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Forced perimeter in Elnitksy polygons

Combinatorics 2020-08-13 v1

Abstract

We study tiling-based perimeter and characterize when a given perimeter tile appears in all rhombic tilings of an Elnitsky polygon. Regardless of where on the perimeter this tile appears, its forcing can be described in terms of 321-patterns. We characterize the permutations with maximally many forced right-perimeter tiles, and show that they are enumerated by the Catalan numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2008.05347,
  title  = {Forced perimeter in Elnitksy polygons},
  author = {Bridget Eileen Tenner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.05347},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages

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