ISSN:
1432-0541
Keywords:
Tiling
;
NP-complete
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Computer Science
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract Given a simple polygon in the plane we devise a quadratic algorithm for determining the existence of, and constructing, a tiling of the polygon with parallelograms. We also show that any two parallelogram tilings can be obtained from one another by a sequence of “rotations,” and give a condition for the uniqueness of such a tiling. Three generalizations of this problem, that of tiling by a fixed set of triangles, a fixed set of trapezoids, or parallelogram tiling for polygonal regions with holes, are shown to be NP-complete.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01228510
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