Polyominoes

Polyominoes: puzzles, patterns, problems, and packings

by Golomb, Solomon W., (Solomon Wolf)

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Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinatorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle enthusiasts several decades ago. In this fully revised and expanded edition of his landmark book, the author takes a new generation of readers on a mathematical journey into the world of the deceptively simple polyomino. Golomb incorporates important, recent develop…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Polyominoes : puzzles, patterns, problems, and packings / Solomon W. Golomb ; with more than 190 diagrams by Warren Lushbaugh.

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Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinatorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle enthusiasts several decades ago. In this fully revised and expanded edition of his landmark book, the author takes a new generation of readers on a mathematical journey into the world of the deceptively simple polyomino. Golomb incorporates important, recent developments, and poses problems, inviting the reader to play with and develop an understanding of the extraordinary properties of polyominoes.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:c1994.
  • Edition:2nd ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 184 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780691215051, 0691215057
  • oclc:on1298206355
  • LC Classification:QA166.75
  • Dewey Decimal:511/.6

Subjects

Polyominoes Polyominos

Writers

Golomb, Solomon W., (Solomon Wolf)

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