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Polyominoes

puzzles, patterns, problems, and packings

2nd ed.
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An edition of Polyominoes (1965)

Polyominoes

puzzles, patterns, problems, and packings

2nd ed.
  • 1 Have read

Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinotorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle enthusiasts several decades ago. In this fully revised and expanded edition of his landmark book, the author takes a new generation of readers on a mathematical journey into the world of polyominoes, incorporoting the most important recent developments.

Deceptively simple, polyominoes are a collection of squares joined together along their edges. But how many different polyominoes can you make with 5 squares, 6 squares, n squares? If you have a set of pentominoes (shapes consisting of five squares) could you cover a rectangle with them? What would happen if you had cubes instead of squares? Could you pack a box with them?

Posing problems and giving answers along the way, Golomb invites the reader to play with these mathematical structures and develop on understanding of their extraordinary properties. In this new edition, he addresses, for example, the properties of octominoes and enneominoes and the problem of how to cover a donut with polyominoes. An extensive bibliography has been included to guide the reader to other interesting mathematical conundrums and to more advanced mathematical theories of polyominoes.

For professional mathematicians and amateurs seeking further challenge, the author offers a host of new problems that remain to be solved.

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Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings - Revised and Expanded Second Edition
2020, Princeton University Press
in English
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Polyominoes
March 18, 1996, Princeton University Press
Paperback in English - 2 edition
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Polyominoes: puzzles, patterns, problems and packings
1996, Princeton Universtiy Press
in English - 2nd ed.
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Polyominoes: puzzles, patterns, problems, and packings
1994, Princeton University Press
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: Polyominoes
Polyominoes
1966, Allen & Unwin
in English
Cover of: Polyominoes
Polyominoes
1966, Allen & Unwin
in English
Cover of: Polyominoes
Polyominoes
1966, Allen & Unwin
in English
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Polyominoes
1965, Scribner
in English
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Polyominoes
1965-01-01, Allen & Unwin
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Cover of: Polyominoes [by] Solomon W. Golomb.
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Polyominoes
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-181) and index.

Published in
Princeton, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
511/.6
Library of Congress
QA166.75 .G65 1994, QA166.75.G65 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 184 p. :
Number of pages
184

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1430366M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780691085739
ISBN 10
0691085730
LCCN
93041756
OCLC/WorldCat
29358809
Library Thing
199805
Goodreads
4595995

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