The tile-count divisibility conjecture for (2α,2β,α+β)(2\alpha,2\beta,\alpha+\beta) targets

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Let (a,b,c)(a,b,c) be the side lengths of the triangular tile, with angles determined by a,b,ca,b,c, and let TT be a triangle with angles (2α,2β,α+β)(2\alpha,2\beta,\alpha+\beta). Tile-count divisibility conjecture. If TT can be tiled by copies of (a,b,c)(a,b,c), then the number of tiles has the form

(a+2b)(b+2a)m2(a+2b)(b+2a)m^2

for some integer mm. Any counterexample must satisfy a≡b(mod3)a\equiv b\pmod 3.

The preceding lemma proves this form under the hypothesis a≢b(mod3)a\not\equiv b\pmod 3. The construction in the paper supplies infinitely many tile counts of the displayed form, while the exceptional congruence class remains the possible source of counterexamples.

References

Primary source

Yan X Zhang, “Tiling Triangles with 2π/3 Angles”, arXiv:2512.22696 (2026).

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