Tiling squares with primes
Hello Math-Fun,
We first transform a prime number P into a rectangle (of
height h and width w) by separating the digits of P in a proper way:
11 → h = 1 and w = 1
13 → h = 1 and w = 3
17 → h = 1 and w = 7
…
31 → h = 3 and w = 1
101 → h = 10 and w = 1
113 → h = 1 and w = 13 or
113 → h = 11 and w = 3. Etc.
We will try now to tile the successive squares (n x n) with distinct such “prime rectangles”:
1 x 1 = +---+
| 11|
+---+
2 x 2 impossible
3 x 3 = +---+---+---+
| 13 |
+---+---+---+
| |
+ 23 +
| |
+---+---+---+
4 x 4 = +---+---+---+---+
| 11| |
+---+ +
| | |
+ | 43 +
| 31| |
+ |
+
| | |
+---+---+---+---+
5 x 5 impossible
6 x 6 = +---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 13 | |
+---+---+---+ 23 +
| | |
+ +---+---+---+
| | |
+ + +
| 53 | |
+ + 43 +
| | |
+ + +
| | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+
7 x 7 = +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 13 | | |
+---+---+---+
+ +
| | | |
+ 23 + + +
| | | |
+---+---+---+
+ +
| | 71| 73 |
+ + + +
| | | |
+ 43 + + +
| | | |
+ + + +
| | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
8 x 8 impossible?
Are there more “impossible to tile” squares (with
distinct primes)?
Remember that the rectangle 4x3 is accepted as a tile
but NOT the rectangle 3x4 (as 34 is not a prime and we don’t tilt rectangles).
Best,
É.
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