Lozenge tilings of hexagons with removed core and satellites
Mihai Ciucu, Ilse Fischer

TL;DR
This paper derives simple product formulas for counting lozenge tilings of symmetric hexagon regions with removed cores and satellites, introduces a new proof method, and generalizes a longstanding tiling formula.
Contribution
It presents a novel approach for proving tiling formulas and extends a classic tiling result, with detailed analysis of symmetric regions with holes.
Findings
Product formulas for tilings of symmetric hexagons with removed parts
A new method for proving tiling enumeration formulas
Generalization of a 20-year-old tiling formula
Abstract
We consider regions obtained from 120 degree rotationally invariant hexagons by removing a core and three equal satellites (all equilateral triangles) so that the resulting region is both vertically symmetric and 120 degree rotationally invariant, and give simple product formulas for the number of their lozenge tilings. We describe a new method of approach for proving these formulas, and give the full details for an illustrative special case. As a byproduct, we are also able to generalize this special case in a different direction, by finding a natural counterpart of a twenty year old formula due to Ciucu, Eisenk\"olbl, Krattenthaler and Zare, which went unnoticed until now. The general case of the original problem will be treated in a subsequent paper. We then work out consequences for the correlation of holes, which were the original motivation for this study.
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Taxonomy
TopicsQuasicrystal Structures and Properties · Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications · Mathematics and Applications
