OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
We build the Hofstetter-4fold tiling as follows:
- H_0 corresponds to a 2 X 2 square:
+---+---+
| |
+ +
| |
+---+---+
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- for any k >= 0, H_{k+1} is obtained by arranging 4 copies of H_k, rotated by 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees clockwise respectively, as follows:
+.......+
. 90.
+.......+ +.......+ ....+
. . .0 . . .
. . --> . ..... .
. . . . 180.
+.......+ +.......+.......+
O O .270 .
+.......+
- note that:
- the copy rotated by 0 degrees hides some squares on the copies rotated by 90 and 270 degrees,
- the copy rotated by 90 degrees hides some squares on the copy rotated by 180 degrees,
- the copy rotated by 180 degrees hides some squares on the copy rotated by 270 degrees,
- the Hofstetter-4fold tiling corresponds to the limit of H_k as k tends to infinity,
- in this sequence we consider connected tiles (whose squares are vertically or horizontally adjacent) as well as disconnected tiles (made up of two diagonally adjacent squares).
LINKS
Rémy Sigrist, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
Rémy Sigrist, Illustration of initial terms
Rémy Sigrist, Colored representation of the tiles at distance <= 512 (where the color is function of the distance)
Rémy Sigrist, C# program for A342577
Tilings Encyclopedia, Hofstetter-4fold (plain)
EXAMPLE
See illustration in Links section.
PROG
(C#) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Rémy Sigrist, Mar 15 2021
STATUS
approved