Tiling Problem

Maximize the amount of floor space which can be covered with a fixed tile (Hoffman 1998, p. 173).

See also

Bin-Packing Problem, Cookie-Cutter Problem

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References

Hoffman, P. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth. New York: Hyperion, 1998.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Tiling Problem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TilingProblem.html

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