A049021
Number of topologically distinct ways to dissect a rectangle into n rectangles.
Original entry on oeis.org
1, 1, 2, 7, 23, 116, 683, 4866
Offset: 1
- E. J. Sauda, Dissection generating algorithm (University of Louisiana), 1976.
- J. P. Steadman, Architectural Morphology, Pion Limited, London 1983, ISBN 0 85086 08605.
- C. J. Bloch, Catalogue of small rectangular plans, Environment and Planning B, 6 (1979), 155-190. [Note: this paper is related to a similar but different sequence, see A375129.]
- C. J. Bloch and R. Krishnamurti, The Counting of Rectangular Dissections, Environ. Plann. B, 5 (1978), 207-214. [Note: this paper is related to a similar but different sequence, see A375129.]
- L. Combes, Packing Rectangles into Rectangular Arrangements, Environ. Plann. B, 3 (1976), 3-32.
- Peter Kagey, Example of the a(4)=7 dissections into n=4 pieces.
- W. J. Mitchell, J. P. Steadman and R. S. Liggett, Synthesis and optimization of small rectangular floor plans, Environment and Planning B, 1976 vol. 3, 37-70.
- Michael Stesney, Rematerializing Graphs: Learning Spatial Configuration, Master's Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021.
A375129
Number of combinatorially distinct ways to dissect a rectangle into n rectangles, taking into account the ordering of the lines that extend the sides.
Original entry on oeis.org
1, 1, 2, 7, 24, 126, 815, 6465, 58072, 578663
Offset: 1
All dissections into n=4 pieces are shown in Peter Kagey's illustration, they are the same as the ones counted by A049021.
The following two dissections (labeled "Grating (3,3), 5 fronts, 0401, C_2" and "Grating (2,3), 5 fronts, 0401, K_4" in Bloch's catalog) into n=5 pieces
(1) ┌─┬─┬─┐ (2) ┌─┬─┬─┐
├─┤ │ │ ├─┤ ├─┤
│ │ ├─┤ └─┴─┴─┘
└─┴─┴─┘
are considered distinct by this sequence and by A375131, because the lines extending the inner horizontal sides go in the different order:
(1) ┌─┬─┬─┐ (2) ┌─┬─┬─┐
A─B │ │ A─B C─D
│ │ C─D └─┴─┴─┘
└─┴─┴─┘
in dissection (1), the line AB is above line CD, while in dissection (2) AB and CD is the same line. (One could also slide the side AB below CD, but this sequence would not distinguish that new dissection from (1) because it would be equivalent to the mirror image of (1).) However, A049021 views these two dissections as equivalent. A375130 and A375132 distinguish between these dissections but do not include dissection (2) at all because it has an "alignment": two internal sides AB and CD, even though they are not connected through a 4-way junction (or a sequence of sides with the same orientation, connected through 4-way junctions), still extend to coinciding lines.
- J. P. Steadman, Architectural Morphology, Pion Limited, 1983. See Table 5.2 on p. 59.
A375131
Number of trivalent dissections of a rectangle into n rectangles.
Original entry on oeis.org
1, 1, 2, 6, 22, 108, 668, 5026, 43005, 389803
Offset: 1
- J. P. Steadman, Architectural Morphology, Pion Limited, 1983. See Table 5.2 on p. 59.
A375132
Number of nonaligned trivalent dissections of a rectangle into n rectangles.
Original entry on oeis.org
1, 1, 2, 6, 21, 101, 591, 4168, 32754, 282605
Offset: 1
- J. P. Steadman, Architectural Morphology, Pion Limited, 1983. See Table 5.2 on p. 59.
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