%0 Journal Article
%T A formula for the number of tilings of an octagon by rhombi
%A N. Destainville
%A R. Mosseri
%A F. Bailly
%J Mathematics
%D 2003
%I arXiv
%X We propose the first algebraic determinantal formula to enumerate tilings of a centro-symmetric octagon of any size by rhombi. This result uses the Gessel-Viennot technique and generalizes to any octagon a formula given by Elnitsky in a special case.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0302105v2