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triominos cover a m x n board

Source: Chile Finals 2005 L2 p7

October 3, 2022
combinatoricstiles

Problem Statement

Consider a 2×22\times2 square with one corner removed from 1×11\times1 , leaving a shape in the form of LL . [asy] unitsize(0.5 cm);
draw((1,0)--(1,2)--(0,2)--(0,0)--(2,0)--(2,1)--(0,1)); [/asy] We will call this figure triomino. Determine all values of m,nm, n such that a rectangle of m×nm\times n can be exactly covered with triominos.