Hexagon tilings of the plane that are not edge-to-edge

DOI10.1007/S10474-021-01155-5MaRDI QIDQ2043735zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexey Glazyrin, Zsolt Lángi, Dirk Frettlöh

Publication date 3 August 2021

Published in Acta Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.12752

zbMATH Keywords

convex hexagonirregular vertexnormal tilingtiling of the plane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of tessellation and tiling problems (05B45) Tilings in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C20)

Abstract: An irregular vertex in a tiling by polygons is a vertex of one tile and belongs to the interior of an edge of another tile. In this paper we show that for any integer $kgeq3$, there exists a normal tiling of the Euclidean plane by convex hexagons of unit area with exactly $k$ irregular vertices. Using the same approach we show that there are normal edge-to-edge tilings of the plane by hexagons of unit area and exactly $k$ many $n$-gons ($n>6$) of unit area. A result of Akopyan yields an upper bound for $k$ depending on the maximal diameter and minimum area of the tiles. Our result complements this with a lower bound for the extremal case, thus showing that Akopyan's bound is asymptotically tight.

Review text

A tiling of the plane with convex polygons is normal by \textit{B. Grünbaum} and \textit{G. C. Shephard} [Tilings and patterns. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company (1987; Zbl 0601.05001)] if there exist two positive numbers \(r\) and \(R\) such that every tile contains some circular disk of radius \(r\) and is contained in some circular disk of radius \(R\). An irregular vertex in a tiling by polygons is a vertex of one tile that belongs to the interior of an edge of another tile. The main result of the paper under review is that for any integer \(k \ge 3\), there exists a normal tiling of the Euclidean plane by convex hexagons of unit area with exactly \(k\) irregular vertices. \par Also the authors show that there are normal edge-to-edge tilings of the plane with hexagons of unit area and exactly \(k\) many \(n\)-gons (\(n > 6\)) of unit area. A result of \textit{A. Akopyan} [C. R., Math., Acad. Sci. Paris 356, No. 4, 412--414 (2018; Zbl 1388.52014)] yields an upper bound for \(k\). In the paper, this result is complemented with a lower bound for the extremal case, thus showing that Akopyan's bound is asymptotically tight.

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