Spotlight tiling

DOI10.1007/S00026-011-0077-6zbMATH Open1233.05085arXiv0711.1819OpenAlexW3037847141WikidataQ60691905 ScholiaQ60691905MaRDI QIDQ659609FDOQ659609

Bridget Eileen Tenner

Publication date: 24 January 2012

Published in: Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This article introduces spotlight tiling, a type of covering which is similar to tiling. The distinguishing aspects of spotlight tiling are that the "tiles" have elastic size, and that the order of placement is significant. Spotlight tilings are decompositions, or coverings, and can be considered dynamic as compared to typical static tiling methods. A thorough examination of spotlight tilings of rectangles is presented, including the distribution of such tilings according to size, and how the directions of the spotlights themselves are distributed. The spotlight tilings of several other regions are studied, and suggest that further analysis of spotlight tilings will continue to yield elegant results and enumerations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1819

zbMATH Keywords

decompositiontilingcovering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Combinatorial aspects of tessellation and tiling problems (05B45) Tilings in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C20)

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• The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
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• Trees and matchings

Uses Software

• OEIS

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