Algorithms for translational tiling

Abstract

In this paper we study algorithms for tiling problems. We show that the conditions $(T1)$ and $(T2)$ of Coven and Meyerowitz, conjectured to be necessary and sufficient for a finite set $A$ to tile the integers, can be checked in time polynomial in ${diam}(A)$. We also give heuristic algorithms to find all non-periodic tilings of a cyclic group $Z_N$. In particular we carry out a full classification of all non-periodic tilings of $Z_{144}$.