Asymptotic growth conjecture for symmetric domino tilings of Aztec diamonds

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Let AD(n)AD(n) be the Aztec diamond of order nn. Let O(2n,[2n])O(2n,[2n]) be the set of off-diagonally symmetric domino tilings of AD(2n)AD(2n) with no boundary defect, and let D(2n−1)D(2n-1) be the set of nearly off-diagonally symmetric domino tilings of AD(2n−1)AD(2n-1). Asymptotic growth conjecture. We have

lim⁡n→∞∣O(2n,[2n])∣2(2n)2=lim⁡n→∞∣D(2n−1)∣2(2n−1)2=2.\lim_{n\to\infty}|O(2n,[2n])|^{\frac{2}{(2n)^2}}=\lim_{n\to\infty}|D(2n-1)|^{\frac{2}{(2n-1)^2}}=\sqrt{2}.

The conjecture concerns the exponential growth rate of these symmetric and nearly symmetric tiling classes. The paper reports verification of both conjectures in its open-problems section up to n=35n=35; no proof or resolution of this asymptotic assertion is supplied.

References

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Yi-Lin Lee, “Off-diagonally symmetric domino tilings of the Aztec diamond of odd order”, arXiv:2404.09057 (2024).

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