Polyominoes

Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinotorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle enthusiasts several decades ago. In this fully revised and expanded edition of his landmark book, the author takes a new generation of readers on a mathematical journey into the world of polyominoes, incorporoting the most important recent developments. Deceptively simple, polyominoes are a collection of squares joined together along their edges. But how many…