158 +++++++++++++-----
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 8 +-
2 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
index edba1ec..3a7ddc6 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
@@ -13,31 +13,36 @@ import {
type Rhombus,
} from "./lib/scaling";
-// "The golden ratio appears": the spine's section-9 sketch one. Step the slider
-// through deflation levels. At each level the real patch is drawn (the rhombi the
-// substitution engine emits) and the running fat:thin count and its ratio update.
-// The ratio homes in on phi, the same golden ratio that set the tile angles.
+// "The golden ratio appears": the spine's section-9 sketch one. The question it
+// answers: count the fat and thin rhombi in a Penrose patch, take their ratio, and
+// what number is it? Deflate deeper and the ratio chases the golden ratio φ. The top
+// panel is the real patch at the chosen level (the tiles being counted); the line
+// below is a ruler with φ marked, and the ratio for each level is a dot on it. As the
+// level climbs, the dot marches in on φ. That convergence IS the point.
//
-// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. The counts and the geometry are both deflate() output
-// (see lib/scaling.ts and its test): the thick:thin numbers equal faces.ts
-// substitutionFaces at every level, and the ratio shown is exactly thick/thin. The
-// gap to phi shrinks as the level climbs, which the colocated test pins.
+// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. Counts and geometry are deflate() output (lib/scaling.ts
+// and its test): the thick:thin numbers equal faces.ts substitutionFaces at every
+// level, the ratio shown is exactly thick/thin, and the gap to φ shrinks as the level
+// climbs. Nothing is hand-placed on the ruler.
//
-// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: high levels are thousands of tiles, so
-// the harness drives render(t) imperatively and the slider scrubs the level. The
-// readout below is React state, updated from the same render, so it is a live
-// region the count can be read from. Theme colours are read live, so the patch
-// inverts with the toggle. Reduced motion is honored by the harness mounting at the
-// representative end state (t = 1, the deepest level, ratio nearest phi).
-
-const VB = 460;
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); the slider scrubs the level (levels crossfade
+// gradually). Theme colours are read live. Reduced motion mounts at t = 1, the
+// deepest level, the dot sitting on φ.
+
+const VB = 460; // the patch square
+const VB_H = 560; // plus the convergence ruler below
const MARGIN = 12;
-// The levels the slider walks. Capped at 8: deep enough that the ratio is within
-// 0.01 of phi, shallow enough to draw every rhombus cleanly.
const MIN_LEVEL = 1;
const MAX_LEVEL = 8;
+// The ruler. Ratios run 1.0 (low levels) up past φ; frame [0.95, 1.72] with φ inside.
+const R_MIN = 0.95;
+const R_MAX = 1.72;
+const AX0 = 52;
+const AX1 = VB - 46;
+const AXIS_Y = 506;
+
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
@@ -46,9 +51,6 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
-// Smoothstep for crossfading between adjacent levels: hold each level steady across
-// most of its slider segment and blend only through the middle, so a step reads as a
-// dissolve, not a jolt.
const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number): number => {
const u = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
return u * u * (3 - 2 * u);
@@ -89,6 +91,86 @@ function drawPatch(
ctx.restore();
}
+const xForRatio = (r: number) =>
+ AX0 + ((Math.max(R_MIN, Math.min(R_MAX, r)) - R_MIN) / (R_MAX - R_MIN)) * (AX1 - AX0);
+
+// The convergence ruler: a line from 1 to ~1.72 with φ marked, one dot per level, the
+// current level lit. The dots march in on φ as the level climbs.
+function drawRuler(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ series: Counts[],
+ shown: number,
+ colors: Colors,
+) {
+ const { thick, ink, paper } = colors;
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.font = "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+
+ // baseline
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.35;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(AX0, AXIS_Y);
+ ctx.lineTo(AX1, AXIS_Y);
+ ctx.stroke();
+
+ // the φ mark
+ const xphi = xForRatio(PHI);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.9;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = thick;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(xphi, AXIS_Y - 34);
+ ctx.lineTo(xphi, AXIS_Y + 8);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.fillStyle = thick;
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
+ ctx.fillText("φ = 1.618", xphi, AXIS_Y - 44);
+
+ // faint trend line through the level dots
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.3;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ series.forEach((c, i) => {
+ const x = xForRatio(c.ratio);
+ if (i === 0) ctx.moveTo(x, AXIS_Y);
+ else ctx.lineTo(x, AXIS_Y);
+ });
+ ctx.stroke();
+
+ // a dot per level; the current level lit and labelled
+ for (const c of series) {
+ const x = xForRatio(c.ratio);
+ const cur = c.level === shown;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = cur ? 1 : 0.4;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(x, AXIS_Y, cur ? 5 : 2.6, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.fill();
+ if (cur) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(x, AXIS_Y, 5, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = paper;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.9;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.textAlign = "center";
+ ctx.fillText(`level ${c.level}: ${c.ratio.toFixed(3)}`, x, AXIS_Y + 22);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // end ticks
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.textAlign = "left";
+ ctx.fillText("1.0", AX0 - 4, AXIS_Y + 22);
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
export default function GoldenRatio() {
const canvasRef = useRef(null);
const colorsRef = useRef({
@@ -99,8 +181,6 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- // Precompute every level's rhombi and counts once. Eight levels is a few thousand
- // tiles at most, cheap, and it makes scrubbing instant.
const series = useMemo(() => countSeries(MAX_LEVEL), []);
const patches = useMemo(
() => Array.from({ length: MAX_LEVEL + 1 }, (_, l) => (l >= MIN_LEVEL ? rhombiAt(l) : [])),
@@ -110,6 +190,7 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
const [counts, setCounts] = useState(series[MAX_LEVEL - 1]);
const levelRef = useRef(MAX_LEVEL);
+ const lastTRef = useRef(1);
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
colorsRef.current = {
@@ -120,8 +201,6 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
};
}, []);
- const lastTRef = useRef(1);
-
const render = useCallback(
(t: number) => {
lastTRef.current = t;
@@ -133,40 +212,35 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
dprRef.current = dpr;
canvas.width = VB * dpr;
- canvas.height = VB * dpr;
+ canvas.height = VB_H * dpr;
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- // Continuous position in level space, the two bracketing levels, and a fade
- // that blends them only through the middle of each slider segment.
const f = t * (MAX_LEVEL - MIN_LEVEL);
const lo = MIN_LEVEL + Math.floor(f);
const hi = Math.min(MAX_LEVEL, lo + 1);
const frac = f - Math.floor(f);
- // A long, gentle crossfade across nearly the whole slider segment, so levels
- // dissolve into each other gradually instead of snapping.
const fade = lo === hi ? 0 : smooth(0.05, 0.95, frac);
const commonHalf = Math.max(halves[lo], halves[hi]);
+ const shown = frac < 0.5 ? lo : hi;
const colors = colorsRef.current;
- ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB_H);
ctx.fillStyle = colors.paper;
- ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
+ ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB_H);
drawPatch(ctx, patches[lo], commonHalf, colors, 1 - fade);
drawPatch(ctx, patches[hi], commonHalf, colors, fade);
+ drawRuler(ctx, series, shown, colors);
- // The readout snaps to whichever level is the more present one.
- const shown = frac < 0.5 ? lo : hi;
if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
levelRef.current = shown;
setCounts(series[shown - 1]);
}
},
- [patches, halves, refreshColors, series],
+ [patches, halves, series, refreshColors],
);
- // Repaint on theme flip so the stationary frame inverts with the toggle.
useEffect(() => {
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
refreshColors();
@@ -188,10 +262,10 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
>
@@ -213,10 +287,10 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
- Off φ ≈ {PHI.toFixed(4)} by{" "}
- {gap.toFixed(4)}. Step the level deeper
- and the gap keeps closing. Subdivide forever and the ratio of thick to
- thin tiles is exactly the golden ratio.
+ Count the fat tiles and the thin tiles, and divide. Off φ ≈ {PHI.toFixed(4)}{" "}
+ by {gap.toFixed(4)} here. Deflate deeper
+ and the ratio keeps closing on the golden ratio, the same φ that set the tile
+ angles in the first place.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index d3437b4..b286e1e 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
φ. You can do this forever in either direction.
- Count the tiles as you go and a number falls out. Step the level
- deeper below and watch the running count of thick tiles to thin
- tiles. It homes in on φ, the same golden ratio that set the angles in
- the first place.
+ Count the fat tiles and the thin ones and divide. Below, a ruler marks
+ φ, and each level's ratio is a dot on it. Step the level deeper and
+ watch the dot march in on φ, the same golden ratio that set the angles
+ in the first place.
From 4c4faa76f540aa08794bd652156a100fd35da46a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:29:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 74/87] feat(penrose): address walk traces real tile edges so
it lines up
The grouped staircase floated over the tiles (only 3 of 125 coords would
land on real vertices). Per the maintainer: trace from a start tile to
the target along the tiling's actual edges with tiles hidden, then fade
the tiles in so the boundaries line up. address.ts now builds the patch's
edge graph and a breadth-first route to an interior target; every segment
is a genuine unit-length edge in one of the five directions (bound by
address.test.ts). The component traces the route, then fades the tiling in
over it. Removed the old staircase picker/walk and its tests.
---
src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx | 173 ++++++-----------
.../x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts | 106 +++-------
src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts | 183 ++++++++++--------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 8 +-
4 files changed, 203 insertions(+), 267 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx
index 4f6c66b..1a6747e 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/AddressWalk.tsx
@@ -4,40 +4,35 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
import { buildPatch, type SketchTile } from "./lib/cutProject";
-import { DIRS, pickAddressTile, type AddressTile } from "./lib/address";
+import { buildEdgeWalk, DIRS, type EdgeWalk } from "./lib/address";
// "Every tile knows its address": the spine's section-8 sketch. The address is the
-// tile's ℤ⁵ coordinate, five integers, and each integer counts steps along one of
-// five fixed directions (the tile's own edge directions). Walking those steps from
-// the origin lands exactly on the tile's corner, so the address is a path you can
-// walk, not a label stuck on after.
+// tile's ℤ⁵ coordinate, five integers. Every edge of the tiling is a unit step in one
+// of five fixed directions, so you can WALK to any tile along its edges. The reveal:
+// first the blank route, tracing edge by edge from the origin tile to the target,
+// with the tiles hidden. Then the tiling fades in around it, and because the route ran
+// along real edges, it lines up exactly with the grid.
//
-// The reveal: first the blank walk, just the five direction rays and the path
-// stepping out to the tile. Then the rest of the tiling fades in around it, so you
-// see where that one address sits in the whole grid, the path still drawn on top.
+// Bound to address.ts (and address.test.ts): the route is a breadth-first path on the
+// real edge graph of the cut-and-project patch; every segment is a genuine unit-edge
+// in one of the five directions, and it ends on the target tile's vertex.
//
-// Bound to address.ts (and address.test.ts): the directions, the walk, and the tile
-// are real engine output, and the walk provably ends at physical(coord). The patch
-// that fades in is the same cut-and-project patch the explorer paints.
-//
-// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t walks the path then fades in the tiling.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t traces the route then fades in the tiling.
const VB_W = 620;
const VB_H = 540;
-const PAD = 30;
+const PAD = 28;
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
- const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
- .getPropertyValue(name)
- .trim();
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
return v || fallback;
}
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
type Pt = readonly [number, number];
-function makeFit(tile: AddressTile, patch: SketchTile[]) {
+function makeFit(walk: EdgeWalk, patch: SketchTile[]) {
let minX = 0;
let minY = 0;
let maxX = 0;
@@ -49,32 +44,17 @@ function makeFit(tile: AddressTile, patch: SketchTile[]) {
maxY = Math.max(maxY, y);
};
for (const t of patch) for (const [x, y] of t.physical) note(x, y);
- for (const [x, y] of tile.path) note(x, y);
+ for (const [x, y] of walk.path) note(x, y);
const cx = (minX + maxX) / 2;
const cy = (minY + maxY) / 2;
const half = Math.max(maxX - minX, maxY - minY) / 2 + 0.4;
- const s = Math.min(
- (VB_W - 2 * PAD) / (2 * half),
- (VB_H - 2 * PAD - 46) / (2 * half),
- );
+ const s = Math.min((VB_W - 2 * PAD) / (2 * half), (VB_H - 2 * PAD - 40) / (2 * half));
return (p: Pt): [number, number] => [
VB_W / 2 + (p[0] - cx) * s,
- VB_H / 2 + 22 - (p[1] - cy) * s, // leave room for the address row up top
+ VB_H / 2 + 18 - (p[1] - cy) * s, // room for the address row up top
];
}
-type Range = { start: number; end: number; count: number } | null;
-function digitRanges(tile: AddressTile): Range[] {
- const ranges: Range[] = [null, null, null, null, null];
- let acc = 0;
- for (const g of tile.groups) {
- const len = Math.abs(g.count);
- ranges[g.l] = { start: acc, end: acc + len, count: g.count };
- acc += len;
- }
- return ranges;
-}
-
function caption(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
text: string,
@@ -87,20 +67,14 @@ function caption(
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.font =
- "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.font = "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
ctx.textAlign = "center";
ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
ctx.fillText(text, x, y);
ctx.restore();
}
-function arrowHead(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- from: [number, number],
- to: [number, number],
- ink: string,
-) {
+function arrowHead(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, from: [number, number], to: [number, number], ink: string) {
const ang = Math.atan2(to[1] - from[1], to[0] - from[0]);
const len = 9;
ctx.save();
@@ -117,18 +91,17 @@ function arrowHead(
function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
t: number,
- tile: AddressTile,
+ walk: EdgeWalk,
patch: SketchTile[],
- ranges: Range[],
colors: Colors,
) {
const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
- const fit = makeFit(tile, patch);
- const T = tile.path.length - 1;
+ const fit = makeFit(walk, patch);
+ const E = walk.edgeDirs.length;
- // Phase 1: walk the blank path. Phase 2: the tiling fades in around it.
+ // Phase 1: trace the route along edges. Phase 2: the tiling fades in around it.
const walkP = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, t / 0.58));
- const shown = Math.max(0, Math.min(T, Math.round(walkP * T)));
+ const shown = Math.max(0, Math.min(E, Math.round(walkP * E)));
const fade = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (t - 0.62) / 0.38));
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
@@ -155,12 +128,9 @@ function paint(
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
- }
-
- // The target tile, highlighted, sitting where the walk lands.
- if (fade > 0) {
+ // The target tile, highlighted where the route lands.
ctx.beginPath();
- tile.corners.forEach((c, i) => {
+ walk.targetCorners.forEach((c, i) => {
const [x, y] = fit(c);
if (i === 0) ctx.moveTo(x, y);
else ctx.lineTo(x, y);
@@ -168,7 +138,7 @@ function paint(
ctx.closePath();
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = fade;
- ctx.fillStyle = tile.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx.fillStyle = walk.targetType === "thick" ? thick : thin;
ctx.fill();
ctx.lineWidth = 2.2;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
@@ -176,33 +146,35 @@ function paint(
ctx.restore();
}
- // The five direction rays from the origin, fading back as the tiling arrives.
- const o = fit([0, 0]);
- const rayA = 0.32 * (1 - fade * 0.7);
+ // The five direction rays from the start vertex: the edge directions the route uses.
+ const o = fit(walk.start.p);
+ const curDir = shown > 0 ? walk.edgeDirs[shown - 1] : -1;
for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
- const tip = fit(DIRS[l]);
+ const tipData: Pt = [walk.start.p[0] + DIRS[l][0], walk.start.p[1] + DIRS[l][1]];
+ const tip = fit(tipData);
+ const lit = l === curDir && fade < 0.5;
ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = rayA;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = (lit ? 0.7 : 0.28) * (1 - fade * 0.7);
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1;
- ctx.setLineDash([3, 3]);
+ ctx.lineWidth = lit ? 1.8 : 1;
+ ctx.setLineDash(lit ? [] : [3, 3]);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(o[0], o[1]);
ctx.lineTo(tip[0], tip[1]);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
- caption(ctx, String(l), tip[0] + (tip[0] - o[0]) * 0.18, tip[1] + (tip[1] - o[1]) * 0.18, ink, rayA * 1.3);
+ caption(ctx, String(l), tip[0] + (tip[0] - o[0]) * 0.18, tip[1] + (tip[1] - o[1]) * 0.18, ink, 0.45 * (1 - fade * 0.6));
}
- // The walk: a bold ink polyline with a paper casing so it reads over the tiles.
+ // The route: a bold ink polyline with a paper casing so it reads over the tiles.
if (shown > 0) {
for (const [w, col] of [[5.5, paper], [2.6, ink]] as const) {
ctx.save();
ctx.beginPath();
- const p0 = fit(tile.path[0]);
+ const p0 = fit(walk.path[0]);
ctx.moveTo(p0[0], p0[1]);
for (let i = 1; i <= shown; i++) {
- const [x, y] = fit(tile.path[i]);
+ const [x, y] = fit(walk.path[i]);
ctx.lineTo(x, y);
}
ctx.lineWidth = w;
@@ -212,9 +184,9 @@ function paint(
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
- arrowHead(ctx, fit(tile.path[shown - 1]), fit(tile.path[shown]), ink);
+ arrowHead(ctx, fit(walk.path[shown - 1]), fit(walk.path[shown]), ink);
for (let i = 1; i <= shown; i++) {
- const [x, y] = fit(tile.path[i]);
+ const [x, y] = fit(walk.path[i]);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(x, y, 2.6, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
@@ -222,7 +194,7 @@ function paint(
}
}
- // Origin marker.
+ // Start marker.
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(o[0], o[1], 3.4, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
@@ -232,24 +204,10 @@ function paint(
ctx.lineWidth = 1.3;
ctx.strokeStyle = paper;
ctx.stroke();
- caption(ctx, "origin", o[0], o[1] + 15, ink, 0.5 * (1 - fade * 0.5));
+ caption(ctx, "start", o[0], o[1] + 15, ink, 0.5 * (1 - fade * 0.4));
- // Group labels: name each direction run, only while we are walking it.
- if (fade < 0.4) {
- for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
- const r = ranges[l];
- if (!r || shown <= r.start) continue;
- const midStep = Math.min(shown, (r.start + r.end) / 2);
- const a = tile.path[Math.floor(midStep)];
- const b = tile.path[Math.min(tile.path.length - 1, Math.ceil(midStep))];
- const [mx, my] = fit([(a[0] + b[0]) / 2, (a[1] + b[1]) / 2]);
- const sign = r.count < 0 ? "−" : "";
- const mag = Math.abs(r.count) > 1 ? ` ×${Math.abs(r.count)}` : "";
- caption(ctx, `${sign}d${l}${mag}`, mx, my - 12, ink, (1 - fade / 0.4) * 0.85);
- }
- }
-
- // The address row, up top. Each digit lights as the walk reaches its direction.
+ // The address row, up top: the target tile's coordinate, lit once the route lands.
+ const addrAlpha = shown >= E ? 0.95 : 0.4;
ctx.save();
ctx.font = "15px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
@@ -258,32 +216,24 @@ function paint(
const digitGap = 30;
const startX = VB_W / 2 - (digitGap * 4) / 2;
for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
- const r = ranges[l];
- const alpha = r && shown >= r.start + 1 ? 0.95 : r ? 0.4 : 0.28;
- const x = startX + l * digitGap;
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = addrAlpha;
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.fillText(String(tile.coord[l]), x, 34);
- if (r && shown > r.start && shown < r.end) {
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.8;
- ctx.fillRect(x - 7, 45, 14, 1.5);
- }
+ ctx.fillText(String(walk.targetCoord[l]), startX + l * digitGap, 34);
}
ctx.restore();
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
// Bottom caption.
if (fade > 0.2) {
- caption(ctx, "the address names this tile in the whole grid", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, fade * 0.8);
+ caption(ctx, "the route ran along real edges, so it lines up with the grid", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, fade * 0.8);
} else {
- caption(ctx, "walk the address: a step along each direction, counted", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, 0.72);
+ caption(ctx, "walk along the edges to the tile, each edge one of five directions", VB_W / 2, VB_H - 14, ink, 0.72);
}
}
export default function AddressWalk() {
- const tile = useMemo(() => pickAddressTile(), []);
+ const walk = useMemo(() => buildEdgeWalk(), []);
const patch = useMemo(() => buildPatch(), []);
- const ranges = useMemo(() => digitRanges(tile), [tile]);
const canvasRef = useRef(null);
const colorsRef = useRef({
thick: "#C89B3C",
@@ -316,9 +266,9 @@ export default function AddressWalk() {
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- paint(ctx, t, tile, patch, ranges, colorsRef.current);
+ paint(ctx, t, walk, patch, colorsRef.current);
},
- [refreshColors, tile, patch, ranges],
+ [refreshColors, walk, patch],
);
useEffect(() => {
@@ -333,7 +283,7 @@ export default function AddressWalk() {
return () => observer.disconnect();
}, [refreshColors, render]);
- const addr = tile.coord.join(", ");
+ const addr = walk.targetCoord.join(", ");
return (
- Address [{addr}]. Read it as a walk:
- each number is how many steps to take along one of five fixed directions,
- the tile's own edge directions. Start at the origin, take the steps,
- and you arrive at this {tile.type} tile. Negative means step the other way.
+ Address [{addr}]. Every edge of the
+ tiling runs in one of five fixed directions, so you can walk to any tile
+ along its edges. Trace the route from the start tile and you arrive here,
+ on the boundaries of the real tiles.
- Then the rest of the tiling fills in around it. Every tile gets five
- integers like this, an exact name on a floor with no edges. That is the
- coordinate the explorer reads under your cursor, and a shared link is just
- these five numbers.
+ Every tile gets five integers like this, an exact name on a floor with no
+ edges. That is the coordinate the explorer reads under your cursor, and a
+ shared link is just these five numbers.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts
index 1f04979..e6b3205 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.test.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { inWindow, physical, type Vec5 } from "../../explore/lib/cap";
-import { WINDOW_CENTER } from "../../explore/lib/pentagrid";
-import {
- DIRS,
- pickAddressTile,
- walkExtent,
- walkPath,
-} from "./address";
+import { physical, type Vec5 } from "../../explore/lib/cap";
+import { buildEdgeWalk, DIRS } from "./address";
-const [VX, VY] = WINDOW_CENTER;
-
-// This BINDS the address sketch to the engine. The sketch claims a tile's five-integer
-// address is a walk from the origin along five fixed directions that lands exactly on
-// the tile's corner. Every claim is a test: the directions are unit vectors 72 degrees
-// apart, the walk reconstructs physical(coord), and the chosen tile is a real accepted
-// tile of the actual tiling. If the walk ever drifts from the projection, this fails.
+// This BINDS the address sketch to the engine. The sketch claims you can walk to any
+// tile along the tiling's own edges, each edge one of five fixed directions, and that
+// the route lines up with the grid. Every claim is a test: the directions are unit
+// vectors 72 degrees apart, and every segment of the route is a genuine unit-length
+// tile edge in one of those directions, ending on the target tile's vertex. If the
+// route ever leaves the edges, it would not line up, and this fails.
describe("the five directions are the pentagon edge directions", () => {
test("each is a unit vector", () => {
@@ -31,67 +24,32 @@ describe("the five directions are the pentagon edge directions", () => {
});
});
-describe("the address is a walk that lands on the tile", () => {
- const coords: number[][] = [
- [1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
- [1, 1, 1, 0, -1],
- [0, -1, 1, 1, 1],
- [2, 0, -1, 0, 1],
- ];
-
- for (const coord of coords) {
- test(`walk to [${coord.join(",")}] ends at physical(coord)`, () => {
- const path = walkPath(coord);
- const end = path[path.length - 1];
- const [px, py] = physical(coord as never);
- expect(end[0]).toBeCloseTo(px, 12);
- expect(end[1]).toBeCloseTo(py, 12);
- });
+describe("the edge walk lies on real tile edges (it lines up with the grid)", () => {
+ const w = buildEdgeWalk();
- test(`walk to [${coord.join(",")}] has one point per unit step`, () => {
- const steps = coord.reduce((a, n) => a + Math.abs(n), 0);
- expect(walkPath(coord).length).toBe(steps + 1);
- });
- }
-
- test("physical(coord) is exactly the sum of n_l * d_l", () => {
- for (const coord of coords) {
- let x = 0;
- let y = 0;
- for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
- x += coord[l] * DIRS[l][0];
- y += coord[l] * DIRS[l][1];
- }
- const [px, py] = physical(coord as never);
- expect(x).toBeCloseTo(px, 12);
- expect(y).toBeCloseTo(py, 12);
- }
+ test("the route is non-trivial and ends at the target vertex", () => {
+ expect(w.path.length).toBeGreaterThan(6);
+ expect(w.edgeDirs.length).toBe(w.path.length - 1);
+ const end = w.path[w.path.length - 1];
+ const [px, py] = physical(w.targetCoord as unknown as Vec5);
+ expect(end[0]).toBeCloseTo(px, 9);
+ expect(end[1]).toBeCloseTo(py, 9);
});
-});
-
-describe("the representative is a real, accepted tile", () => {
- const tile = pickAddressTile();
- test("its anchor coord is an accepted vertex at the tiling's center", () => {
- // buildPatch only emits a tile when all four corners pass inWindow; the anchor
- // coord is one of them, so an accepted address is a real vertex of the tiling.
- expect(inWindow(tile.coord as unknown as Vec5, VX, VY)).toBe(true);
- });
-
- test("its groups reconstruct the coordinate exactly", () => {
- const rebuilt = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
- for (const g of tile.groups) rebuilt[g.l] = g.count;
- expect(rebuilt).toEqual(tile.coord);
- });
-
- test("the path ends at the tile's projection", () => {
- const end = tile.path[tile.path.length - 1];
- const [px, py] = physical(tile.coord as never);
- expect(end[0]).toBeCloseTo(px, 12);
- expect(end[1]).toBeCloseTo(py, 12);
- });
-
- test("the walk stays inside the drawn patch (bounded extent)", () => {
- expect(walkExtent(tile.coord)).toBeLessThan(4.6);
+ test("every segment is a unit-length tile edge in one of the five directions", () => {
+ for (let i = 1; i < w.path.length; i++) {
+ const a = w.path[i - 1];
+ const b = w.path[i];
+ const len = Math.hypot(b[0] - a[0], b[1] - a[1]);
+ expect(len).toBeCloseTo(1, 6); // a real unit edge, so it lines up with the tiles
+ const dir = w.edgeDirs[i - 1];
+ expect(dir).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+ expect(dir).toBeLessThanOrEqual(4);
+ // the segment runs parallel to its named edge direction
+ const dx = (b[0] - a[0]) / len;
+ const dy = (b[1] - a[1]) / len;
+ const dot = Math.abs(dx * DIRS[dir][0] + dy * DIRS[dir][1]);
+ expect(dot).toBeCloseTo(1, 6);
+ }
});
});
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts
index db5dd5c..c6badd6 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/lib/address.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
// Data for the "every tile knows its address" sketch (spine section 8). The address
-// is the tile's ℤ⁵ coordinate, and the five integers are literally step counts along
-// the five pentagon directions: physical(n) = sum_l n_l * d_l, where d_l is the unit
-// vector at angle 72*l degrees, the same five directions the tile edges run along. So
-// the address is a walk from the lattice origin straight to the tile's corner. Bound
-// to the real engine (cap.ts, buildPatch) by address.test.ts.
+// is the tile's ℤ⁵ coordinate. Every edge of the tiling is a unit step in one of five
+// fixed directions (the tile edge directions), so you can WALK to any tile along its
+// edges. This module builds the patch's edge graph and a breadth-first route from the
+// origin tile to a target, so the route lies on REAL edges and lines up with the grid
+// when the tiles are drawn. Bound to the engine (cap.ts, buildPatch) by address.test.ts.
import { PCOS, PSIN, type Pt } from "../../explore/lib/cap";
import { buildPatch } from "./cutProject";
@@ -11,88 +11,117 @@ import { buildPatch } from "./cutProject";
// The five physical edge directions, d_l at angle 72*l degrees.
export const DIRS: Pt[] = PCOS.map((c, l) => [c, PSIN[l]] as Pt);
-export type WalkGroup = { l: number; count: number };
-export type AddressTile = {
- coord: number[];
- type: "thick" | "thin";
- corners: Pt[]; // the tile's physical corners
- groups: WalkGroup[]; // the nonzero directions, in index order
- path: Pt[]; // origin, then the point after each unit step; last = the tile corner
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The edge walk: a route to a tile along REAL tile edges, so it lines up with the
+// grid when the tiles are revealed. Every tiling edge is a unit step in one of the
+// five directions, so the walk is still "steps along the five directions," now along
+// edges the tiles actually share. Bound by address.test.ts.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export type EdgeWalk = {
+ start: { coord: number[]; p: Pt }; // the vertex nearest the origin
+ targetCoord: number[]; // the tile we walk to (its anchor vertex's coordinate)
+ targetType: "thick" | "thin";
+ targetCorners: Pt[]; // the target tile, to highlight
+ path: Pt[]; // physical points along the route, start..target vertex
+ edgeDirs: number[]; // direction index 0..4 of each edge (length path.length - 1)
};
-// The straight walk, direction by direction in index order: |n_l| unit steps along
-// (or against, if n_l < 0) each d_l. path[0] is the origin, path.at(-1) is the corner.
-export function walkPath(coord: readonly number[]): Pt[] {
- const path: Pt[] = [[0, 0]];
- let x = 0;
- let y = 0;
- for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
- const step = Math.sign(coord[l]);
- for (let s = 0; s < Math.abs(coord[l]); s++) {
- x += step * DIRS[l][0];
- y += step * DIRS[l][1];
- path.push([x, y]);
+// Build the patch's edge graph and shortest-route to a clear, mid-distance target.
+export function buildEdgeWalk(): EdgeWalk {
+ const patch = buildPatch();
+ const vert = new Map();
+ const adj = new Map();
+ const link = (ak: string, bk: string, dir: number) => {
+ const a = adj.get(ak) ?? adj.set(ak, []).get(ak)!;
+ if (!a.some((e) => e.k === bk)) a.push({ k: bk, dir });
+ };
+ for (const t of patch) {
+ const cc = t.cornerCoords as unknown as number[][];
+ const pp = t.physical;
+ for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ const a = cc[i];
+ const b = cc[(i + 1) % 4];
+ const ak = a.join(",");
+ const bk = b.join(",");
+ vert.set(ak, { coord: [...a], p: [pp[i][0], pp[i][1]] });
+ vert.set(bk, { coord: [...b], p: [pp[(i + 1) % 4][0], pp[(i + 1) % 4][1]] });
+ let dir = 0;
+ for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) if (b[l] !== a[l]) { dir = l; break; }
+ link(ak, bk, dir);
+ link(bk, ak, dir);
}
}
- return path;
-}
-
-// How far the walk strays from the origin, so the sketch can frame it.
-export function walkExtent(coord: readonly number[]): number {
- let m = 0;
- for (const [x, y] of walkPath(coord)) m = Math.max(m, Math.hypot(x, y));
- return m;
-}
-const nonzero = (c: readonly number[]) => c.filter((n) => n !== 0).length;
-const stepCount = (c: readonly number[]) =>
- c.reduce((a, n) => a + Math.abs(n), 0);
+ // Start: the accepted vertex nearest the physical origin.
+ let startK = "";
+ let bestD = Infinity;
+ for (const [k, v] of vert) {
+ const d = Math.hypot(v.p[0], v.p[1]);
+ if (d < bestD) {
+ bestD = d;
+ startK = k;
+ }
+ }
-// How far the walk may stray and still sit inside the drawn patch.
-const EXT_MAX = 4.6;
+ // Breadth-first distances and parents from the start vertex.
+ const parent = new Map();
+ const dist = new Map();
+ parent.set(startK, null);
+ dist.set(startK, 0);
+ const queue = [startK];
+ for (let qi = 0; qi < queue.length; qi++) {
+ const cur = queue[qi];
+ const d = dist.get(cur)!;
+ for (const e of adj.get(cur) ?? []) {
+ if (!dist.has(e.k)) {
+ dist.set(e.k, d + 1);
+ parent.set(e.k, { k: cur, dir: e.dir });
+ queue.push(e.k);
+ }
+ }
+ }
-// Deterministic representative: a real accepted tile with a long, rich walk, one that
-// uses as many of the five directions as possible and as many steps as possible while
-// staying inside the patch. Tie-break to the lexicographically greatest coord so
-// positive steps lead. Bound to buildPatch, so it is a genuine tile of the real
-// tiling, and the walk lands inside the tile set that fades in around it.
-export function pickAddressTile(): AddressTile {
- const patch = buildPatch();
- const byCoord = new Map();
+ // Target: a tile sitting well inside the patch (so it is not cut by the patch
+ // edge), reaching to the side so the route spans the view. Deterministic: among
+ // reachable tiles with anchor radius in [3.8, 4.8], the rightmost, tie-broken by
+ // coordinate. The breadth-first route to it is a real edge path (~8-11 edges).
+ let targetTile = patch[0];
+ let best = -Infinity;
for (const t of patch) {
- const k = (t.coord as number[]).join(",");
- if (!byCoord.has(k)) byCoord.set(k, t);
+ const k = (t.cornerCoords[0] as unknown as number[]).join(",");
+ if (!dist.has(k)) continue;
+ const v = vert.get(k)!;
+ const r = Math.hypot(v.p[0], v.p[1]);
+ if (r < 3.8 || r > 4.8) continue;
+ const score = v.p[0] * 1000 + v.p[1];
+ if (score > best) {
+ best = score;
+ targetTile = t;
+ }
}
- const tiles = [...byCoord.values()];
- const pool = tiles.filter((t) => {
- const c = t.coord as number[];
- return nonzero(c) >= 3 && walkExtent(c) <= EXT_MAX;
- });
- const ranked = (pool.length ? pool : tiles).slice().sort((a, b) => {
- const ca = a.coord as number[];
- const cb = b.coord as number[];
- const dn = nonzero(cb) - nonzero(ca); // more directions first
- if (dn !== 0) return dn;
- const ds = stepCount(cb) - stepCount(ca); // longer walk first
- if (ds !== 0) return ds;
- const ea = walkExtent(ca);
- const eb = walkExtent(cb);
- if (Math.abs(ea - eb) > 1e-9) return ea - eb; // tighter walk
- for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) if (ca[i] !== cb[i]) return cb[i] - ca[i];
- return 0;
- });
- const best = ranked[0];
- // Normalize any -0 the enumerator produced to +0 so the address reads cleanly.
- const coord = (best.coord as number[]).map((n) => (n === 0 ? 0 : n));
- const groups: WalkGroup[] = [];
- for (let l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
- if (coord[l] !== 0) groups.push({ l, count: coord[l] });
+ const targetK = (targetTile.cornerCoords[0] as unknown as number[]).join(",");
+
+ // Reconstruct the route start..target.
+ const keys: string[] = [];
+ const dirs: number[] = [];
+ let cur: string | undefined = targetK;
+ while (cur) {
+ keys.push(cur);
+ const par = parent.get(cur);
+ if (!par) break;
+ dirs.push(par.dir);
+ cur = par.k;
}
+ keys.reverse();
+ dirs.reverse();
+
return {
- coord,
- type: best.type,
- corners: best.physical.map(([x, y]) => [x, y] as Pt),
- groups,
- path: walkPath(coord),
+ start: vert.get(startK)!,
+ targetCoord: [...(targetTile.coord as number[])],
+ targetType: targetTile.type,
+ targetCorners: targetTile.physical.map(([x, y]) => [x, y] as Pt),
+ path: keys.map((k) => vert.get(k)!.p),
+ edgeDirs: dirs,
};
}
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index b286e1e..c8a7178 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
Because every tile is the shadow of one lattice point, every tile
carries that point as a name: five integers, exact, no two tiles
- alike. And the five integers are not an arbitrary code. Each one
- counts steps along one of five fixed directions, the very directions
- the tile edges run along. Walk those steps out from the origin and you
- arrive at the tile. The address is a path you can trace.
+ alike. And every edge of the tiling runs in one of five fixed
+ directions, so you can walk to any tile along its edges. Trace the
+ route below from a starting tile and watch it land on the addressed
+ tile, right on the real boundaries.
From 2c7e0a3926675979f66dfc78f89cb9723006bb95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:34:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 75/87] feat(penrose): hierarchy is a deflation zoom-in with a
staged fade
Per the maintainer's choreography: colored tiles carry a white supertile
overlay; zooming in, the colors and the larger overlay fade and the tiles
become white outlines with nothing behind, then finer colored tiles fade
in underneath, each tile becoming the boundary of the finer tiles inside
it. Camera dives toward a point off the central star, staying inside the
wheel rim, culling to the visible patch. Spans five real levels (4..10
generated); true 16/32 is not generatable since level 11 is already ~143k
tiles. Prose updated to the zoom-in.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 112 +++++++++---------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 8 +-
2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
index de3df97..05656bf 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
@@ -5,38 +5,43 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
import { PHI, rhombiAt, type Pt, type Rhombus } from "./lib/scaling";
-// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two, rebuilt as a real zoom-out
-// where the lines become tiles. The camera sits deep inside one fixed deflated patch,
-// showing fine tiles with their level-up SUPERTILES outlined over them. Zoom out (the
-// slider, or play) and the supertile outlines shrink to the size the small tiles had
-// and FILL IN, becoming the new tiles, while the next level up appears in outline.
-// The tiling is self-similar, so this can go step after step.
+// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two, a deflation zoom-in. The
+// camera dives into one fixed deflated patch. The fade choreography the maintainer
+// asked for, per step:
+// - colored tiles with their white supertile overlay
+// - the colors fade and the larger white overlay fades; the tiles themselves turn
+// into white outlines with nothing behind
+// - then finer colored tiles fade in underneath, and the cycle repeats one level
+// deeper.
+// Each tile becomes the boundary of the finer tiles inside it: self-similarity made
+// continuous, dived through five levels.
//
// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. deflate(L) is subdivide(deflate(L-1)); every level is real
-// engine output (lib/scaling.ts and its test), and the supertiles are the genuine
-// level-up tiling rhombiAt(L-1), not hand-drawn. The zoom is a true camera scale; the
-// level of detail crossfades as it crosses each phi-step, hidden by the dissolve.
-// The camera stays well inside the wheel's rim, so no ragged edge is ever exposed,
-// and only the tiles whose centroid lands in the frame are drawn (culled).
+// engine output (lib/scaling.ts and its test), so the white outline of one level is
+// exactly the colored tiles of the level above. The zoom is a true camera scale; the
+// level of detail crossfades as it crosses each phi-step, hidden by the dissolve. The
+// camera stays well inside the wheel's rim, and tiles are culled by centroid so only
+// the visible patch draws. (The geometry is finite: level 10 is already ~55k tiles, so
+// the descent spans five real levels rather than literally sixteen.)
//
-// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t = 1 is zoomed in on the finest level (the
-// rich reduced-motion frame), and lowering it zooms out, lines becoming tiles.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t = 1 is the deepest zoom on the finest level
+// (the rich reduced-motion frame); lowering t zooms back out.
const VB = 480;
-const MARGIN = 0;
-// One fixed deep patch; the camera roams its interior. DEEP is the finest level
-// drawn; the zoom walks DEEP down to DEEP - STEPS, each step a factor of phi.
-const DEEP = 8;
-const STEPS = 3;
-const MIN_FILL = DEEP - STEPS; // 5
+// Levels drawn. The colored level walks MIN_C..MIN_C+STEPS as the camera zooms in;
+// the white overlay is one level coarser, the finer tiles one level finer.
+const MIN_C = 5;
+const STEPS = 4; // colored 5 -> 9 across the zoom
+const LO_LEVEL = MIN_C - 1; // 4 (coarsest white overlay)
+const HI_LEVEL = MIN_C + STEPS + 1; // 10 (finest tiles that fade in)
const FILL = 0.8;
-// The camera. RHO0 is the view radius at the finest zoom; it grows by phi per step.
-// VIEW_C is off the wheel centre (which is a five-fold star) so we see a generic
-// patch, and is chosen with RHO0 so the view stays inside the unit-radius wheel.
-const RHO0 = 0.11;
-const VIEW_C: Pt = [0.22, 0.08];
+// The camera dives toward VIEW_C, off the central five-fold star, staying inside the
+// unit-radius wheel. RHO_START is the view radius at the coarsest level; it shrinks by
+// phi per step (zoom in).
+const RHO_START = 0.32;
+const VIEW_C: Pt = [0.32, 0.13];
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -91,8 +96,8 @@ function fillCells(
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.fillStyle = r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
ctx.fill();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha * 0.6;
- ctx.lineWidth = 0.8;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha * 0.5;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 0.6;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.stroke();
}
@@ -138,15 +143,14 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- // Precompute the levels the zoom touches (fill levels and their outline levels).
const byLevel = useMemo>(() => {
const out: Record = {};
- for (let L = MIN_FILL - 2; L <= DEEP; L++) out[L] = cellsAt(L);
+ for (let L = LO_LEVEL; L <= HI_LEVEL; L++) out[L] = cellsAt(L);
return out;
}, []);
- const [level, setLevel] = useState(DEEP);
- const levelRef = useRef(DEEP);
+ const [level, setLevel] = useState(MIN_C + STEPS);
+ const levelRef = useRef(MIN_C + STEPS);
const lastTRef = useRef(1);
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
@@ -174,35 +178,38 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
refreshColors();
}
- // t = 1: zoomed in on DEEP. Lowering t zooms out, one phi-step at a time.
- const u = (1 - t) * STEPS;
- const Lfill = DEEP - Math.floor(u);
+ // t = 1: deepest zoom on the finest level. Lowering t zooms out one step at a time.
+ const u = t * STEPS;
+ const Lc = MIN_C + Math.floor(u); // the colored level
const frac = u - Math.floor(u);
- const fade = smooth(0.1, 0.9, frac);
+ // Stage the fade: first the colors and larger overlay go and the tiles become a
+ // white outline (nothing behind); then the finer tiles fade in underneath.
+ const fadeA = smooth(0, 0.45, frac);
+ const fadeB = smooth(0.45, 0.9, frac);
- const rho = RHO0 * Math.pow(PHI, u);
- const c = (VB / 2 - MARGIN) / rho;
+ const rho = RHO_START * Math.pow(PHI, -u);
+ const c = (VB / 2) / rho;
const toPx: ToPx = (p) => [
VB / 2 + (p[0] - VIEW_C[0]) * c,
VB / 2 - (p[1] - VIEW_C[1]) * c,
];
- const cullR = rho * 1.45;
+ const cullR = rho * 1.5;
const colors = colorsRef.current;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
ctx.fillStyle = colors.paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
- // The fine tiles fading out, the level-up filling in to replace them.
- fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * (1 - fade));
- if (byLevel[Lfill - 1]) fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill - 1], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * fade);
+ // finer colored tiles, fading in underneath
+ if (byLevel[Lc + 1]) fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc + 1], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * fadeB);
+ // current colored tiles, fading out
+ fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * (1 - fadeA));
+ // the larger white overlay (supertiles), fading out
+ if (byLevel[Lc - 1]) strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc - 1], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, 1 - fadeA);
+ // the current tiles becoming white outlines
+ strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, fadeA);
- // The supertile lines: the current supertiles fading as they fill, the next
- // level up appearing in outline to take their place.
- if (byLevel[Lfill - 1]) strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill - 1], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, 1 - fade);
- if (byLevel[Lfill - 2]) strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lfill - 2], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, fade);
-
- const shown = frac < 0.5 ? Lfill : Lfill - 1;
+ const shown = fadeB < 0.5 ? Lc : Lc + 1;
if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
levelRef.current = shown;
setLevel(shown);
@@ -226,14 +233,14 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
return (
@@ -247,11 +254,10 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
- The bold outlines are the real level-up tiles, the same two shapes φ ≈{" "}
- {PHI.toFixed(3)} times larger. Zoom out and they shrink into place and fill
- in: each holds φ² ≈ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} of the tiles a level down.
- Inflate or deflate forever and you stay on a valid Penrose tiling, a copy of
- itself at every scale.
+ Each tile becomes the outline of the finer tiles inside it, the same two
+ shapes 1/φ ≈ {(1 / PHI).toFixed(3)} the size. Every supertile holds φ² ≈{" "}
+ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} of them. Inflate or deflate forever and you stay on
+ a valid Penrose tiling, a copy of itself at every scale.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index c8a7178..0c52f4c 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -308,10 +308,10 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
The reason is the same self-similarity, seen the other way. Those
smaller tiles are not just finer, they group back into larger tiles of
the very same two shapes. Below, the filled rhombi are a real deflated
- patch and the bold outlines are the genuine level up, the supertiles
- the small ones compose into, the same two shapes scaled by φ. Zoom out
- and watch the supertile lines shrink into place and fill in, becoming
- the tiles, while a fresh level up appears in outline.
+ patch and the white outlines are the supertiles they compose into, the
+ same two shapes scaled by φ. Zoom in and each tile becomes the outline
+ of finer tiles that fade in underneath, the same two shapes 1/φ the
+ size, diving level after level.
Inflate or deflate as far as you like and you always land on another
From 472f0e576d1356989a4942a457df1df83d0d24f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:40:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 76/87] feat(penrose): strip sketch shows the window giving
real Penrose tiles
Per the maintainer: show how the cut-and-project window translates into
tiles on the grid. Add a panel below the 1D strip/chain that draws a real
2D Penrose patch (facesInViewport) whose window center slides with the
same slider. Moving the strip moves the window one stage up, and it picks
which Penrose tiles appear (~8.5 tiles flip per step, a full reshuffle
across the slide). Patches precomputed at 48 sampled window offsets so
sliding just selects one, no per-frame enumeration. Bridge prose points
at the new panel.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 111 ++++++++++++++++--
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 15 +--
2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
index 92f0128..3775248 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
"use client";
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
import {
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ import {
WINDOW_W,
type LatPt,
} from "./lib/fibonacci";
+import {
+ facesInViewport,
+ gammaFromWindowCenter,
+ WINDOW_CENTER,
+} from "../explore/lib/pentagrid";
+import type { RenderFace } from "../explore/lib/patch";
// "Cut and project, where you can see it": the spine's section-6 lead-in. Before
// the honest-but-abstract Z^5 panel (CutAndProject), show the same construction one
@@ -32,13 +38,14 @@ import {
// the reduced-motion end state is a clean centered strip with its chain.
const VB_W = 720;
-const VB_H = 440;
+const VB_H = 712;
const PAD = 30;
-// The 2D lattice panel and the 1D chain bar below it.
-const TOP = { x: PAD, y: 30, w: VB_W - 2 * PAD, h: 264 };
-const CHAIN_Y = 372;
+// The 2D lattice panel, the 1D chain bar, and the real Penrose patch below them.
+const TOP = { x: PAD, y: 26, w: VB_W - 2 * PAD, h: 214 };
+const CHAIN_Y = 288;
const CHAIN_H = 16;
+const PEN = { x: PAD, y: 350, w: VB_W - 2 * PAD, h: 330 };
// How much of the lattice to show. The line of slope 1/phi runs across this box.
const VIEW_M = 7;
@@ -49,6 +56,25 @@ const S_EXT = 16; // half-length of the drawn line/strip in data units (overshoo
const OFFSET_SPAN = WINDOW_W * 1.4;
const OFFSET0 = 0.05; // representative offset at t = 1 (near-centered, clean chain)
+// The Penrose patch: the same cut-and-project, one stage up (5D -> 2D). Its window
+// center slides with the same slider, so moving the window gives different tiles. We
+// precompute a strip of patches at sampled window centers and show the matching one.
+const PEN_PX = 8.5; // physical half-width shown
+const PEN_PY = (PEN_PX * PEN.h) / PEN.w; // matched to the panel aspect
+const PEN_SCALE = Math.min(PEN.w / (2 * PEN_PX), PEN.h / (2 * PEN_PY));
+const PEN_VIEW = {
+ minX: -PEN_PX - 0.8,
+ maxX: PEN_PX + 0.8,
+ minY: -PEN_PY - 0.8,
+ maxY: PEN_PY + 0.8,
+};
+const SAMPLES = 48;
+const WINDOW_RANGE = 0.34; // how far the 2D window center slides, internal units
+const penToPx = ([x, y]: V2): [number, number] => [
+ PEN.x + PEN.w / 2 + x * PEN_SCALE,
+ PEN.y + PEN.h / 2 - y * PEN_SCALE,
+];
+
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
@@ -93,7 +119,12 @@ function caption(
ctx.restore();
}
-function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, colors: Colors) {
+function paint(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ t: number,
+ colors: Colors,
+ patches: RenderFace[][],
+) {
const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
const offset = OFFSET0 + (t - 1) * OFFSET_SPAN; // t = 1 -> OFFSET0 (representative)
const gamma = offset - WINDOW_W / 2; // center the window on the line
@@ -267,10 +298,57 @@ function paint(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, t: number, colors: Colors) {
ctx,
"points inside the strip drop onto the line",
VB_W / 2,
- TOP.y + TOP.h + 18,
+ TOP.y + TOP.h + 16,
ink,
0.7,
);
+
+ // --- The real Penrose tiling the same window gives, one stage up -----------
+ // The cut-and-project window slides with the same slider; in 2D the window is a
+ // pentagon, not a strip, and moving it gives a different (locally identical) Penrose
+ // tiling. We draw the precomputed patch for the current window offset.
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ "THE SAME WINDOW, ONE STAGE UP · 5D → 2D · REAL PENROSE TILES",
+ PEN.x,
+ PEN.y - 14,
+ ink,
+ 0.55,
+ "left",
+ );
+ const idx = Math.min(SAMPLES - 1, Math.max(0, Math.round(t * (SAMPLES - 1))));
+ const patch = patches[idx];
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.rect(PEN.x, PEN.y, PEN.w, PEN.h);
+ ctx.clip();
+ ctx.lineJoin = "round";
+ for (const f of patch) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ f.corners.forEach((c, i) => {
+ const [px, py] = penToPx([c[0], c[1]]);
+ if (i === 0) ctx.moveTo(px, py);
+ else ctx.lineTo(px, py);
+ });
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.9;
+ ctx.fillStyle = f.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 0.8;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ }
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+ ctx.restore();
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ "slide the strip and the window slides too: it picks which tiles appear",
+ VB_W / 2,
+ PEN.y + PEN.h + 18,
+ ink,
+ 0.72,
+ );
}
export default function FibonacciStrip() {
@@ -283,6 +361,19 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
+ // Precompute the Penrose patch at each sampled window offset, so sliding just picks
+ // the matching one (no per-frame enumeration). The window center slides along the
+ // internal axis, the same offset the 1D strip slides.
+ const patches = useMemo(() => {
+ const out: RenderFace[][] = [];
+ for (let i = 0; i < SAMPLES; i++) {
+ const vx = WINDOW_CENTER[0] + (i / (SAMPLES - 1) - 0.5) * 2 * WINDOW_RANGE;
+ const vy = WINDOW_CENTER[1];
+ out.push(facesInViewport(PEN_VIEW, gammaFromWindowCenter(vx, vy)));
+ }
+ return out;
+ }, []);
+
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
colorsRef.current = {
thick: readVar("--color-penrose-thick", "#C89B3C"),
@@ -306,9 +397,9 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current);
+ paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current, patches);
},
- [refreshColors],
+ [refreshColors, patches],
);
useEffect(() => {
@@ -343,7 +434,7 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
}}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label={`The cut-and-project method shown one dimension down, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a straight line through the origin at the golden slope, and a strip of one-cell width around it forming the acceptance window. The ${accepted} lattice points inside the strip each drop a perpendicular onto the line; those feet, laid flat below, form the Fibonacci chain of long and short intervals whose lengths are in ratio phi and whose order never repeats. Cut is the strip, project is the drop-line. Sliding the strip lets points enter and leave and reshuffles the chain, but the two lengths never change. This is the same construction the explorer runs from five dimensions down to two.`}
+ aria-label={`The cut-and-project method shown one dimension down, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a straight line through the origin at the golden slope, and a strip of one-cell width around it forming the acceptance window. The ${accepted} lattice points inside the strip each drop a perpendicular onto the line; those feet, laid flat below, form the Fibonacci chain of long and short intervals whose lengths are in ratio phi and whose order never repeats. Cut is the strip, project is the drop-line. Below that is a real two-dimensional Penrose tiling produced by the same cut and project one stage up, from five dimensions to two, where the window is a pentagon instead of a strip. Sliding the strip slides that window too, and it picks which Penrose tiles appear, so you can see the window selecting the tiles on the grid.`}
/>
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 0c52f4c..b0e7b38 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -208,13 +208,14 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
two lengths are already a hint of the two tiles to come.
- Penrose is this same construction one stage up. The grid is the
- integer lattice ℤ⁵, five dimensions. The line becomes our plane, and
- the strip becomes a window shaped like four nested pentagons. A tile
- exists exactly when its 5D shadow lands in that window, a test you run
- on one point alone, with no walking out from an origin and no
- backtracking. The plane is computed, never assembled, so it
- can never dead-end. This is what the explorer runs.
+ Penrose is this same construction one stage up, and the panel at the
+ foot of the sketch shows it running. The grid is the integer lattice
+ ℤ⁵, five dimensions. The line becomes our plane, and the strip becomes
+ a window shaped like nested pentagons. A tile exists exactly when its
+ 5D shadow lands in that window, a test you run on one point alone, with
+ no backtracking. Slide the strip and the window slides too, picking
+ which real Penrose tiles appear: the plane is computed, never
+ assembled, so it can never dead-end. This is what the explorer runs.
From fa0f0a87c77412c1355c67bd0444dc1efaf7bc99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:59:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 77/87] feat(penrose): strip's 2D panel builds the plane
outward, not mutate it
Per the maintainer: mutating tiles on an active tileset felt wrong; show
how the tiling is built out. The window is now fixed; the panel reveals
the real Penrose patch outward from the centre behind a growing
wavefront (tiles tagged by physical radius), each tile computed from its
own coordinate with no backtracking. Replaces the window-slide
mutation/precomputed-samples with one fixed patch and a radius reveal.
Prose and aria updated to the build-out.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 84 +++++++++++--------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 6 +-
2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
index 3775248..44d8757 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ import {
WINDOW_W,
type LatPt,
} from "./lib/fibonacci";
-import {
- facesInViewport,
- gammaFromWindowCenter,
- WINDOW_CENTER,
-} from "../explore/lib/pentagrid";
+import { facesInViewport, GAMMA } from "../explore/lib/pentagrid";
import type { RenderFace } from "../explore/lib/patch";
// "Cut and project, where you can see it": the spine's section-6 lead-in. Before
@@ -56,9 +52,10 @@ const S_EXT = 16; // half-length of the drawn line/strip in data units (overshoo
const OFFSET_SPAN = WINDOW_W * 1.4;
const OFFSET0 = 0.05; // representative offset at t = 1 (near-centered, clean chain)
-// The Penrose patch: the same cut-and-project, one stage up (5D -> 2D). Its window
-// center slides with the same slider, so moving the window gives different tiles. We
-// precompute a strip of patches at sampled window centers and show the matching one.
+// The Penrose patch: the same cut-and-project, one stage up (5D -> 2D). The window is
+// FIXED; the panel BUILDS the tiling outward from the centre as the slider advances,
+// each tile computed from its own coordinate, never backtracking. A growing wavefront
+// reveals tiles by physical radius.
const PEN_PX = 8.5; // physical half-width shown
const PEN_PY = (PEN_PX * PEN.h) / PEN.w; // matched to the panel aspect
const PEN_SCALE = Math.min(PEN.w / (2 * PEN_PX), PEN.h / (2 * PEN_PY));
@@ -68,13 +65,15 @@ const PEN_VIEW = {
minY: -PEN_PY - 0.8,
maxY: PEN_PY + 0.8,
};
-const SAMPLES = 48;
-const WINDOW_RANGE = 0.34; // how far the 2D window center slides, internal units
+const REVEAL_MAX = 10.2; // the build wavefront reaches this physical radius at t = 1
+const REVEAL_BAND = 1.4; // soft width of the wavefront, in physical units
const penToPx = ([x, y]: V2): [number, number] => [
PEN.x + PEN.w / 2 + x * PEN_SCALE,
PEN.y + PEN.h / 2 - y * PEN_SCALE,
];
+type Cell2D = { f: RenderFace; r: number };
+
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
t: number,
colors: Colors,
- patches: RenderFace[][],
+ cells: Cell2D[],
) {
const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
const offset = OFFSET0 + (t - 1) * OFFSET_SPAN; // t = 1 -> OFFSET0 (representative)
@@ -303,27 +302,28 @@ function paint(
0.7,
);
- // --- The real Penrose tiling the same window gives, one stage up -----------
- // The cut-and-project window slides with the same slider; in 2D the window is a
- // pentagon, not a strip, and moving it gives a different (locally identical) Penrose
- // tiling. We draw the precomputed patch for the current window offset.
+ // --- The real Penrose tiling, BUILT OUT one stage up ----------------------
+ // The window is fixed; the plane is computed outward from the centre, each tile
+ // decided by its own coordinate, never backtracking. A wavefront reveals tiles by
+ // physical radius as the slider advances, so the tileset is built, not mutated.
caption(
ctx,
- "THE SAME WINDOW, ONE STAGE UP · 5D → 2D · REAL PENROSE TILES",
+ "THE SAME METHOD, ONE STAGE UP · 5D → 2D · REAL PENROSE TILES, BUILT OUTWARD",
PEN.x,
PEN.y - 14,
ink,
0.55,
"left",
);
- const idx = Math.min(SAMPLES - 1, Math.max(0, Math.round(t * (SAMPLES - 1))));
- const patch = patches[idx];
+ const revealR = t * REVEAL_MAX;
ctx.save();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(PEN.x, PEN.y, PEN.w, PEN.h);
ctx.clip();
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- for (const f of patch) {
+ for (const { f, r } of cells) {
+ const appear = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (revealR - r) / REVEAL_BAND));
+ if (appear <= 0.01) continue;
ctx.beginPath();
f.corners.forEach((c, i) => {
const [px, py] = penToPx([c[0], c[1]]);
@@ -331,19 +331,31 @@ function paint(
else ctx.lineTo(px, py);
});
ctx.closePath();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.9;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = appear * 0.9;
ctx.fillStyle = f.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
ctx.fill();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = appear * 0.5;
ctx.lineWidth = 0.8;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.stroke();
}
+ // The build wavefront: a faint ring at the current reach.
+ if (revealR < REVEAL_MAX - 0.2) {
+ const [ox, oy] = penToPx([0, 0]);
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(ox, oy, revealR * PEN_SCALE, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.25;
+ ctx.setLineDash([4, 5]);
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.2;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.setLineDash([]);
+ }
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
ctx.restore();
caption(
ctx,
- "slide the strip and the window slides too: it picks which tiles appear",
+ "the plane is computed outward, tile by tile, never backtracking",
VB_W / 2,
PEN.y + PEN.h + 18,
ink,
@@ -361,18 +373,16 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- // Precompute the Penrose patch at each sampled window offset, so sliding just picks
- // the matching one (no per-frame enumeration). The window center slides along the
- // internal axis, the same offset the 1D strip slides.
- const patches = useMemo(() => {
- const out: RenderFace[][] = [];
- for (let i = 0; i < SAMPLES; i++) {
- const vx = WINDOW_CENTER[0] + (i / (SAMPLES - 1) - 0.5) * 2 * WINDOW_RANGE;
- const vy = WINDOW_CENTER[1];
- out.push(facesInViewport(PEN_VIEW, gammaFromWindowCenter(vx, vy)));
- }
- return out;
- }, []);
+ // Precompute the fixed Penrose patch once, each tile tagged with its physical radius
+ // so the build wavefront can reveal them outward without re-enumerating.
+ const cells = useMemo(
+ () =>
+ facesInViewport(PEN_VIEW, GAMMA).map((f) => ({
+ f,
+ r: Math.hypot(f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]),
+ })),
+ [],
+ );
const refreshColors = useCallback(() => {
colorsRef.current = {
@@ -397,9 +407,9 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
refreshColors();
}
- paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current, patches);
+ paint(ctx, t, colorsRef.current, cells);
},
- [refreshColors, patches],
+ [refreshColors, cells],
);
useEffect(() => {
@@ -434,7 +444,7 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
}}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label={`The cut-and-project method shown one dimension down, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a straight line through the origin at the golden slope, and a strip of one-cell width around it forming the acceptance window. The ${accepted} lattice points inside the strip each drop a perpendicular onto the line; those feet, laid flat below, form the Fibonacci chain of long and short intervals whose lengths are in ratio phi and whose order never repeats. Cut is the strip, project is the drop-line. Below that is a real two-dimensional Penrose tiling produced by the same cut and project one stage up, from five dimensions to two, where the window is a pentagon instead of a strip. Sliding the strip slides that window too, and it picks which Penrose tiles appear, so you can see the window selecting the tiles on the grid.`}
+ aria-label={`The cut-and-project method shown one dimension down, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a straight line through the origin at the golden slope, and a strip of one-cell width around it forming the acceptance window. The ${accepted} lattice points inside the strip each drop a perpendicular onto the line; those feet, laid flat below, form the Fibonacci chain of long and short intervals whose lengths are in ratio phi and whose order never repeats. Cut is the strip, project is the drop-line. Below that is a real two-dimensional Penrose tiling produced by the same cut and project one stage up, from five dimensions to two. As the slider advances, that plane is built outward from the centre behind a growing wavefront, each tile computed from its own coordinate with no backtracking, so you watch the tileset get built rather than mutated.`}
/>
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index b0e7b38..296cb74 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
ℤ⁵, five dimensions. The line becomes our plane, and the strip becomes
a window shaped like nested pentagons. A tile exists exactly when its
5D shadow lands in that window, a test you run on one point alone, with
- no backtracking. Slide the strip and the window slides too, picking
- which real Penrose tiles appear: the plane is computed, never
- assembled, so it can never dead-end. This is what the explorer runs.
+ no backtracking. So the plane is built outward, tile by tile,
+ each one decided on its own. It is computed, never assembled,
+ so it can never dead-end. This is what the explorer runs.
From a3c695a4db4bbd131020b5bf371d5e8d00c4158c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:04:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 78/87] feat(penrose): overlay zoomed far out, finer lines,
faint base + crisp top
Per the maintainer: the five-fold interference wasn't reading. Zoom out
much further (view half 28 -> 42 over a half-75 plane), thin the line
work, and split the contrast: the bottom layer faint, the top layer
crisp, so the concentric five-fold rosettes pop from the line moire. Same
turn-by-a-fifth and drag interaction; only the visual scale and contrast
change. Culling keeps the larger plane smooth.
---
.../penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
index 41ad438..6e07f5d 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/InterferenceOverlay.tsx
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ import { buildOverlay, type Overlay, type Pt } from "./lib/overlay";
const VB = 560;
const MARGIN = 10;
-// Zoomed way out over a large generated plane, so the five-fold interference reads at
-// scale and dragging never runs out of tiling.
-const VIEW_HALF = 28;
-const GEN_HALF = 52;
+// Zoomed far out over a large generated plane, so the five-fold interference rosettes
+// read at scale and dragging never runs out of tiling.
+const VIEW_HALF = 42;
+const GEN_HALF = 75;
const CULL_R = VIEW_HALF + 2; // draw only tiles whose centroid is within the frame
// The tilings carry five-fold symmetry, so a full spin just repeats; one fifth of a
// turn is the whole story. The slider turns the top layer across [0, 72 deg].
const TURN_MAX = (2 * Math.PI) / 5;
-const OFFSET_MAX = 16; // how far the top layer may be dragged, in tile-edge units
+const OFFSET_MAX = 12; // how far the top layer may be dragged, in tile-edge units
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
ctx.fillStyle = paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
- // BOTTOM layer: the fixed tiling, ink line work.
- strokeFaces(ctx, bottomVisible, null, ink, 0.6, 0.5);
+ // BOTTOM layer: the fixed tiling, faint thin ink, so the top reads crisply over it.
+ strokeFaces(ctx, bottomVisible, null, ink, 0.5, 0.3);
// TOP layer: the same tiling, spun and slid, in translucent accent. Cull by the
// transformed centroid so only what lands in the frame is drawn.
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export default function InterferenceOverlay() {
const cy = f.centroid[0] * sin + f.centroid[1] * cos + oy;
return Math.abs(cx) <= CULL_R && Math.abs(cy) <= CULL_R;
});
- strokeFaces(ctx, topVisible, xf, thick, 0.7, 0.62);
+ strokeFaces(ctx, topVisible, xf, thick, 0.7, 0.85);
caption(ctx, "drag to slide the top layer · turn it up to a fifth", VB / 2, VB - 14, ink, 0.7);
}, [overlay, bottomVisible, refreshColors]);
From a71ba6bc8e2858d8a0ddaf8b6b589e5a0f2c137b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:10:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 79/87] feat(penrose): hierarchy as alternating gold/blue
nested line grids
Per the maintainer: the heavy fade was burying the nesting. Draw each
deflation level as a line grid in one colour, even levels gold and odd
levels blue, so consecutive (nested) levels always contrast. A smooth
triangle-window prominence around the current level rises and falls as the
camera dives, so grids enter and leave without a pop and none is lost to
fading. The nesting reads: a gold grid with a finer blue grid inside, then
blue with a finer gold inside, level after level. Prose updated.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 149 +++++++-----------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 9 +-
2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
index 05656bf..dd82df6 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
@@ -5,37 +5,32 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
import Sketch from "./Sketch";
import { PHI, rhombiAt, type Pt, type Rhombus } from "./lib/scaling";
-// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two, a deflation zoom-in. The
-// camera dives into one fixed deflated patch. The fade choreography the maintainer
-// asked for, per step:
-// - colored tiles with their white supertile overlay
-// - the colors fade and the larger white overlay fades; the tiles themselves turn
-// into white outlines with nothing behind
-// - then finer colored tiles fade in underneath, and the cycle repeats one level
-// deeper.
-// Each tile becomes the boundary of the finer tiles inside it: self-similarity made
-// continuous, dived through five levels.
+// "Zoom the hierarchy": the spine's section-9 sketch two, a deflation zoom-in drawn
+// as NESTED LINE GRIDS in alternating colours. Each deflation level is the tiling's
+// edges drawn in one colour; consecutive levels alternate gold and blue, so as the
+// camera dives the nesting stays legible: a gold grid with a finer blue grid inside
+// it, then blue prominent with a finer gold grid inside, level after level. The
+// current level is brightest, its coarser and finer neighbours fainter, with a gentle
+// crossfade as the camera passes each phi-step (no heavy fade to lose the nesting in).
//
// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. deflate(L) is subdivide(deflate(L-1)); every level is real
-// engine output (lib/scaling.ts and its test), so the white outline of one level is
-// exactly the colored tiles of the level above. The zoom is a true camera scale; the
-// level of detail crossfades as it crosses each phi-step, hidden by the dissolve. The
-// camera stays well inside the wheel's rim, and tiles are culled by centroid so only
-// the visible patch draws. (The geometry is finite: level 10 is already ~55k tiles, so
-// the descent spans five real levels rather than literally sixteen.)
+// engine output (lib/scaling.ts and its test), so the finer grid inside a tile is
+// exactly that tile's subdivision. The zoom is a true camera scale; the camera stays
+// inside the wheel's rim, and tiles are culled by centroid so only the visible patch
+// draws. (The geometry is finite: level 10 is already ~55k tiles, so the dive spans
+// five real levels.)
//
-// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t = 1 is the deepest zoom on the finest level
-// (the rich reduced-motion frame); lowering t zooms back out.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t = 1 is the deepest zoom on the finest level;
+// lowering t zooms back out.
const VB = 480;
-// Levels drawn. The colored level walks MIN_C..MIN_C+STEPS as the camera zooms in;
-// the white overlay is one level coarser, the finer tiles one level finer.
+// Levels drawn. The current level walks MIN_C..MIN_C+STEPS as the camera zooms in.
const MIN_C = 5;
-const STEPS = 4; // colored 5 -> 9 across the zoom
-const LO_LEVEL = MIN_C - 1; // 4 (coarsest white overlay)
-const HI_LEVEL = MIN_C + STEPS + 1; // 10 (finest tiles that fade in)
-const FILL = 0.8;
+const STEPS = 4;
+const LO_LEVEL = MIN_C - 1; // 4
+const HI_LEVEL = MIN_C + STEPS + 1; // 10
+const PROM = 1.5; // how many levels each side stay visible around the current one
// The camera dives toward VIEW_C, off the central five-fold star, staying inside the
// unit-radius wheel. RHO_START is the view radius at the coarsest level; it shrinks by
@@ -50,12 +45,7 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
}
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
-type Cell = { kind: "thick" | "thin"; corners: readonly Pt[]; cx: number; cy: number };
-
-const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number): number => {
- const u = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
- return u * u * (3 - 2 * u);
-};
+type Cell = { corners: readonly Pt[]; cx: number; cy: number };
function cellsAt(level: number): Cell[] {
return rhombiAt(level).map((r: Rhombus) => {
@@ -65,58 +55,30 @@ function cellsAt(level: number): Cell[] {
cx += x;
cy += y;
}
- return { kind: r.kind, corners: r.corners, cx: cx / 4, cy: cy / 4 };
+ return { corners: r.corners, cx: cx / 4, cy: cy / 4 };
});
}
type ToPx = (p: Pt) => [number, number];
-function fillCells(
- ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- cells: Cell[],
- toPx: ToPx,
- cullR: number,
- colors: Colors,
- alpha: number,
-) {
- if (alpha <= 0.01) return;
- const { thick, thin, ink } = colors;
- ctx.save();
- ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- for (const r of cells) {
- if (Math.hypot(r.cx - VIEW_C[0], r.cy - VIEW_C[1]) > cullR) continue;
- ctx.beginPath();
- const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
- ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
- for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
- const [x, y] = toPx(r.corners[i]);
- ctx.lineTo(x, y);
- }
- ctx.closePath();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- ctx.fillStyle = r.kind === "thick" ? thick : thin;
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha * 0.5;
- ctx.lineWidth = 0.6;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
- }
- ctx.restore();
-}
+// Even levels gold, odd levels blue, so consecutive (nested) levels always contrast.
+const colorForLevel = (level: number, colors: Colors) =>
+ level % 2 === 0 ? colors.thick : colors.thin;
-function strokeCells(
+function strokeLevel(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
cells: Cell[],
toPx: ToPx,
cullR: number,
- ink: string,
+ color: string,
+ width: number,
alpha: number,
) {
if (alpha <= 0.01) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = color;
+ ctx.lineWidth = width;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.beginPath();
for (const r of cells) {
@@ -180,15 +142,9 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
// t = 1: deepest zoom on the finest level. Lowering t zooms out one step at a time.
const u = t * STEPS;
- const Lc = MIN_C + Math.floor(u); // the colored level
- const frac = u - Math.floor(u);
- // Stage the fade: first the colors and larger overlay go and the tiles become a
- // white outline (nothing behind); then the finer tiles fade in underneath.
- const fadeA = smooth(0, 0.45, frac);
- const fadeB = smooth(0.45, 0.9, frac);
-
+ const ideal = MIN_C + u; // the continuous "current" level
const rho = RHO_START * Math.pow(PHI, -u);
- const c = (VB / 2) / rho;
+ const c = VB / 2 / rho;
const toPx: ToPx = (p) => [
VB / 2 + (p[0] - VIEW_C[0]) * c,
VB / 2 - (p[1] - VIEW_C[1]) * c,
@@ -200,16 +156,26 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
ctx.fillStyle = colors.paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
- // finer colored tiles, fading in underneath
- if (byLevel[Lc + 1]) fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc + 1], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * fadeB);
- // current colored tiles, fading out
- fillCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc], toPx, cullR, colors, FILL * (1 - fadeA));
- // the larger white overlay (supertiles), fading out
- if (byLevel[Lc - 1]) strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc - 1], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, 1 - fadeA);
- // the current tiles becoming white outlines
- strokeCells(ctx, byLevel[Lc], toPx, cullR, colors.ink, fadeA);
+ // Draw each nearby level as a line grid, coarse to fine, in its alternating
+ // colour. Prominence is a smooth triangle window around the current level, so
+ // grids rise and fall as the camera dives, with no pop and no level lost to fade.
+ const lo = Math.max(LO_LEVEL, Math.ceil(ideal - PROM));
+ const hi = Math.min(HI_LEVEL, Math.floor(ideal + PROM));
+ for (let L = lo; L <= hi; L++) {
+ const prom = Math.max(0, 1 - Math.abs(L - ideal) / PROM);
+ if (prom <= 0.01) continue;
+ strokeLevel(
+ ctx,
+ byLevel[L],
+ toPx,
+ cullR,
+ colorForLevel(L, colors),
+ 0.8 + prom * 1.4,
+ 0.25 + prom * 0.7,
+ );
+ }
- const shown = fadeB < 0.5 ? Lc : Lc + 1;
+ const shown = Math.round(ideal);
if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
levelRef.current = shown;
setLevel(shown);
@@ -240,7 +206,7 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
style={{ width: "100%", height: "auto", aspectRatio: "1 / 1" }}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label="A real Penrose patch from the substitution engine, shown as a deflation zoom-in. Colored tiles carry a white outline of their supertiles. Zooming in, the colors fade and the larger white overlay fades, the tiles themselves become white outlines with nothing behind, and finer colored tiles fade in underneath, each tile becoming the boundary of the finer tiles inside it. The same two shapes recur at every scale, smaller by the golden ratio each step, the tiling self-similar as the camera dives through five levels."
+ aria-label="A real Penrose patch from the substitution engine, shown as a deflation zoom-in drawn as nested line grids. Each deflation level is the tiling's edges in one colour, and consecutive levels alternate gold and blue, so the nesting stays clear: a gold grid with a finer blue grid inside it, then blue prominent with a finer gold grid inside, level after level. Zooming in dives through five levels; each tile is subdivided into the same two shapes 1/phi the size. The current level is brightest, its neighbours fainter, the tiling self-similar at every scale."
/>
@@ -248,16 +214,21 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
level{" "}
{level}
+
+ each level{" "}
+ alternates gold / blue
+ tiles per supertile{" "}
≈ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)}
- Each tile becomes the outline of the finer tiles inside it, the same two
- shapes 1/φ ≈ {(1 / PHI).toFixed(3)} the size. Every supertile holds φ² ≈{" "}
- {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} of them. Inflate or deflate forever and you stay on
- a valid Penrose tiling, a copy of itself at every scale.
+ Each grid is one deflation level, the next 1/φ ≈ {(1 / PHI).toFixed(3)} the
+ size nested inside it, drawn in the opposite colour so the layers stay
+ distinct. Every supertile holds φ² ≈ {(PHI * PHI).toFixed(3)} of the tiles a
+ level down. Inflate or deflate forever and you stay on a valid Penrose
+ tiling, a copy of itself at every scale.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 296cb74..302a8db 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -308,11 +308,10 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
The reason is the same self-similarity, seen the other way. Those
smaller tiles are not just finer, they group back into larger tiles of
- the very same two shapes. Below, the filled rhombi are a real deflated
- patch and the white outlines are the supertiles they compose into, the
- same two shapes scaled by φ. Zoom in and each tile becomes the outline
- of finer tiles that fade in underneath, the same two shapes 1/φ the
- size, diving level after level.
+ the very same two shapes. Below, each deflation level is drawn as a line
+ grid in its own colour, gold and blue alternating so neighbouring levels
+ stay distinct. Zoom in and a finer grid nests inside every tile, the
+ same two shapes 1/φ the size, diving level after level.
Inflate or deflate as far as you like and you always land on another
From b00a82a8199608ff83ace170273901fd008beddc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:19:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 80/87] feat(penrose): hierarchy holds a beat on each layer
alone before nesting
Per the maintainer: give each layer room to breathe. Slow the dive
(11s -> 18s) and step the level progression so the camera holds on each
whole level for a beat, where only that single grid shows (the layer
alone), then transitions, zooming in while the next colour nests in, then
holds again on the next. Window narrowed to one level (PROM 1.5 -> 1.0) so
a whole level is genuinely alone at the beat and exactly two grids share
during the transition.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 24 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
index dd82df6..0e88f37 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ const MIN_C = 5;
const STEPS = 4;
const LO_LEVEL = MIN_C - 1; // 4
const HI_LEVEL = MIN_C + STEPS + 1; // 10
-const PROM = 1.5; // how many levels each side stay visible around the current one
+// One level wide each side: at a whole level only that grid shows (the layer alone),
+// halfway between two both show (the nesting). The beat lives in that contrast.
+const PROM = 1.0;
+const HOLD = 0.5; // fraction of each level's time the camera holds it alone, breathing
// The camera dives toward VIEW_C, off the central five-fold star, staying inside the
// unit-radius wheel. RHO_START is the view radius at the coarsest level; it shrinks by
@@ -47,6 +50,11 @@ function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
type Cell = { corners: readonly Pt[]; cx: number; cy: number };
+const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number): number => {
+ const u = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - e0) / (e1 - e0)));
+ return u * u * (3 - 2 * u);
+};
+
function cellsAt(level: number): Cell[] {
return rhombiAt(level).map((r: Rhombus) => {
let cx = 0;
@@ -140,10 +148,14 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
refreshColors();
}
- // t = 1: deepest zoom on the finest level. Lowering t zooms out one step at a time.
- const u = t * STEPS;
- const ideal = MIN_C + u; // the continuous "current" level
- const rho = RHO_START * Math.pow(PHI, -u);
+ // t = 1: deepest zoom on the finest level. Lowering t zooms out one step at a
+ // time. Each level gets a beat: the camera holds it alone, then transitions.
+ const raw = t * STEPS;
+ const k = Math.min(STEPS - 1, Math.floor(raw));
+ const f = raw - k;
+ const uStepped = k + (f <= HOLD ? 0 : smooth(HOLD, 1, f));
+ const ideal = MIN_C + uStepped; // the current level, holding on whole numbers
+ const rho = RHO_START * Math.pow(PHI, -uStepped);
const c = VB / 2 / rho;
const toPx: ToPx = (p) => [
VB / 2 + (p[0] - VIEW_C[0]) * c,
@@ -199,7 +211,7 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
return (
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:27:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 81/87] feat(penrose): hierarchy gets the draw-out / beat /
zoom rhythm
Per the maintainer's choreography, each level now plays four phases: the
layer alone (a breath), the finer layer DRAWS OUT across the plane with no
zoom (a radial wavefront reveal), a beat with both layers to let the
nesting sink in, then a zoom that grows the finer layer to the base size
while the base fades out. The camera holds still through the first three
phases and only zooms in the last. Slowed to 20s. Trimmed the generated
levels to those actually drawn (5..9), dropping level 10's ~55k tiles.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx | 90 +++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
index 0e88f37..69e84af 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/ZoomHierarchy.tsx
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ const VB = 480;
// Levels drawn. The current level walks MIN_C..MIN_C+STEPS as the camera zooms in.
const MIN_C = 5;
const STEPS = 4;
-const LO_LEVEL = MIN_C - 1; // 4
-const HI_LEVEL = MIN_C + STEPS + 1; // 10
-// One level wide each side: at a whole level only that grid shows (the layer alone),
-// halfway between two both show (the nesting). The beat lives in that contrast.
-const PROM = 1.0;
-const HOLD = 0.5; // fraction of each level's time the camera holds it alone, breathing
+const LO_LEVEL = MIN_C; // 5 (coarsest base)
+const HI_LEVEL = MIN_C + STEPS; // 9 (finest layer drawn out)
+// Each level gets a four-phase beat over its share of the timeline. The camera holds
+// still through phases 1-3 and only zooms in phase 4.
+// [0, P1) the layer alone (a breath)
+// [P1, P2) the finer layer draws out across the plane, no zoom
+// [P2, P3) both layers held, to let the nesting sink in
+// [P3, 1] zoom in so the finer layer reaches the base size, the base fading out
+const P1 = 0.2;
+const P2 = 0.5;
+const P3 = 0.68;
// The camera dives toward VIEW_C, off the central five-fold star, staying inside the
// unit-radius wheel. RHO_START is the view radius at the coarsest level; it shrinks by
@@ -73,6 +78,9 @@ type ToPx = (p: Pt) => [number, number];
const colorForLevel = (level: number, colors: Colors) =>
level % 2 === 0 ? colors.thick : colors.thin;
+// Stroke a level's edges. revealR + band let a layer "draw out" from the centre: a
+// tile fades in as the wavefront radius passes its centroid. Pass a revealR past the
+// cull radius (band 0) to draw the whole layer at once.
function strokeLevel(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
cells: Cell[],
@@ -81,16 +89,22 @@ function strokeLevel(
color: string,
width: number,
alpha: number,
+ revealR: number,
+ band: number,
) {
if (alpha <= 0.01) return;
ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.strokeStyle = color;
ctx.lineWidth = width;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- ctx.beginPath();
for (const r of cells) {
- if (Math.hypot(r.cx - VIEW_C[0], r.cy - VIEW_C[1]) > cullR) continue;
+ const rad = Math.hypot(r.cx - VIEW_C[0], r.cy - VIEW_C[1]);
+ if (rad > cullR) continue;
+ let a = alpha;
+ if (band > 0) a *= Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (revealR - rad) / band));
+ if (a <= 0.01) continue;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = a;
+ ctx.beginPath();
const [x0, y0] = toPx(r.corners[0]);
ctx.moveTo(x0, y0);
for (let i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
@@ -98,8 +112,8 @@ function strokeLevel(
ctx.lineTo(x, y);
}
ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.stroke();
}
- ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
@@ -148,46 +162,46 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
refreshColors();
}
- // t = 1: deepest zoom on the finest level. Lowering t zooms out one step at a
- // time. Each level gets a beat: the camera holds it alone, then transitions.
- const raw = t * STEPS;
- const k = Math.min(STEPS - 1, Math.floor(raw));
- const f = raw - k;
- const uStepped = k + (f <= HOLD ? 0 : smooth(HOLD, 1, f));
- const ideal = MIN_C + uStepped; // the current level, holding on whole numbers
- const rho = RHO_START * Math.pow(PHI, -uStepped);
+ // t = 1: deepest zoom on the finest level. Each level cycle: hold it alone, draw
+ // out the finer layer, beat, then zoom so the finer layer becomes the new base.
+ const seg = t * STEPS;
+ const k = Math.min(STEPS - 1, Math.floor(seg));
+ const g = seg - k; // progress through this level's beat
+ const baseL = MIN_C + k;
+ const finerL = baseL + 1;
+
+ const drawOut = smooth(P1, P2, g); // the finer layer draws out in phase 2
+ const zoomFrac = smooth(P3, 1, g); // the camera zooms only in phase 4
+ const uZoom = k + zoomFrac; // holds through phases 1-3, then dives one level
+ const rho = RHO_START * Math.pow(PHI, -uZoom);
const c = VB / 2 / rho;
const toPx: ToPx = (p) => [
VB / 2 + (p[0] - VIEW_C[0]) * c,
VB / 2 - (p[1] - VIEW_C[1]) * c,
];
- const cullR = rho * 1.5;
+ const cullR = rho * 1.6;
const colors = colorsRef.current;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
ctx.fillStyle = colors.paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB);
- // Draw each nearby level as a line grid, coarse to fine, in its alternating
- // colour. Prominence is a smooth triangle window around the current level, so
- // grids rise and fall as the camera dives, with no pop and no level lost to fade.
- const lo = Math.max(LO_LEVEL, Math.ceil(ideal - PROM));
- const hi = Math.min(HI_LEVEL, Math.floor(ideal + PROM));
- for (let L = lo; L <= hi; L++) {
- const prom = Math.max(0, 1 - Math.abs(L - ideal) / PROM);
- if (prom <= 0.01) continue;
- strokeLevel(
- ctx,
- byLevel[L],
- toPx,
- cullR,
- colorForLevel(L, colors),
- 0.8 + prom * 1.4,
- 0.25 + prom * 0.7,
- );
+ // Base layer: full through the beats and the draw-out, fading as the zoom hands
+ // the plane over to the finer layer.
+ const baseAlpha = 0.92 * (1 - zoomFrac);
+ if (byLevel[baseL]) {
+ strokeLevel(ctx, byLevel[baseL], toPx, cullR, colorForLevel(baseL, colors), 1.7, baseAlpha, cullR + 1, 0);
+ }
+ // Finer layer: absent in phase 1, drawing out across the plane in phase 2, full
+ // from then on (and growing to the base size through the zoom).
+ if (byLevel[finerL] && drawOut > 0.001) {
+ const full = g >= P2;
+ const revealR = full ? cullR + 1 : drawOut * cullR;
+ const band = full ? 0 : cullR * 0.28;
+ strokeLevel(ctx, byLevel[finerL], toPx, cullR, colorForLevel(finerL, colors), 1.7, 0.92, revealR, band);
}
- const shown = Math.round(ideal);
+ const shown = zoomFrac < 0.5 ? baseL : finerL;
if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
levelRef.current = shown;
setLevel(shown);
@@ -211,7 +225,7 @@ export default function ZoomHierarchy() {
return (
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:01:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 82/87] feat(penrose): golden ratio as two growing tile stacks,
not a ruler
Per the maintainer (the ruler felt chart-like next to the zoom): show
thick:thin -> phi as two stacks of tile marks, gold for thick and blue
for thin. The blue stack is the unit; the gold runs thick/thin times as
long and grows out to the golden-ratio mark (phi times blue) as you
deflate, landing on it at the deepest level. Real patch kept above for
context; counts from the engine. Prose updated.
---
src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx | 199 ++++++++++--------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 8 +-
2 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
index 3a7ddc6..b5a4d6b 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx
@@ -13,35 +13,42 @@ import {
type Rhombus,
} from "./lib/scaling";
-// "The golden ratio appears": the spine's section-9 sketch one. The question it
-// answers: count the fat and thin rhombi in a Penrose patch, take their ratio, and
-// what number is it? Deflate deeper and the ratio chases the golden ratio φ. The top
-// panel is the real patch at the chosen level (the tiles being counted); the line
-// below is a ruler with φ marked, and the ratio for each level is a dot on it. As the
-// level climbs, the dot marches in on φ. That convergence IS the point.
+// "The golden ratio appears": the spine's section-9 sketch one. Count the fat tiles
+// and the thin tiles in a Penrose patch and lay them out as two stacks, gold for
+// thick and blue for thin. Deflate deeper and the gold stack grows out to exactly φ
+// times the blue stack: the ratio of the counts is the golden ratio. The patch above
+// is the real tiling being counted; the stacks below settle on the φ mark as the
+// level climbs.
//
// HONEST BY CONSTRUCTION. Counts and geometry are deflate() output (lib/scaling.ts
// and its test): the thick:thin numbers equal faces.ts substitutionFaces at every
-// level, the ratio shown is exactly thick/thin, and the gap to φ shrinks as the level
-// climbs. Nothing is hand-placed on the ruler.
+// level, the stack lengths are in exact thick:thin proportion, and the gap to φ
+// shrinks as the level climbs.
//
// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); the slider scrubs the level (levels crossfade
// gradually). Theme colours are read live. Reduced motion mounts at t = 1, the
-// deepest level, the dot sitting on φ.
+// deepest level, the gold stack on the φ mark.
-const VB = 460; // the patch square
-const VB_H = 560; // plus the convergence ruler below
+const VB = 460;
+const VB_H = 448;
const MARGIN = 12;
const MIN_LEVEL = 1;
const MAX_LEVEL = 8;
-// The ruler. Ratios run 1.0 (low levels) up past φ; frame [0.95, 1.72] with φ inside.
-const R_MIN = 0.95;
-const R_MAX = 1.72;
-const AX0 = 52;
-const AX1 = VB - 46;
-const AXIS_Y = 506;
+// The patch, centred in the top region.
+const PATCH_CY = 138;
+const PATCH_H = 268;
+
+// The two stacks. Blue is the unit; gold runs blue * (thick/thin), reaching the φ
+// mark at blue * φ. As the ratio climbs to φ the gold stack grows out to that mark.
+const BAR_X0 = 80;
+const BLUE_LEN = 188;
+const GOLD_Y = 332;
+const BLUE_Y = 374;
+const MARK_H = 26;
+const MARK_W = 12;
+const PITCH = 15; // centre-to-centre spacing of the tile marks
function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
@@ -56,8 +63,8 @@ const smooth = (e0: number, e1: number, x: number): number => {
return u * u * (3 - 2 * u);
};
-// Draw one level's rhombi at a shared scale and a given opacity. No clear, so two
-// adjacent levels can be composited into a single crossfade frame.
+// Draw one level's rhombi at a shared scale and a given opacity, centred in the patch
+// region. No clear, so two adjacent levels can be composited into a crossfade frame.
function drawPatch(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
rhombi: readonly Rhombus[],
@@ -67,8 +74,8 @@ function drawPatch(
) {
if (alpha <= 0.01 || rhombi.length === 0) return;
const { thick, thin, ink } = colors;
- const s = (VB - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * half);
- const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [VB / 2 + p[0] * s, VB / 2 - p[1] * s];
+ const s = (PATCH_H - 2 * MARGIN) / (2 * half);
+ const toPx = (p: Pt): [number, number] => [VB / 2 + p[0] * s, PATCH_CY - p[1] * s];
const edge = Math.max(0.3, Math.min(1, 18 / Math.sqrt(rhombi.length)));
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
@@ -91,84 +98,102 @@ function drawPatch(
ctx.restore();
}
-const xForRatio = (r: number) =>
- AX0 + ((Math.max(R_MIN, Math.min(R_MAX, r)) - R_MIN) / (R_MAX - R_MIN)) * (AX1 - AX0);
+// A stack: a row of small rhombus marks from x0 to x1, clipped, so the stack reads as
+// a run of tiles. The number of marks tracks the length, so gold has phi times as many
+// as blue at the deepest levels.
+function drawStack(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ x0: number,
+ x1: number,
+ y: number,
+ color: string,
+ ink: string,
+) {
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.rect(x0 - 1, y - MARK_H / 2 - 1, x1 - x0 + 2, MARK_H + 2);
+ ctx.clip();
+ for (let cx = x0 + MARK_W / 2; cx - MARK_W / 2 < x1 - 0.5; cx += PITCH) {
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(cx - MARK_W / 2, y);
+ ctx.lineTo(cx, y - MARK_H / 2);
+ ctx.lineTo(cx + MARK_W / 2, y);
+ ctx.lineTo(cx, y + MARK_H / 2);
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fillStyle = color;
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+ }
+ ctx.restore();
+}
-// The convergence ruler: a line from 1 to ~1.72 with φ marked, one dot per level, the
-// current level lit. The dots march in on φ as the level climbs.
-function drawRuler(
+function label(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
- series: Counts[],
- shown: number,
- colors: Colors,
+ text: string,
+ x: number,
+ y: number,
+ ink: string,
+ alpha: number,
+ align: CanvasTextAlign,
+ size = 11,
) {
- const { thick, ink, paper } = colors;
ctx.save();
- ctx.font = "11px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace";
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+ ctx.font = `${size}px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, monospace`;
+ ctx.textAlign = align;
ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+ ctx.fillText(text, x, y);
+ ctx.restore();
+}
- // baseline
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.35;
+function drawStacks(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, counts: Counts, colors: Colors) {
+ const { thick, thin, ink } = colors;
+ const ratio = counts.ratio;
+ const eqX = BAR_X0 + BLUE_LEN; // where blue ends, and gold ends if the ratio were 1
+ const phiX = BAR_X0 + BLUE_LEN * PHI; // the golden-ratio mark
+ const goldX1 = BAR_X0 + BLUE_LEN * ratio;
+ const yTop = GOLD_Y - MARK_H / 2 - 14;
+ const yBot = BLUE_Y + MARK_H / 2 + 6;
+
+ // the "x1" reference (ratio of one) and the golden mark
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.25;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(AX0, AXIS_Y);
- ctx.lineTo(AX1, AXIS_Y);
+ ctx.moveTo(eqX, yTop);
+ ctx.lineTo(eqX, yBot);
ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+ label(ctx, "×1", eqX, yBot + 12, ink, 0.45, "center");
- // the φ mark
- const xphi = xForRatio(PHI);
+ ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.9;
ctx.strokeStyle = thick;
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+ ctx.setLineDash([5, 4]);
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(xphi, AXIS_Y - 34);
- ctx.lineTo(xphi, AXIS_Y + 8);
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.fillStyle = thick;
- ctx.textAlign = "center";
- ctx.fillText("φ = 1.618", xphi, AXIS_Y - 44);
-
- // faint trend line through the level dots
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.3;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1;
- ctx.beginPath();
- series.forEach((c, i) => {
- const x = xForRatio(c.ratio);
- if (i === 0) ctx.moveTo(x, AXIS_Y);
- else ctx.lineTo(x, AXIS_Y);
- });
+ ctx.moveTo(phiX, yTop - 6);
+ ctx.lineTo(phiX, yBot);
ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.setLineDash([]);
+ ctx.restore();
+ label(ctx, "× φ = 1.618", phiX, yTop - 14, thick, 0.95, "center");
- // a dot per level; the current level lit and labelled
- for (const c of series) {
- const x = xForRatio(c.ratio);
- const cur = c.level === shown;
- ctx.globalAlpha = cur ? 1 : 0.4;
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(x, AXIS_Y, cur ? 5 : 2.6, 0, Math.PI * 2);
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.fill();
- if (cur) {
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(x, AXIS_Y, 5, 0, Math.PI * 2);
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.4;
- ctx.strokeStyle = paper;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.9;
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.textAlign = "center";
- ctx.fillText(`level ${c.level}: ${c.ratio.toFixed(3)}`, x, AXIS_Y + 22);
- }
- }
+ // the two stacks
+ drawStack(ctx, BAR_X0, goldX1, GOLD_Y, thick, ink);
+ drawStack(ctx, BAR_X0, eqX, BLUE_Y, thin, ink);
- // end ticks
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
- ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.textAlign = "left";
- ctx.fillText("1.0", AX0 - 4, AXIS_Y + 22);
- ctx.restore();
+ // row labels and counts
+ label(ctx, "thick", BAR_X0 - 10, GOLD_Y, ink, 0.7, "right");
+ label(ctx, "thin", BAR_X0 - 10, BLUE_Y, ink, 0.7, "right");
+ label(ctx, counts.thick.toLocaleString(), goldX1 + 8, GOLD_Y, ink, 0.85, "left");
+ label(ctx, counts.thin.toLocaleString(), eqX + 8, BLUE_Y, ink, 0.85, "left");
}
export default function GoldenRatio() {
@@ -231,7 +256,7 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB, VB_H);
drawPatch(ctx, patches[lo], commonHalf, colors, 1 - fade);
drawPatch(ctx, patches[hi], commonHalf, colors, fade);
- drawRuler(ctx, series, shown, colors);
+ drawStacks(ctx, series[shown - 1], colors);
if (shown !== levelRef.current) {
levelRef.current = shown;
@@ -265,7 +290,7 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
style={{ width: "100%", height: "auto", aspectRatio: `${VB} / ${VB_H}` }}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label="A real Penrose patch from the substitution engine at the chosen deflation level, in gold thick and teal thin rhombi. Below it is a ruler marked with the golden ratio phi at 1.618, and a dot for each level placed at that level's ratio of thick to thin tiles. As the level climbs, the dots march in on phi: the count ratio of fat to thin rhombi converges to the golden ratio, the same ratio that set the tile angles."
+ aria-label="A real Penrose patch from the substitution engine at the chosen deflation level, in gold thick and teal thin rhombi. Below it, the count of thick tiles and thin tiles are laid out as two stacks of tile marks, gold and blue. The blue stack is the unit; the gold stack runs thick-to-thin times as long, reaching the golden-ratio mark at phi times the blue. As the level climbs the gold stack grows out to that mark: the ratio of fat to thin tiles is the golden ratio, about 1.618, the same ratio that set the tile angles."
/>
@@ -287,10 +312,10 @@ export default function GoldenRatio() {
- Count the fat tiles and the thin tiles, and divide. Off φ ≈ {PHI.toFixed(4)}{" "}
- by {gap.toFixed(4)} here. Deflate deeper
- and the ratio keeps closing on the golden ratio, the same φ that set the tile
- angles in the first place.
+ Count the fat tiles and the thin ones and stack them. The gold stack runs φ ≈{" "}
+ {PHI.toFixed(4)} times the blue, off by{" "}
+ {gap.toFixed(4)} here. Deflate deeper and
+ it lands on the golden ratio, the same φ that set the tile angles.
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 302a8db..5188d21 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
φ. You can do this forever in either direction.
- Count the fat tiles and the thin ones and divide. Below, a ruler marks
- φ, and each level's ratio is a dot on it. Step the level deeper and
- watch the dot march in on φ, the same golden ratio that set the angles
- in the first place.
+ Count the fat tiles and the thin ones and stack them up. Below, the gold
+ stack grows out to φ times the blue as you deflate, landing on the
+ golden-ratio mark. The count of fat to thin tiles is the golden ratio,
+ the same φ that set the angles in the first place.
From 7cb499e839ff9b46465c8b577c41f1ccb67d467b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:31:55 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 83/87] fix(penrose): golden bars solid; strip sketch animation
fixed + tied to tiles
GoldenRatio: the counter stacks are solid gold/blue bars now, not rows of
tile marks, for a cleaner read.
FibonacciStrip: the animation was doing two unrelated things on one slider
(sliding the strip AND building the plane), which read as broken. Fix the
strip at a representative offset so the slider means one thing: build the
plane out. Then tie the 1D chain to the 2D tiles with connector lines, a
gold line from a long interval to a fat tile and a blue line from a short
interval to a thin tile, appearing once the plane has built (an analogy:
both are cut-and-project quasicrystals with two prototiles, not a per-tile
map). Slider relabeled 'build'.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 85 +++++++++++++++----
src/app/x/penrose/_components/GoldenRatio.tsx | 36 +++-----
2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
index 44d8757..931afac 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ const VIEW_M = 7;
const VIEW_N = 5;
const S_EXT = 16; // half-length of the drawn line/strip in data units (overshoots view)
-// The strip slides over ~1.4 cell widths as t goes 0 -> 1, so several points cross.
-const OFFSET_SPAN = WINDOW_W * 1.4;
-const OFFSET0 = 0.05; // representative offset at t = 1 (near-centered, clean chain)
+// The strip is fixed at a representative offset; the slider now builds the plane out.
+const OFFSET0 = 0.05;
// The Penrose patch: the same cut-and-project, one stage up (5D -> 2D). The window is
// FIXED; the panel BUILDS the tiling outward from the centre as the slider advances,
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ function paint(
cells: Cell2D[],
) {
const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
- const offset = OFFSET0 + (t - 1) * OFFSET_SPAN; // t = 1 -> OFFSET0 (representative)
+ const offset = OFFSET0; // strip fixed; the slider builds the plane out
const gamma = offset - WINDOW_W / 2; // center the window on the line
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
@@ -134,15 +133,7 @@ function paint(
// Panel titles.
caption(ctx, "THE LATTICE, A LINE, A STRIP", TOP.x, 16, ink, 0.55, "left");
- caption(
- ctx,
- "slide the strip",
- VB_W - PAD,
- 16,
- ink,
- 0.5,
- "right",
- );
+ caption(ctx, "build the plane below ▸", VB_W - PAD, 16, ink, 0.5, "right");
const all = latticePoints(VIEW_M + 1, gamma).filter(
(p) => Math.abs(p.m) <= VIEW_M && Math.abs(p.n) <= VIEW_N,
@@ -353,9 +344,73 @@ function paint(
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
ctx.restore();
+
+ // --- Tie the 1D chain to the 2D tiles: the same two prototiles, one stage up -----
+ // The colours already pair them (long with gold/fat, short with blue/thin). A gold
+ // line links a long interval to a fat tile, a blue line a short interval to a thin
+ // tile, appearing once the plane has built out. This is the analogy made visible
+ // (both are cut-and-project quasicrystals with two prototiles), not a tile-by-tile
+ // map between the dimensions.
+ const tie = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (t - 0.55) / 0.4));
+ if (tie > 0.02 && accepted.length >= 3) {
+ const physMin = accepted[0].phys;
+ const physMax = accepted[accepted.length - 1].phys;
+ const cx0 = PAD + 8;
+ const cx1 = VB_W - PAD - 8;
+ const barX = (phys: number) =>
+ cx0 + ((phys - physMin) / (physMax - physMin)) * (cx1 - cx0);
+ const mid = (LONG + SHORT) / 2;
+ const center = (cx0 + cx1) / 2;
+ let longX: number | null = null;
+ let shortX: number | null = null;
+ let bestL = Infinity;
+ let bestS = Infinity;
+ for (let i = 1; i < accepted.length; i++) {
+ const gap = accepted[i].phys - accepted[i - 1].phys;
+ const segX = (barX(accepted[i - 1].phys) + barX(accepted[i].phys)) / 2;
+ const d = Math.abs(segX - center);
+ if (gap > mid) {
+ if (d < bestL) { bestL = d; longX = segX; }
+ } else if (d < bestS) { bestS = d; shortX = segX; }
+ }
+ const revealR = t * REVEAL_MAX;
+ let fat: V2 | null = null;
+ let thn: V2 | null = null;
+ let bestFat = Infinity;
+ let bestThin = Infinity;
+ for (const { f, r } of cells) {
+ if (r >= revealR) continue;
+ if (f.type === "thick") {
+ if (r < bestFat) { bestFat = r; fat = [f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]]; }
+ } else if (r < bestThin) { bestThin = r; thn = [f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]]; }
+ }
+ const tieLine = (segX: number | null, tile: V2 | null, color: string) => {
+ if (segX == null || tile == null) return;
+ const [tx, ty] = penToPx(tile);
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = tie * 0.8;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = color;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.6;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(segX, CHAIN_Y + CHAIN_H / 2 + 3);
+ ctx.lineTo(tx, ty);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.fillStyle = color;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(segX, CHAIN_Y + CHAIN_H / 2 + 3, 2.6, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(tx, ty, 3, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.restore();
+ };
+ tieLine(longX, fat, thick);
+ tieLine(shortX, thn, thin);
+ }
+
caption(
ctx,
- "the plane is computed outward, tile by tile, never backtracking",
+ "the plane is computed outward, tile by tile; the two lengths become the two tiles",
VB_W / 2,
PEN.y + PEN.h + 18,
ink,
@@ -433,7 +488,7 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
return (
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:45:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 84/87] fix(penrose): strip sketch animates the whole build;
lighter render
The grid and strip were static (only the 2D plane built), so play looked
like it did nothing then jumped to the end. Now the slider builds the
WHOLE construction outward from the centre in step: lattice points, their
drop-lines, and the chain reveal along the line (a wavefront keyed to
physical position) at the same time the 2D plane builds out. Also dropped
the dpr cap from 3 to 2 on this large canvas to cut per-frame cost.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 42 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
index 931afac..fc8ea16 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ function paint(
.filter((p) => p.accepted)
.sort((a, b) => a.phys - b.phys);
+ // The 1D build wavefront: reveal points (and their drops and chain) outward along
+ // the line as t advances, in step with the plane building out below.
+ const maxAbsPhys = accepted.reduce((m, p) => Math.max(m, Math.abs(p.phys)), 1);
+ const revealPhys = t * (maxAbsPhys + 0.6);
+ const revealAlpha = (phys: number) =>
+ Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (revealPhys - Math.abs(phys)) / 0.6));
+
// --- 2D lattice panel, clipped to its box ---------------------------------
ctx.save();
ctx.beginPath();
@@ -185,20 +192,24 @@ function paint(
ctx.stroke();
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
- // Rejected lattice points: faint dots. Accepted handled below so they sit on top.
+ // Rejected lattice points: faint dots, revealed outward by the wavefront.
for (const p of all) {
if (p.accepted) continue;
+ const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const [px, py] = fitD([p.m, p.n]);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(px, py, 2, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.22 * ap;
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
- // Accepted points: drop a perpendicular onto the line, then mark the point.
+ // Accepted points, revealed outward: drop a perpendicular onto the line, then mark.
for (const p of accepted) {
+ const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const foot = scale(physical(p.m, p.n), D);
const [pxx, pyy] = fitD([p.m, p.n]);
const [fxx, fyy] = fitD(foot);
@@ -207,12 +218,15 @@ function paint(
ctx.lineTo(fxx, fyy);
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.4;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.4 * ap;
ctx.stroke();
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
for (const p of accepted) {
+ const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const [px, py] = fitD([p.m, p.n]);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = ap;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(px, py, 3.4, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
@@ -223,6 +237,7 @@ function paint(
ctx.strokeStyle = paper;
ctx.stroke();
}
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
ctx.restore(); // end clip
@@ -237,8 +252,10 @@ function paint(
const mid = (LONG + SHORT) / 2;
// Faint connectors that "unroll" the tilted line into the flat chain: each
- // accepted point's foot drops to its place on the bar.
+ // revealed point's foot drops to its place on the bar.
for (const p of accepted) {
+ const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const foot = scale(physical(p.m, p.n), D);
const [, fy] = fitD(foot);
const bx = barX(p.phys);
@@ -247,13 +264,16 @@ function paint(
ctx.lineTo(bx, CHAIN_Y - CHAIN_H / 2 - 2);
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.12;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.12 * ap;
ctx.stroke();
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
- // The chain: a long/short bar per gap, colored like the two tiles.
+ // The chain: a long/short bar per gap, colored like the two tiles. A gap shows
+ // once both its endpoints have been revealed, so the chain builds out too.
for (let i = 1; i < accepted.length; i++) {
+ if (Math.abs(accepted[i - 1].phys) > revealPhys) continue;
+ if (Math.abs(accepted[i].phys) > revealPhys) continue;
const gap = accepted[i].phys - accepted[i - 1].phys;
const isLong = gap > mid;
const xa = barX(accepted[i - 1].phys);
@@ -261,15 +281,17 @@ function paint(
ctx.fillStyle = isLong ? thick : thin;
ctx.fillRect(xa, CHAIN_Y - CHAIN_H / 2, xb - xa - 1.5, CHAIN_H);
}
- // Ticks at each projected point.
+ // Ticks at each revealed point.
for (const p of accepted) {
+ const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const bx = barX(p.phys);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(bx, CHAIN_Y - CHAIN_H / 2 - 3);
ctx.lineTo(bx, CHAIN_Y + CHAIN_H / 2 + 3);
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5 * ap;
ctx.stroke();
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
@@ -454,7 +476,7 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
if (!canvas) return;
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
if (!ctx) return;
- const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+ const dpr = Math.max(1, Math.min(2, window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
if (dpr !== dprRef.current) {
dprRef.current = dpr;
canvas.width = VB_W * dpr;
From 0df3bb2ec1c4bb4e377c17f04e33d7352f6c2c69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:47:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 85/87] fix(penrose): even build pace in strip sketch (sqrt
wavefront)
The tile count grows with the wavefront radius squared, so a linear
radius dumped most of the build into the last moment, reading as 'nothing
then jump to the end.' Drive both the 1D and 2D wavefronts by sqrt(t) so
the count grows evenly across the slider and the build reads as a steady
fill.
---
src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
index fc8ea16..a2bf33a 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
@@ -142,10 +142,13 @@ function paint(
.filter((p) => p.accepted)
.sort((a, b) => a.phys - b.phys);
- // The 1D build wavefront: reveal points (and their drops and chain) outward along
- // the line as t advances, in step with the plane building out below.
+ // The build wavefront. sqrt(t) so the count grows evenly (the area, and so the tile
+ // count, scales with the radius squared; a linear radius would dump most of it at
+ // the end and read as a jump). The same fraction drives the plane below, so the 1D
+ // and 2D wavefronts reach out together.
+ const wf = Math.sqrt(Math.max(0, t));
const maxAbsPhys = accepted.reduce((m, p) => Math.max(m, Math.abs(p.phys)), 1);
- const revealPhys = t * (maxAbsPhys + 0.6);
+ const revealPhys = wf * (maxAbsPhys + 0.6);
const revealAlpha = (phys: number) =>
Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (revealPhys - Math.abs(phys)) / 0.6));
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@ function paint(
0.55,
"left",
);
- const revealR = t * REVEAL_MAX;
+ const revealR = wf * REVEAL_MAX;
ctx.save();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(PEN.x, PEN.y, PEN.w, PEN.h);
@@ -395,7 +398,7 @@ function paint(
if (d < bestL) { bestL = d; longX = segX; }
} else if (d < bestS) { bestS = d; shortX = segX; }
}
- const revealR = t * REVEAL_MAX;
+ const revealR = wf * REVEAL_MAX;
let fat: V2 | null = null;
let thn: V2 | null = null;
let bestFat = Infinity;
From 498e0f5029dbf59269d06f3b216cd848c6656d98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:42:05 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 86/87] feat(penrose): strip sketch is a directional scan with
a tracking pointer
The reveal was symmetric from the centre, so nothing swept along the
diagonal and the pointer was two static lines. Rebuild it as a scan: a
bright scan line sweeps ALONG the strip from one end to the other (the
strip traverses the grid), the lattice points it crosses drop onto the
line and grow the chain in sweep order, and the 2D Penrose fills in the
same swept direction. A single pointer tracks from the scan's current
point on the line to the tile filling in at that moment, advancing as the
scan progresses. Scan and pointer fade out at t=1 for a clean finished
frame. Prose aligned.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 317 +++++++++---------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 7 +-
2 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 167 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
index a2bf33a..c32fc0e 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
@@ -11,33 +11,33 @@ import {
physical,
SHORT,
WINDOW_W,
- type LatPt,
} from "./lib/fibonacci";
import { facesInViewport, GAMMA } from "../explore/lib/pentagrid";
import type { RenderFace } from "../explore/lib/patch";
-// "Cut and project, where you can see it": the spine's section-6 lead-in. Before
-// the honest-but-abstract Z^5 panel (CutAndProject), show the same construction one
-// dimension lower, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a line at the golden
-// slope, and a strip (the window) around it. Lattice points inside the strip drop
-// onto the line and make the Fibonacci chain: long and short intervals, ratio phi,
-// never repeating. Here "cut" IS the strip and "project" IS the drop-line, both on
-// screen. Slide the strip and points enter and leave; the chain reshuffles but
-// keeps the same two lengths.
+// "Cut and project, where you can see it": the spine's section-6 lead-in. The same
+// construction one dimension lower, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a line at
+// the golden slope, and a strip (the window) around it. A scan sweeps ALONG the line:
+// the points it crosses inside the strip drop onto the line and grow the Fibonacci
+// chain, long and short intervals, ratio phi, never repeating. Below, the real 2D
+// Penrose tiling, the same cut and project one stage up (5D -> 2D), builds in the same
+// sweep, and a pointer tracks from the scan's point on the line to the tile filling in
+// at that moment. Cut is the strip, project is the drop, and the same method one stage
+// up gives the tiles on the grid.
//
// Bound to fibonacci.ts (and fibonacci.test.ts): every accepted point and every
-// long/short gap is computed, not drawn by hand. Two long/short lengths in ratio
-// phi foreshadow the two Penrose tiles, so the chain is colored thick/thin.
+// long/short gap is computed, not drawn by hand. The Penrose patch is real enumerator
+// output (facesInViewport). The pointer is an analogy in step (both quasicrystals have
+// two prototiles, built by the same window test), not a tile-by-tile map across the
+// dimensions.
//
-// Canvas, like the other animated sketches: the harness drives render(t); t slides
-// the strip offset. Theme colors are read live so it inverts with the toggle, and
-// the reduced-motion end state is a clean centered strip with its chain.
+// Canvas: the harness drives render(t); t is the scan position. Theme colours are read
+// live. Reduced motion mounts at t = 1, the finished frame (scan and pointer gone).
const VB_W = 720;
const VB_H = 712;
const PAD = 30;
-// The 2D lattice panel, the 1D chain bar, and the real Penrose patch below them.
const TOP = { x: PAD, y: 26, w: VB_W - 2 * PAD, h: 214 };
const CHAIN_Y = 288;
const CHAIN_H = 16;
@@ -47,14 +47,9 @@ const PEN = { x: PAD, y: 350, w: VB_W - 2 * PAD, h: 330 };
const VIEW_M = 7;
const VIEW_N = 5;
const S_EXT = 16; // half-length of the drawn line/strip in data units (overshoots view)
+const OFFSET0 = 0.05; // the fixed window offset (centres the strip on the line)
-// The strip is fixed at a representative offset; the slider now builds the plane out.
-const OFFSET0 = 0.05;
-
-// The Penrose patch: the same cut-and-project, one stage up (5D -> 2D). The window is
-// FIXED; the panel BUILDS the tiling outward from the centre as the slider advances,
-// each tile computed from its own coordinate, never backtracking. A growing wavefront
-// reveals tiles by physical radius.
+// The Penrose patch: the same cut and project, one stage up.
const PEN_PX = 8.5; // physical half-width shown
const PEN_PY = (PEN_PX * PEN.h) / PEN.w; // matched to the panel aspect
const PEN_SCALE = Math.min(PEN.w / (2 * PEN_PX), PEN.h / (2 * PEN_PY));
@@ -64,28 +59,20 @@ const PEN_VIEW = {
minY: -PEN_PY - 0.8,
maxY: PEN_PY + 0.8,
};
-const REVEAL_MAX = 10.2; // the build wavefront reaches this physical radius at t = 1
-const REVEAL_BAND = 1.4; // soft width of the wavefront, in physical units
-const penToPx = ([x, y]: V2): [number, number] => [
- PEN.x + PEN.w / 2 + x * PEN_SCALE,
- PEN.y + PEN.h / 2 - y * PEN_SCALE,
-];
-
-type Cell2D = { f: RenderFace; r: number };
-
-function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
- if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
- const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
- .getPropertyValue(name)
- .trim();
- return v || fallback;
-}
-
-type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
type V2 = readonly [number, number];
const add = (a: V2, b: V2): V2 => [a[0] + b[0], a[1] + b[1]];
const scale = (k: number, v: V2): V2 => [k * v[0], k * v[1]];
+const clamp01 = (x: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min(1, x));
+
+// A tile plus its projection onto the line direction, so the plane can be swept in the
+// same direction as the line scan above it.
+type Cell2D = { f: RenderFace; proj: number };
+
+const penToPx = ([x, y]: V2): [number, number] => [
+ PEN.x + PEN.w / 2 + x * PEN_SCALE,
+ PEN.y + PEN.h / 2 - y * PEN_SCALE,
+];
// Data (m,n) plane -> pixels, equal scale so the lattice stays square, y flipped.
const SCALE = Math.min(TOP.w / (2 * VIEW_M), TOP.h / (2 * VIEW_N));
@@ -97,6 +84,14 @@ const fitD = ([x, y]: V2): [number, number] => [
// A point on the line internal = k, at parameter s along the line direction D.
const onLine = (k: number, s: number): V2 => add(scale(k, DPERP), scale(s, D));
+function readVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
+ if (typeof document === "undefined") return fallback;
+ const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim();
+ return v || fallback;
+}
+
+type Colors = { thick: string; thin: string; paper: string; ink: string };
+
function caption(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
text: string,
@@ -106,6 +101,7 @@ function caption(
alpha: number,
align: CanvasTextAlign = "center",
) {
+ if (alpha <= 0.001) return;
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
@@ -117,6 +113,27 @@ function caption(
ctx.restore();
}
+function arrowHead(
+ ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+ from: [number, number],
+ to: [number, number],
+ color: string,
+ alpha: number,
+) {
+ const ang = Math.atan2(to[1] - from[1], to[0] - from[0]);
+ const len = 9;
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = alpha;
+ ctx.fillStyle = color;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(to[0], to[1]);
+ ctx.lineTo(to[0] - len * Math.cos(ang - 0.4), to[1] - len * Math.sin(ang - 0.4));
+ ctx.lineTo(to[0] - len * Math.cos(ang + 0.4), to[1] - len * Math.sin(ang + 0.4));
+ ctx.closePath();
+ ctx.fill();
+ ctx.restore();
+}
+
function paint(
ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
t: number,
@@ -124,16 +141,14 @@ function paint(
cells: Cell2D[],
) {
const { thick, thin, paper, ink } = colors;
- const offset = OFFSET0; // strip fixed; the slider builds the plane out
- const gamma = offset - WINDOW_W / 2; // center the window on the line
+ const gamma = OFFSET0 - WINDOW_W / 2; // centre the window on the line
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
ctx.fillStyle = paper;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, VB_W, VB_H);
- // Panel titles.
caption(ctx, "THE LATTICE, A LINE, A STRIP", TOP.x, 16, ink, 0.55, "left");
- caption(ctx, "build the plane below ▸", VB_W - PAD, 16, ink, 0.5, "right");
+ caption(ctx, "scan the strip across the grid ▸", VB_W - PAD, 16, ink, 0.5, "right");
const all = latticePoints(VIEW_M + 1, gamma).filter(
(p) => Math.abs(p.m) <= VIEW_M && Math.abs(p.n) <= VIEW_N,
@@ -141,24 +156,38 @@ function paint(
const accepted = all
.filter((p) => p.accepted)
.sort((a, b) => a.phys - b.phys);
+ const physMin = accepted.length ? accepted[0].phys : -1;
+ const physMax = accepted.length ? accepted[accepted.length - 1].phys : 1;
+
+ // The scan: a position that sweeps ALONG the line, from one end of the view to the
+ // other, as t goes 0 -> 1. Points are revealed as the scan crosses them (directional,
+ // not from the centre), so the strip genuinely traverses the grid.
+ const SW0 = physMin - 1;
+ const SW1 = physMax + 1;
+ const sweep = SW0 + t * (SW1 - SW0);
+ const BAND = 0.7;
+ const reveal1 = (phys: number) => clamp01((sweep - phys) / BAND);
+ // The scan head and the pointer fade out at the very end for a clean finished frame.
+ const scanFade = 1 - clamp01((t - 0.92) / 0.08);
+
+ // The plane is swept in the same direction (projection onto D), so the two build in
+ // step and the pointer connects their two fronts.
+ let projMin = Infinity;
+ let projMax = -Infinity;
+ for (const c of cells) {
+ if (c.proj < projMin) projMin = c.proj;
+ if (c.proj > projMax) projMax = c.proj;
+ }
+ const sweep2 = projMin - 1 + t * (projMax - projMin + 2);
+ const reveal2 = (proj: number) => clamp01((sweep2 - proj) / 0.9);
- // The build wavefront. sqrt(t) so the count grows evenly (the area, and so the tile
- // count, scales with the radius squared; a linear radius would dump most of it at
- // the end and read as a jump). The same fraction drives the plane below, so the 1D
- // and 2D wavefronts reach out together.
- const wf = Math.sqrt(Math.max(0, t));
- const maxAbsPhys = accepted.reduce((m, p) => Math.max(m, Math.abs(p.phys)), 1);
- const revealPhys = wf * (maxAbsPhys + 0.6);
- const revealAlpha = (phys: number) =>
- Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (revealPhys - Math.abs(phys)) / 0.6));
-
- // --- 2D lattice panel, clipped to its box ---------------------------------
+ // --- top lattice panel, clipped --------------------------------------------
ctx.save();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(TOP.x, TOP.y, TOP.w, TOP.h);
ctx.clip();
- // The strip (the window): a band of one-cell width along the line.
+ // The strip (the window) and the line, the fixed apparatus the scan runs along.
const strip: V2[] = [
onLine(gamma, -S_EXT),
onLine(gamma, S_EXT),
@@ -175,7 +204,7 @@ function paint(
ctx.fillStyle = ink;
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.08;
ctx.fill();
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.32;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.3;
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.setLineDash([4, 4]);
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
@@ -183,7 +212,6 @@ function paint(
ctx.setLineDash([]);
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
- // The line E-parallel (internal = 0), through the origin at the golden slope.
const [l0x, l0y] = fitD(onLine(0, -S_EXT));
const [l1x, l1y] = fitD(onLine(0, S_EXT));
ctx.beginPath();
@@ -195,10 +223,10 @@ function paint(
ctx.stroke();
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
- // Rejected lattice points: faint dots, revealed outward by the wavefront.
+ // Lattice points the scan has crossed: rejected faint, accepted dropped onto the line.
for (const p of all) {
if (p.accepted) continue;
- const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ const ap = reveal1(p.phys);
if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const [px, py] = fitD([p.m, p.n]);
ctx.beginPath();
@@ -208,10 +236,8 @@ function paint(
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
-
- // Accepted points, revealed outward: drop a perpendicular onto the line, then mark.
for (const p of accepted) {
- const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ const ap = reveal1(p.phys);
if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const foot = scale(physical(p.m, p.n), D);
const [pxx, pyy] = fitD([p.m, p.n]);
@@ -226,7 +252,7 @@ function paint(
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
for (const p of accepted) {
- const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ const ap = reveal1(p.phys);
if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const [px, py] = fitD([p.m, p.n]);
ctx.globalAlpha = ap;
@@ -242,22 +268,36 @@ function paint(
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+ // The scan head: a bright line perpendicular to the strip at the sweep position,
+ // travelling along the diagonal.
+ if (scanFade > 0.01 && sweep > SW0 && sweep < SW1) {
+ const a = add(scale(sweep, D), scale(gamma - 0.5, DPERP));
+ const b = add(scale(sweep, D), scale(gamma + WINDOW_W + 0.5, DPERP));
+ const [ax, ay] = fitD(a);
+ const [bx, by] = fitD(b);
+ ctx.save();
+ ctx.globalAlpha = scanFade;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 2.2;
+ ctx.lineCap = "round";
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.moveTo(ax, ay);
+ ctx.lineTo(bx, by);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.restore();
+ }
+
ctx.restore(); // end clip
- // --- The 1D chain bar -----------------------------------------------------
+ // --- the 1D chain bar ------------------------------------------------------
+ const x0 = PAD + 8;
+ const x1 = VB_W - PAD - 8;
+ const barX = (phys: number) =>
+ x0 + ((phys - physMin) / (physMax - physMin || 1)) * (x1 - x0);
if (accepted.length >= 2) {
- const physMin = accepted[0].phys;
- const physMax = accepted[accepted.length - 1].phys;
- const x0 = PAD + 8;
- const x1 = VB_W - PAD - 8;
- const barX = (phys: number) =>
- x0 + ((phys - physMin) / (physMax - physMin)) * (x1 - x0);
const mid = (LONG + SHORT) / 2;
-
- // Faint connectors that "unroll" the tilted line into the flat chain: each
- // revealed point's foot drops to its place on the bar.
for (const p of accepted) {
- const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ const ap = reveal1(p.phys);
if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const foot = scale(physical(p.m, p.n), D);
const [, fy] = fitD(foot);
@@ -271,12 +311,8 @@ function paint(
ctx.stroke();
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
-
- // The chain: a long/short bar per gap, colored like the two tiles. A gap shows
- // once both its endpoints have been revealed, so the chain builds out too.
for (let i = 1; i < accepted.length; i++) {
- if (Math.abs(accepted[i - 1].phys) > revealPhys) continue;
- if (Math.abs(accepted[i].phys) > revealPhys) continue;
+ if (accepted[i].phys > sweep) continue; // a gap shows once the scan has passed it
const gap = accepted[i].phys - accepted[i - 1].phys;
const isLong = gap > mid;
const xa = barX(accepted[i - 1].phys);
@@ -284,9 +320,8 @@ function paint(
ctx.fillStyle = isLong ? thick : thin;
ctx.fillRect(xa, CHAIN_Y - CHAIN_H / 2, xb - xa - 1.5, CHAIN_H);
}
- // Ticks at each revealed point.
for (const p of accepted) {
- const ap = revealAlpha(p.phys);
+ const ap = reveal1(p.phys);
if (ap <= 0.01) continue;
const bx = barX(p.phys);
ctx.beginPath();
@@ -298,7 +333,6 @@ function paint(
ctx.stroke();
}
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
-
caption(
ctx,
"the chain on the line: long and short, ratio φ, never repeating",
@@ -311,34 +345,30 @@ function paint(
caption(
ctx,
- "points inside the strip drop onto the line",
+ "points inside the strip drop onto the line as the scan passes",
VB_W / 2,
TOP.y + TOP.h + 16,
ink,
0.7,
);
- // --- The real Penrose tiling, BUILT OUT one stage up ----------------------
- // The window is fixed; the plane is computed outward from the centre, each tile
- // decided by its own coordinate, never backtracking. A wavefront reveals tiles by
- // physical radius as the slider advances, so the tileset is built, not mutated.
+ // --- the real Penrose tiling, the same method one stage up, swept in step --------
caption(
ctx,
- "THE SAME METHOD, ONE STAGE UP · 5D → 2D · REAL PENROSE TILES, BUILT OUTWARD",
+ "THE SAME METHOD, ONE STAGE UP · 5D → 2D · REAL PENROSE TILES",
PEN.x,
PEN.y - 14,
ink,
0.55,
"left",
);
- const revealR = wf * REVEAL_MAX;
ctx.save();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(PEN.x, PEN.y, PEN.w, PEN.h);
ctx.clip();
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- for (const { f, r } of cells) {
- const appear = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (revealR - r) / REVEAL_BAND));
+ for (const { f, proj } of cells) {
+ const appear = reveal2(proj);
if (appear <= 0.01) continue;
ctx.beginPath();
f.corners.forEach((c, i) => {
@@ -355,87 +385,48 @@ function paint(
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.stroke();
}
- // The build wavefront: a faint ring at the current reach.
- if (revealR < REVEAL_MAX - 0.2) {
- const [ox, oy] = penToPx([0, 0]);
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(ox, oy, revealR * PEN_SCALE, 0, Math.PI * 2);
- ctx.globalAlpha = 0.25;
- ctx.setLineDash([4, 5]);
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.2;
- ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
- ctx.stroke();
- ctx.setLineDash([]);
- }
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
ctx.restore();
- // --- Tie the 1D chain to the 2D tiles: the same two prototiles, one stage up -----
- // The colours already pair them (long with gold/fat, short with blue/thin). A gold
- // line links a long interval to a fat tile, a blue line a short interval to a thin
- // tile, appearing once the plane has built out. This is the analogy made visible
- // (both are cut-and-project quasicrystals with two prototiles), not a tile-by-tile
- // map between the dimensions.
- const tie = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (t - 0.55) / 0.4));
- if (tie > 0.02 && accepted.length >= 3) {
- const physMin = accepted[0].phys;
- const physMax = accepted[accepted.length - 1].phys;
- const cx0 = PAD + 8;
- const cx1 = VB_W - PAD - 8;
- const barX = (phys: number) =>
- cx0 + ((phys - physMin) / (physMax - physMin)) * (cx1 - cx0);
- const mid = (LONG + SHORT) / 2;
- const center = (cx0 + cx1) / 2;
- let longX: number | null = null;
- let shortX: number | null = null;
- let bestL = Infinity;
- let bestS = Infinity;
- for (let i = 1; i < accepted.length; i++) {
- const gap = accepted[i].phys - accepted[i - 1].phys;
- const segX = (barX(accepted[i - 1].phys) + barX(accepted[i].phys)) / 2;
- const d = Math.abs(segX - center);
- if (gap > mid) {
- if (d < bestL) { bestL = d; longX = segX; }
- } else if (d < bestS) { bestS = d; shortX = segX; }
+ // --- the pointer: from the scan's point on the line to the tile filling in now ----
+ if (scanFade > 0.02 && accepted.length >= 2) {
+ let frontier: (typeof accepted)[number] | null = null;
+ for (const p of accepted) {
+ if (p.phys <= sweep) frontier = p; // sorted ascending, so the last one passed
}
- const revealR = wf * REVEAL_MAX;
- let fat: V2 | null = null;
- let thn: V2 | null = null;
- let bestFat = Infinity;
- let bestThin = Infinity;
- for (const { f, r } of cells) {
- if (r >= revealR) continue;
- if (f.type === "thick") {
- if (r < bestFat) { bestFat = r; fat = [f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]]; }
- } else if (r < bestThin) { bestThin = r; thn = [f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]]; }
+ let ftile: RenderFace | null = null;
+ let fbest = -Infinity;
+ for (const { f, proj } of cells) {
+ if (proj <= sweep2 && proj > fbest) {
+ fbest = proj;
+ ftile = f;
+ }
}
- const tieLine = (segX: number | null, tile: V2 | null, color: string) => {
- if (segX == null || tile == null) return;
- const [tx, ty] = penToPx(tile);
+ if (frontier && ftile) {
+ const fromX = barX(frontier.phys);
+ const fromY = CHAIN_Y + CHAIN_H / 2 + 4;
+ const to = penToPx(ftile.centroid);
+ const color = ftile.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
ctx.save();
- ctx.globalAlpha = tie * 0.8;
+ ctx.globalAlpha = scanFade * 0.85;
ctx.strokeStyle = color;
- ctx.lineWidth = 1.6;
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.8;
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(segX, CHAIN_Y + CHAIN_H / 2 + 3);
- ctx.lineTo(tx, ty);
+ ctx.moveTo(fromX, fromY);
+ ctx.lineTo(to[0], to[1]);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(segX, CHAIN_Y + CHAIN_H / 2 + 3, 2.6, 0, Math.PI * 2);
- ctx.fill();
- ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(tx, ty, 3, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.arc(fromX, fromY, 2.8, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fill();
ctx.restore();
- };
- tieLine(longX, fat, thick);
- tieLine(shortX, thn, thin);
+ arrowHead(ctx, [fromX, fromY], to, color, scanFade * 0.9);
+ }
}
caption(
ctx,
- "the plane is computed outward, tile by tile; the two lengths become the two tiles",
+ "as the scan crosses the grid, the line and the plane fill in step",
VB_W / 2,
PEN.y + PEN.h + 18,
ink,
@@ -453,13 +444,13 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- // Precompute the fixed Penrose patch once, each tile tagged with its physical radius
- // so the build wavefront can reveal them outward without re-enumerating.
+ // Precompute the fixed Penrose patch once, each tile tagged with its projection onto
+ // the line direction so the plane can be swept in step with the scan.
const cells = useMemo(
() =>
facesInViewport(PEN_VIEW, GAMMA).map((f) => ({
f,
- r: Math.hypot(f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]),
+ proj: f.centroid[0] * D[0] + f.centroid[1] * D[1],
})),
[],
);
@@ -504,16 +495,14 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
return () => observer.disconnect();
}, [refreshColors, render]);
- // A quietly informative caption for screen readers describing the static state.
const accepted = latticePoints(VIEW_M + 1, OFFSET0 - WINDOW_W / 2).filter(
- (p: LatPt) =>
- p.accepted && Math.abs(p.m) <= VIEW_M && Math.abs(p.n) <= VIEW_N,
+ (p) => p.accepted && Math.abs(p.m) <= VIEW_M && Math.abs(p.n) <= VIEW_N,
).length;
return (
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index 5188d21..dec1fcb 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -213,9 +213,10 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
ℤ⁵, five dimensions. The line becomes our plane, and the strip becomes
a window shaped like nested pentagons. A tile exists exactly when its
5D shadow lands in that window, a test you run on one point alone, with
- no backtracking. So the plane is built outward, tile by tile,
- each one decided on its own. It is computed, never assembled,
- so it can never dead-end. This is what the explorer runs.
+ no backtracking. Each tile is decided on its own, so the plane is{" "}
+ computed, never assembled, and it can never dead-end. Scan the
+ strip across the grid below and the line and the plane fill in step. This
+ is what the explorer runs.
From 3a3a09f3ef79929f06211f3f82221daf9a052f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Toups
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:55:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 87/87] =?UTF-8?q?fix(penrose):=20strip=20sketch=20clearer?=
=?UTF-8?q?=20=E2=80=94=20radial=20plane=20build,=20color-matched=20pointe?=
=?UTF-8?q?r?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Two confusions from the synced diagonal sweep, both rooted in pretending
the 1D and 2D are spatially linked (they are different lattices with very
different tile densities):
- The plane now builds OUTWARD from the centre (radial, with a visible
wavefront ring) instead of a diagonal sweep, so where the tiles come
from is clear: the centre, growing out.
- The pointer is colour-matched: it leaves the interval the scan just
crossed coloured by THAT interval (long gold, short blue) and points to
a central tile of the same kind, labelled long->fat / short->thin. No
more blue arrow leaving a gold interval. Framed as the prototile
correspondence, not a coordinate map. Prose/aria aligned.
---
.../x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx | 105 +++++++++++-------
src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx | 4 +-
2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
index c32fc0e..5451fa6 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/_components/FibonacciStrip.tsx
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ const add = (a: V2, b: V2): V2 => [a[0] + b[0], a[1] + b[1]];
const scale = (k: number, v: V2): V2 => [k * v[0], k * v[1]];
const clamp01 = (x: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min(1, x));
-// A tile plus its projection onto the line direction, so the plane can be swept in the
-// same direction as the line scan above it.
-type Cell2D = { f: RenderFace; proj: number };
+// A tile plus its physical radius, so the plane can be computed outward from the
+// centre (each tile from its own coordinate) as the scan runs above it.
+type Cell2D = { f: RenderFace; r: number };
const penToPx = ([x, y]: V2): [number, number] => [
PEN.x + PEN.w / 2 + x * PEN_SCALE,
@@ -170,16 +170,13 @@ function paint(
// The scan head and the pointer fade out at the very end for a clean finished frame.
const scanFade = 1 - clamp01((t - 0.92) / 0.08);
- // The plane is swept in the same direction (projection onto D), so the two build in
- // step and the pointer connects their two fronts.
- let projMin = Infinity;
- let projMax = -Infinity;
- for (const c of cells) {
- if (c.proj < projMin) projMin = c.proj;
- if (c.proj > projMax) projMax = c.proj;
- }
- const sweep2 = projMin - 1 + t * (projMax - projMin + 2);
- const reveal2 = (proj: number) => clamp01((sweep2 - proj) / 0.9);
+ // The plane is computed OUTWARD from the origin, each tile from its own coordinate,
+ // so where the tiles come from is clear: the centre, growing out. sqrt(t) so the
+ // count (area ~ radius squared) grows evenly across the slider.
+ let maxR = 0;
+ for (const c of cells) if (c.r > maxR) maxR = c.r;
+ const revealR = Math.sqrt(Math.max(0, t)) * (maxR + 1);
+ const reveal2 = (r: number) => clamp01((revealR - r) / 1.2);
// --- top lattice panel, clipped --------------------------------------------
ctx.save();
@@ -367,8 +364,8 @@ function paint(
ctx.rect(PEN.x, PEN.y, PEN.w, PEN.h);
ctx.clip();
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
- for (const { f, proj } of cells) {
- const appear = reveal2(proj);
+ for (const { f, r } of cells) {
+ const appear = reveal2(r);
if (appear <= 0.01) continue;
ctx.beginPath();
f.corners.forEach((c, i) => {
@@ -385,48 +382,80 @@ function paint(
ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
ctx.stroke();
}
+ // The build wavefront: a faint ring at the current reach, so the tiles read as
+ // appearing from the centre outward.
+ if (scanFade > 0.01 && revealR < maxR + 0.5) {
+ const [ox, oy] = penToPx([0, 0]);
+ ctx.globalAlpha = 0.3 * scanFade;
+ ctx.setLineDash([4, 5]);
+ ctx.lineWidth = 1.2;
+ ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+ ctx.beginPath();
+ ctx.arc(ox, oy, revealR * PEN_SCALE, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.stroke();
+ ctx.setLineDash([]);
+ }
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
ctx.restore();
- // --- the pointer: from the scan's point on the line to the tile filling in now ----
+ // --- the pointer: this interval on the line points to a tile of its kind ----------
+ // The two lengths correspond to the two tiles: a long interval to a fat (gold) tile,
+ // a short interval to a thin (blue) tile. The pointer leaves the interval the scan
+ // just crossed, coloured to match, and points to a central tile of that kind. This is
+ // the prototile correspondence, not a coordinate map (1D and 2D are different lattices).
if (scanFade > 0.02 && accepted.length >= 2) {
- let frontier: (typeof accepted)[number] | null = null;
- for (const p of accepted) {
- if (p.phys <= sweep) frontier = p; // sorted ascending, so the last one passed
+ let fatC: V2 | null = null;
+ let thinC: V2 | null = null;
+ let fatR = Infinity;
+ let thinR = Infinity;
+ for (const { f, r } of cells) {
+ if (r > revealR) continue;
+ if (f.type === "thick") {
+ if (r < fatR) { fatR = r; fatC = [f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]]; }
+ } else if (r < thinR) { thinR = r; thinC = [f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]]; }
}
- let ftile: RenderFace | null = null;
- let fbest = -Infinity;
- for (const { f, proj } of cells) {
- if (proj <= sweep2 && proj > fbest) {
- fbest = proj;
- ftile = f;
- }
+ const mid = (LONG + SHORT) / 2;
+ let segMid: number | null = null;
+ let segLong = false;
+ for (let i = 1; i < accepted.length; i++) {
+ if (accepted[i].phys > sweep) break; // the most recent interval the scan crossed
+ segMid = (barX(accepted[i - 1].phys) + barX(accepted[i].phys)) / 2;
+ segLong = accepted[i].phys - accepted[i - 1].phys > mid;
}
- if (frontier && ftile) {
- const fromX = barX(frontier.phys);
+ const target = segLong ? fatC : thinC;
+ if (segMid != null && target) {
+ const color = segLong ? thick : thin;
const fromY = CHAIN_Y + CHAIN_H / 2 + 4;
- const to = penToPx(ftile.centroid);
- const color = ftile.type === "thick" ? thick : thin;
+ const to = penToPx(target);
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = scanFade * 0.85;
ctx.strokeStyle = color;
ctx.lineWidth = 1.8;
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.moveTo(fromX, fromY);
+ ctx.moveTo(segMid, fromY);
ctx.lineTo(to[0], to[1]);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.beginPath();
- ctx.arc(fromX, fromY, 2.8, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+ ctx.arc(segMid, fromY, 2.8, 0, Math.PI * 2);
ctx.fill();
ctx.restore();
- arrowHead(ctx, [fromX, fromY], to, color, scanFade * 0.9);
+ arrowHead(ctx, [segMid, fromY], to, color, scanFade * 0.9);
+ caption(
+ ctx,
+ segLong ? "long → fat" : "short → thin",
+ (segMid + to[0]) / 2 + 16,
+ (fromY + to[1]) / 2,
+ color,
+ scanFade * 0.85,
+ "left",
+ );
}
}
caption(
ctx,
- "as the scan crosses the grid, the line and the plane fill in step",
+ "the line scans the grid; the plane is computed outward, the same method one stage up",
VB_W / 2,
PEN.y + PEN.h + 18,
ink,
@@ -444,13 +473,13 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
});
const dprRef = useRef(0);
- // Precompute the fixed Penrose patch once, each tile tagged with its projection onto
- // the line direction so the plane can be swept in step with the scan.
+ // Precompute the fixed Penrose patch once, each tile tagged with its physical radius
+ // so the plane can be computed outward from the centre.
const cells = useMemo(
() =>
facesInViewport(PEN_VIEW, GAMMA).map((f) => ({
f,
- proj: f.centroid[0] * D[0] + f.centroid[1] * D[1],
+ r: Math.hypot(f.centroid[0], f.centroid[1]),
})),
[],
);
@@ -513,7 +542,7 @@ export default function FibonacciStrip() {
}}
className="block w-full bg-paper"
role="img"
- aria-label={`The cut-and-project method shown one dimension down, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a straight line through the origin at the golden slope, and a strip of one-cell width around it forming the acceptance window. A scan line sweeps along the strip; the ${accepted} lattice points it crosses inside the strip drop a perpendicular onto the line, and those feet, laid flat below, form the Fibonacci chain of long and short intervals whose lengths are in ratio phi and whose order never repeats. Below is a real two-dimensional Penrose tiling produced by the same cut and project one stage up, from five dimensions to two; it fills in the same sweep, and a pointer tracks from the scan's point on the line to the tile filling in at that moment. The line and the plane build in step, the same method one dimension apart.`}
+ aria-label={`The cut-and-project method shown one dimension down, fully visible. A square integer lattice, a straight line through the origin at the golden slope, and a strip of one-cell width around it forming the acceptance window. A scan line sweeps along the strip; the ${accepted} lattice points it crosses inside the strip drop a perpendicular onto the line, and those feet, laid flat below, form the Fibonacci chain of long and short intervals whose lengths are in ratio phi and whose order never repeats. Below is a real two-dimensional Penrose tiling produced by the same cut and project one stage up, from five dimensions to two; it is computed outward from its centre as the scan runs, so where the tiles come from is clear. A colour-matched pointer leaves the interval the scan just crossed and points to a central tile of the same kind: a long interval to a fat tile, a short interval to a thin tile, the two lengths corresponding to the two tiles.`}
/>
);
diff --git a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
index dec1fcb..a6f2e9f 100644
--- a/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/x/penrose/page.tsx
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ export default function PenrosePage() {
5D shadow lands in that window, a test you run on one point alone, with
no backtracking. Each tile is decided on its own, so the plane is{" "}
computed, never assembled, and it can never dead-end. Scan the
- strip across the grid below and the line and the plane fill in step. This
- is what the explorer runs.
+ strip across the grid below: the line fills as it crosses points, and the
+ plane is computed outward from its centre. This is what the explorer runs.