Unfolding and dissection of multiple cubes, tetrahedra, and doubly covered squares

Zachary Abel, Brad Ballinger, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Jeff Erickson, Adam Hesterberg, Hiro Ito, Irina Kostitsyna, Jayson Lynch, Ryuhei Uehara

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the notion of “rep-cube”: a net of a cube that can be divided into multiple polygons, each of which can be folded into a cube. This notion is inspired by the notion of polyomino and rep-tile; both are introduced by SolomonW. Golomb, and well investigated in the recreational mathematics society. We prove that there are infinitely many distinct rep-cubes. We also extend this notion to doubly covered squares and regular tetrahedra.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)610-615
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Information Processing
Volume25
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2017

Keywords

  • Dissection
  • Folding and unfolding
  • Polyomino
  • Rep-cube
  • Rep-tile

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)

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