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ASU 502 All Soviet Union MO 1989 lattice polygon, disected in 1x2 in n ways
Source:
8/13/2019
Show that for each integer
n
>
0
n > 0
n
>
0
, there is a polygon with vertices at lattice points and all sides parallel to the axes, which can be dissected into
1
×
2
1 \times 2
1
×
2
(and / or
2
×
1
2 \times 1
2
×
1
) rectangles in exactly
n
n
n
ways.
lattice points
polygon
rectangle
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