Domino Tilings of Cruciform Regions

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author Lai, Tri
Nguyen, Anh Thi
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Nguyen, Anh Thi
contents P. Di Francesco first introduced the "Aztec triangle" in his study of the relationship between the twenty-vertex model and domino tilings. He conjectured an exact formula for the number of tilings of the Aztec triangle, and it has since been proved by several authors. In an attempt to prove the conjecture, M. Ciucu showed that the tiling number of the Aztec triangle divides the tiling number of a new region called the "cruciform region," a superposition of two Aztec rectangles. Ciucu proved that the number of domino tilings of a cruciform region is given by a simple product formula. In this paper, we generalize Ciucu's tiling formula by providing a generating-function formula for the cruciform region.
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spellingShingle Domino Tilings of Cruciform Regions
Lai, Tri
Nguyen, Anh Thi
Combinatorics
05A15, 05B45
P. Di Francesco first introduced the "Aztec triangle" in his study of the relationship between the twenty-vertex model and domino tilings. He conjectured an exact formula for the number of tilings of the Aztec triangle, and it has since been proved by several authors. In an attempt to prove the conjecture, M. Ciucu showed that the tiling number of the Aztec triangle divides the tiling number of a new region called the "cruciform region," a superposition of two Aztec rectangles. Ciucu proved that the number of domino tilings of a cruciform region is given by a simple product formula. In this paper, we generalize Ciucu's tiling formula by providing a generating-function formula for the cruciform region.
title Domino Tilings of Cruciform Regions
topic Combinatorics
05A15, 05B45
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04146