The number of centered lozenge tilings of a symmetric hexagon

DOI10.1006/JCTA.1998.2918MaRDI QIDQ1284471zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mihai Ciucu, C. Krattenthaler

Publication date 18 May 1999

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9712209

zbMATH Keywords

determinantal formulalattice pathstilings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Combinatorial aspects of tessellation and tiling problems (05B45)

Abstract: Propp conjectured that the number of lozenge tilings of a semiregular hexagon of sides $2n-1$, $2n-1$ and $2n$ which contain the central unit rhombus is precisely one third of the total number of lozenge tilings. Motivated by this, we consider the more general situation of a semiregular hexagon of sides $a$, $a$ and $b$. We prove explicit formulas for the number of lozenge tilings of these hexagons containing the central unit rhombus, and obtain Propp's conjecture as a corollary of our results.

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