Tiling puzzles are puzzles involving two-dimensional packing problems in which a number of flat shapes have to be assembled into a larger given shape without overlaps (and often without gaps).[1] Some tiling puzzles ask players to dissect a given shape first and then rearrange the pieces into another shape. Other tiling puzzles ask players to dissect a given shape while fulfilling certain conditions. The two latter types of tiling puzzles are also called dissection puzzles.
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Tiling puzzles may be made from wood, metal, cardboard, plastic or any other sheet-material. Many tiling puzzles are now available as computer games.
Tiling puzzles have a long history. Some of the oldest and most famous are jigsaw puzzles and the tangram puzzle.
Other examples of tiling puzzles include:
- Conway puzzle
- Domino tiling, of which the mutilated chessboard problem is one example
- Eternity puzzle
- Geometric magic square
- Puzz-3D
- Squaring the square
- Tantrix
- T puzzle
Many three-dimensional mechanical puzzles can be regarded as three-dimensional tiling puzzles.
See also
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edit- ^ Fletcher III, Raymond R. (April 24, 2020). Polyparallelogram Puzzles and Tiling Problems (1st ed.). Xlibris. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-1-7960-9790-0.
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