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Pentomino -- from Wolfram MathWorld 08/14/2007 01:42 AM Search Site Discrete Mathematics > Combinatorics > Lattice Paths and Polygons > Polyominoes Other Wolfram Sites: Algebra Wolfram Research Applied Mathematics Demonstrations Site Calculus and Analysis Pentomino Discrete Mathematics Integrator Foundations of Mathematics Tones Geometry Functions Site History and Terminology Wolfram Science Number Theory more… Probability and Statistics Recreational Mathematics Download Mathematica Player >> Topology Complete Mathematica Documentation >> Alphabetical Index Interactive Entries Show off your math savvy with a Random Entry MathWorld T-shirt. New in MathWorld MathWorld Classroom About MathWorld Send a Message to the Team Order book from Amazon 12,698 entries Fri Aug 10 2007 A pentomino is a 5-polyomino. There are 12 free pentominoes, 18 one-sided pentominoes, and 63 fixed pentominoes. The twelve free pentominoes are known by the letters of the alphabet they most closely resemble: , , , , , , , , , , , and (Gardner 1960, Golomb 1995). Another common naming convention replaces , , , and with , , , and so that all letters from to are used (Berlekamp et al. 1982). In particular, in the life cellular automaton, the -pentomino is always known as the -pentomino. The , , and pentominoes can also be called the straight pentomino, L-pentomino, and T-pentomino, respectively. SEE ALSO: Domino, Hexomino, Heptomino, Octomino, Polyomino, Tetromino, Triomino. [Pages Linking Here] REFERENCES: Ball, W. W. R. and Coxeter, H. S. M. Mathematical Recreations and Essays, 13th ed. New York: Dover, pp. 110-111, 1987. Berlekamp, E. R.; Conway, J. H; and Guy, R. K. Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 1: Adding Games, 2nd ed. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, 2001. Berlekamp, E. R.; Conway, J. H; and Guy, R. K. Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 2: Games in Particular. London: Academic Press, 1982. Dudeney, H. E. "The Broken Chessboard." Problem 74 in The Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious Problems, 7th ed. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, pp. 119-120, 1949. Gardner, M. "Mathematical Games: About the Remarkable Similarity between the Icosian Game and the Towers of Hanoi." Sci. Amer. 196, 150-156, May 1957. Gardner, M. "Mathematical Games: More About the Shapes that Can Be Made with Complex Dominoes." Sci. Amer. 203, 186-198, Nov. 1960. Golomb, S. W. Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings, 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. Hunter, J. A. H. and Madachy, J. S. Mathematical Diversions. New York: Dover, pp. 80-86, 1975. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Pentomino.html Page 1 of 2 Pentomino -- from Wolfram MathWorld 08/14/2007 01:42 AM Lei, A. "Pentominoes." http://www.cs.ust.hk/~philipl/omino/pento.html. Madachy, J. S. "Pentominoes: Some Solved and Unsolved Problems." J. Rec. Math. 2, 181-188, 1969. O'Beirne, T. H. "Pentominoes and Hexiamonds." New Scientist 12, 379-380, 1961. Ruskey, F. "Information on Pentomino Puzzles." http://www.theory.csc.uvic.ca/~cos/inf/misc/PentInfo.html. Smith, A. "Pentomino Relationships." http://www.snaffles.demon.co.uk/pentanomes/. Verbuyst, C. "Pentomino." http://home.planetinternet.be/~odettedm/. LAST MODIFIED: May 17, 2003 CITE THIS AS: Weisstein, Eric W. "Pentomino." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Pentomino.html © 1999 CRC Press LLC, © 1999-2007 Wolfram Research, Inc. | Terms of Use http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Pentomino.html Page 2 of 2.

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