Abstract
The phason elasticity of random tiling and quasiperiodic crystal models is discussed. Long-wavelength phasons in the random tiling model are described by a square-gradient free energy of entropic origin. In the quasiperiodic crystal model, thermal fluctuations lead to a transition from the zero temperature singular linear phason elastic energy to a quadratic phason elastic energy at high temperatures.

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