Wang Tiles
Wang Tiles (or Wang dominoes) are a class of formal mathematical systems first proposed by Hao Wang in 1961. They consist of equal-sized square tiles with colored edges that are arranged side-by-side on a regular grid.
When placing tiles to cover an infinite plane, you must strictly follow three structural constraints:
- Orientation: Tiles must be placed with a fixed orientation and cannot be rotated or reflected.
- Edge Matching: Adjoining edges of touching tiles must share the exact same color.
- Grid Alignment: Every tile must occupy exactly one square in a standard square grid.
Busy Beaver function
Define the score of a set of Wang tiles as the largest d such that it can tile a dxd square, or 0 if there is no largest d.
Then BB_WT(n) = the maximum score over all n-tile sets.
| n | Value | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | TODO |
| 2 | 2 | TODO |
| 3 | 3 | TODO |
| 4 | ≥ 4 | TODO |
| 5 | ≥ 6 | TODO |
| 6 | ≥ 8 | TODO |