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Polyomino Tiling

A Tiling of the Plane by specified types of Polyominoes. Interestingly, the Fibonacci Number $F_{n+1}$ gives the number of ways for $2\times 1$ dominoes to cover a $2\times n$ checkerboard.

See also Fibonacci Number


References

Polyominoes

Gardner, M. ``Tiling with Polyominoes, Polyiamonds, and Polyhexes.'' Ch. 14 in Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1988.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26