2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/223024We prove that if a set $X \subseteq \Z^2$ weakly self-assembles at temperature 1 in a deterministic tile assembly system satisfying a natural condition known as \emph{pumpability}, then $X$ is a finite union of semi-doubly periodic sets. This shows that only the most simple of infinite shapes and patterns can be constructed using pumpable temperature 1 tile assembly systems, and gives evidence for the thesis that temperature 2 or higher is required to carry out general-purpose computation in a tile assembly system. Finally, we show that general-purpose computation \emph{is} possible at temperature 1 if negative glue strengths are allowed in the tile assembly model.10 page conference submission with additional technical appendix containing proofsDiscrete Mathematicstext