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#1 2014-09-20 23:19:27

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Domino Tilings

In how many ways can a 3 x 100 chessboard be tiled with dominoes?

Last edited by Agnishom (2014-09-20 23:20:03)


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#2 2014-09-21 01:53:58

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Re: Domino Tilings

Hi Agnishom;

What kind of tilings?


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#3 2014-09-21 01:59:05

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Re: Domino Tilings

bobbym wrote:

What kind of tilings?

Dominoes.


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#4 2014-09-21 02:04:46

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Re: Domino Tilings

That looks like the right answer!

I am getting 31208688988045323113527764971.


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#5 2014-09-21 02:31:04

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Re: Domino Tilings

Why am I getting one less than that?


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#6 2014-09-21 02:33:28

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Re: Domino Tilings

Because you should add one to your answer.


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#7 2014-09-21 03:02:19

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Re: Domino Tilings

And then add another one to it?


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#8 2014-09-21 03:03:05

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Re: Domino Tilings

No, stop adding when it agrees with my answer.


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#9 2014-09-21 03:09:42

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Re: Domino Tilings

Did you use this formula: b214541715bc76427421e8b1230c2be0.png


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#10 2014-09-21 03:11:37

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Re: Domino Tilings

I used everything but that formula!


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#11 2014-09-21 03:14:18

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Re: Domino Tilings

Something mysterious happened four hours ago! Did you do it? Are you 193.11.79.67?

Last edited by Agnishom (2014-09-21 03:15:32)


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#12 2014-09-21 03:20:27

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Re: Domino Tilings

That is a Swedish IP address and most likely a proxy or a VPN. I do not use such things. What happened?


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#13 2014-09-21 03:21:51

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Re: Domino Tilings

Somebody removed the formula I used from Wikipedia


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#14 2014-09-21 03:23:39

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Re: Domino Tilings

Where? Here?


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#15 2014-09-21 03:32:22

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Re: Domino Tilings

No, while solving the problem.

Must be a wiki troll


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#16 2014-09-21 03:34:20

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Re: Domino Tilings

Where was it removed?


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#17 2014-09-21 03:56:29

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Re: Domino Tilings

From the wikipedia


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#18 2014-09-21 03:59:35

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Re: Domino Tilings

There are numerous editors f\on Wikipedia, some of my stuff has been erased too.

Also, it appears your formula is getting the wrong answer so maybe it was a good idea to remove it.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#19 2014-09-21 05:42:53

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Re: Domino Tilings

I am getting the same number as bobbym.

The recurrence is:


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#20 2014-09-21 05:47:09

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Re: Domino Tilings

There are closed forms and gf's too!


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#21 2014-09-21 05:59:15

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Re: Domino Tilings

I thought there might be, but I was too lazy to try and find them.

It would be interesting to do this for larger tables (4xn, 5xn,...).


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#22 2014-09-21 06:01:00

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Re: Domino Tilings

There is a good chance it has already been done. Tilings are very popular problems.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#23 2014-09-21 06:10:48

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Re: Domino Tilings

It has been done for m by n already. See the formula.

Can you please explain me the reccurence?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
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#24 2014-09-21 06:21:07

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Re: Domino Tilings

Well, I derived it from a double recurrence:

where

is the number of ways to cover a 3xn board and
is the number of ways to cover a 3xn board with one more square appended.


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