9 Febbraio, 2006
Sezione di Geometria, Algebra e loro applicazioni
Enumerazione di poliomini che pavimentano il piano
Simone Rinaldi, Univ. di Siena
CNR - IMATI, via Bassini 15, Milano
Abstract
Beauquier and Nivat introduced and gave a characterization of the class of pseudo-square polyominoes, i.e. those polyominoes that tile the plane by translation: a polyomino tiles the plane by translation if and only if its boundary word W may be factorized as W = XYXY. We consider the subclass PSP of pseudo-square polyominoes which are also parallelogram. By using the Beauquier-Nivat characterization we provide by means of a rational language the enumeration of the subclass of psp-polyominoes with a fixed planar basis according to the semi-perimeter. The case of pseudo-square convex polyominoes is also analyzed.