A197465 Number of free tetrakis polyaboloes (poly-[4.8^2]-tiles) with n cells, allowing holes, where division into tetrakis cells (triangular quarters of square grid cells) is significant.

1, 2, 2, 6, 8, 22, 42, 112, 252, 650, 1584, 4091, 10369, 26938, 69651, 182116, 476272, 1253067, 3302187, 8733551, 23142116, 61477564, 163612714, 436278921, 1165218495, 3117021788, 8349892686, 22397754046, 60153261611

Offset: 1

Author

Joseph Myers, Oct 15 2011

Keywords

• nonn
• hard
• more

Comments

See the link below for a definition of the tetrakis square tiling. When a square grid cell is divided into triangles, it must be divided dexter (\) or sinister (/) according to the parity of the grid cell.

Examples

			For n=3 there are 4 triaboloes.  Of these, 2 conform to the tetrakis grid.  Each of these 2 has a unique dissection into 6 tetrakis cells. - _George Sicherman_, Mar 25 2021
		

References

• Branko Grünbaum and G. C. Shephard, Tilings and Patterns. W. H. Freeman, New York, 1987, Sections 2.7, 6.2 and 9.4.

Links

• Peter Kagey, Example illustrating a(4) = 6.
• Wikipedia, Tetrakis square tiling

Crossrefs

Cf. A197466, A197467, A006074.

Analogous for other tilings: A000105 (square), A000228 (hexagonal), A000577 (triangular), A197156 (prismatic pentagonal), A197159 (floret pentagonal), A197459 (rhombille), A197462 (kisrhombille), A309159 (snub square), A343398 (trihexagonal), A343406 (truncated hexagonal), A343577 (truncated square).

Extensions

Name clarified by George Sicherman, Mar 25 2021

a(21)-a(26) from Aaron N. Siegel, May 18 2022

a(27)-a(29) from Bert Dobbelaere, Jun 04 2025