JBMO 2010. Problem 4.
Source:
June 20, 2010
geometryrectanglerotationinequalitiescombinatorics proposedcombinatorics
Problem Statement
A rectangle is tiled with tiles of the two types: L-shaped tiles composed by three unit squares (can be rotated repeatedly with ) and square tiles composed by four unit squares.
Let be the number of the tiles which can be used in such a tiling. Find all the values of .