Similar dissection of sets

DOI10.1007/S10711-010-9502-YMaRDI QIDQ649027zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shigeki Akiyama, Jun Luo, Ryotaro Okazaki, Wolfgang Steiner, Jörg M. Thuswaldner

Publication date 30 November 2011

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4203

zbMATH Keywords

dissectioniterated function systemtiling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractals (28A80) Tilings in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C20) Tilings in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C22)

Abstract: In 1994, Martin Gardner stated a set of questions concerning the dissection of a square or an equilateral triangle in three similar parts. Meanwhile, Gardner's questions have been generalized and some of them are already solved. In the present paper, we solve more of his questions and treat them in a much more general context. Let $Dsubsetmathbb{R}^d$ be a given set and let $f_1,\mathrm{...},f_k$ be injective continuous mappings. Does there exist a set $X$ such that $D=Xcup{f}_1(X)cup\mathrm{...}cup{f}_k(X)$ is satisfied with a non-overlapping union? We prove that such a set $X$ exists for certain choices of $D$ and $f_1,\mathrm{...},f_k$. The solutions $X$ often turn out to be attractors of iterated function systems with condensation in the sense of Barnsley. Coming back to Gardner's setting, we use our theory to prove that an equilateral triangle can be dissected in three similar copies whose areas have ratio $1:1:a$ for $age(3+sqrt5)/2$.

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