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- From: squash@math.ufl.edu (Jonathan King)
- Subject: Rectangular tiling conditions
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- Originator: dan@symcom.math.uiuc.edu
- Sender: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
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- Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:14:37 GMT
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- Given a finite set T of rectangular tiles, with integer sidelengths, I'm
- interested in characterizing those rectangles NxK which can be tiled by copies
- of the tiles in T. Here, copies are all parallel to the axes. (Actually, for
- my purpose it is permissible to allow negative copies; to allow part of one
- copy to cancel-out part of another copy.)
-
- Can someone provide a pointer to an "iff condition" for when NxK can be tiled
- by T? [I know a necessary condition, and a sufficient condition, and wish to
- decide if it is worthwhile determining if they are equivalent.]
-
- Jonathan, squash@math.ufl.edu
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