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Transformations of 2-port networks and tiling by rectangles

Combinatorics 2022-04-12 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we study 2-port networks and introduce new concepts of voltage drop and Π\Pi-equivalence. The main result is that each planar network is Π\Pi-equivalent to a network with no more than 5 edges. This implies that if an octagon in the shape of the letter Π\Pi can be tiled by squares then it can be tiled by no more than 5 rectangles with rational aspect ratios. Kenyon's theorem from 1998 proves this only for 6 rectangles.

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@article{arxiv.2110.02558,
  title  = {Transformations of 2-port networks and tiling by rectangles},
  author = {Svetlana Shirokovskikh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.02558},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

In English and in Russian. English translation added and minor improvement of exposition performed

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