Abstract
We consider a tiling of a square by finitely many tiles each of which is a rectangle. We do not assume that the tiles are mutually congruent. Such a tiling is called irreducible if for any two tiles the union of them is not a rectangle. A tiling is called generic if no four tiles meet in a point. A tilling is trivial if it has only one tile. A tile r in a generic tiling of a square is called a spiral if it is contained in the interior of the square and for each edge e of r there is a tile s adjacent to r such that the straight line containing e intersects the interior of s. We show that a nontrivial generic irreducible tiling of a square has a spiral.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-184 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Geometry |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 Dec 1 |
Keywords
- Spiral
- Tiling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geometry and Topology