Symmetric polyomino tilings, tribones, ideals, and Groebner bases

preprint2014arXivOpen access

Abstract

We apply the theory of Groebner bases to the study of signed, symmetric polyomino tilings of planar domains. Complementing the results of Conway and Lagarias we show that the triangular regions T_N=T_{3k-1} and T_N=T_{3k} in a hexagonal lattice admit a signed tiling by three-in-line polyominoes (tribones) symmetric with respect to the 120 degrees rotation of the triangle if and only if either N=27r-1 or N=27r for some integer r.

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