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Model. Anal. Inform. Sist., 2013 Volume 20, Number 5, Pages 148–157 (Mi mais337)

This article is cited in 4 papers

The Estimation of the Number of Lattice Tilings of a Plane by a Given Area Polyomino

A. V. Shutova, E. V. Kolomeykinab

a Vladimir State University, , Stroitelei str., 11, Vladimir, 600024, Russia
b Moscow State Technical University, 2-nd Bauman str., 5, Moscow, 105005, Russia

Abstract: We study a problem of a number of lattice plane tilings by given area polyominoes. A polyomino is a connected plane geometric figure formed by joining edge to edge a finite number of unit squares. A tiling is a lattice tiling if each tile can be mapped to any other tile by translation which maps the whole tiling to itself. Let $T(n)$ be a number of lattice plane tilings by given area polyominoes such that its translation lattice is a sublattice of $\mathbb{Z}^2$. It is proved that $2^{n-3}+2^{[\frac{n-3}{2}]}\leq T(n)\leq C(n+1)^3(2.7)^{n+1}$. In the proof of a lower bound we give an explicit construction of required lattice plane tilings. The proof of an upper bound is based on a criterion of the existence of lattice plane tiling by polyomino and on the theory of self-avoiding walk. Also, it is proved that almost all polyominoes that give lattice plane tilings have sufficiently large perimeters.

Keywords: tilings, polyomino.

UDC: 514.174.5

Received: 21.10.2013



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