Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings

by Solomon W. Golomb, Warren Lushbaugh (Illustrator)

Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinatorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle enthusiasts several decades ago. In this fully revised and expanded edition of his landmark book, the author takes a new generation of readers on a mathematical journey into the world of the deceptively simple polyomino. Golomb incorporates important, recent developments, and poses problems, inviting the reader to play with and develop an understanding of the extraordinary properties of polyominoes.

Genres: Mathematics

184 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 1994

Reviews

[Alex Racapé · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was mostly interested in the first 3 chapters, but overall the book is easy to understand with great diagrams.

[So Hakim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A recreation-math book about squares attaching to each other. How they link, how they add, what if there is hole, etc.

Remarkably short (only 153 pages including appendices).

[Avesta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book regarding n-ominoes; not sure why someone wrote a few hundred pages on it though.