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A221844 Number of prime dissections of an n X n square into integer-sided squares up to symmetry. 3

%I #31 Sep 06 2021 04:29:35

%S 1,1,2,11,76,1490,56977,4495010,669203525

%N Number of prime dissections of an n X n square into integer-sided squares up to symmetry.

%C A dissection into squares was called prime by _J. H. Conway_ in 1964 if the GCD of the sides of the squares is 1.

%H J. H. Conway, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0305004100037877">Mrs. Perkins's quilt</a>, Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 60 (1964), 363-368.

%H Ed Wynn, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.5420">Exhaustive generation of Mrs Perkins's quilt square dissections for low orders</a>, 2013, arXiv:1308.5420

%e For n = 4 there are a(4) = 11 dissections:

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%e ...

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%e ...

%e For n = 5 there are a(5) = 76 dissections, each of which comprises one of A221843(5) = 10 sets of subsquares:

%e .

%e Subsquares Prime dissections

%e 4 X 4 3 X 3 2 X 2 1 X 1 (up to symmetry)

%e ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------------

%e - - - 25 1

%e - - 1 21 3

%e - - 2 17 13

%e - - 3 13 20

%e - - 4 9 14

%e - 1 - 16 3

%e - 1 1 12 6

%e - 1 2 8 10

%e - 1 3 4 5

%e 1 - - 9 1

%e --

%e 76

%Y Cf. A221843, A221845.

%K nonn,more

%O 1,3

%A _Geoffrey H. Morley_, Jan 26 2013

%E More terms from Wynn, 2013. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Nov 29 2013

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