Über regulär pflasterbare konvexe Polygone. (On regular tilings of convex polygons)

MaRDI QIDQ578595zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Eckhard Wildgrube

Publication date 1987

Published in Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/138387

zbMATH Keywords

convex polygonsregular decomposibletiling with regular polygons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17)

Review text

The author considers tiling a convex n-gon edge-to-edge with regular polygons of edge length one in an Euclidean plane. If such a tiling is possible, the n-gon is called regular decomposible. \textit{J. Malkevitch} [Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 440, 299-303 (1985; Zbl 0575.52007)] showed that for and only for every natural number n with \(3\leq n\leq 12\) there exists a convex n-gon which is regular decomposible into regular triangles and quadrangles. Now allowing all regular p-gons with edge length one the author proves two assertions: (1) For a regular decomposible convex n-gon (not regular with edge length 1, that means non-trivial regular decomposible) also holds \(3\leq n\leq 12\). (2) The tiles of such a tiling can only be regular p-gons with \(p=3,4,5,6\), or 12. - Because regular 6- gons and 12-gons can be dissected into regular triangles and quadrangles the set of regular triangles, quadrangles, and pentagons of edge length one is a generator set for all non-trivial regular decomposible polygons. - These results were elementary found by using the assumption that the polygons are convex and by using estimations for the angle sums at the vertices.

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(6)

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• Über das Kotziggewicht normaler Pflasterungen. (About the Kotzig weight of normal tilings.)

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