DocumentCode :
2529663
Title :
Algorithms to tile the infinite grid with finite clusters
Author :
Szegedy, Mario
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Florham Park, NJ, USA
fYear :
1998
fDate :
8-11 Nov 1998
Firstpage :
137
Lastpage :
145
Abstract :
We say that a subset T of Z2, the two dimensional infinite grid, tiles Z2 if we can cover Z2 with non-overlapping translates of T. No algorithm is known to decide whether a finite T⊆Z2 tiles Z2. Here we present two algorithms, one for the case when |T| is prime, and another for the case when |T|=4. Both algorithms generalize to the case, where we replace Z 2 with all arbitrary finitely generated Abelian group. As a by-product of our results we partially settle the Periodic Tiling Conjecture raised by J. Lagarias and Y. Wang (1997), and we also get the following generalization of a theorem of L.Redei (1965): Let G be a (finite or infinite) Abelian group G with a generator set T of prime cardinality such, that 0∈T, and there is a set T´⊆G with the property that for every g∈G there are unique t∈T, t´∈T´ such that g=t+t´. Then T´ can be replaced with a subgroup of G, that also has the above property
Keywords :
computational geometry; decidability; decidability; finite clusters; finitely generated Abelian group; infinite grid; Books; Clustering algorithms; Computer science; Electrical capacitance tomography; Electronic switching systems; Lapping; Reflection; Tellurium; Tiles; Turing machines;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Foundations of Computer Science, 1998. Proceedings. 39th Annual Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Palo Alto, CA
ISSN :
0272-5428
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9172-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SFCS.1998.743437
Filename :
743437
Link To Document :
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