Puzzling Asked by John Wiltshire-Gordon on December 12, 2020
You have a large collection of dominos, each labeled with two distinct symbols drawn from some infinite alphabet. The symbols have 180-degree rotational symmetry so dominoes can be rotated. In other words, these two dominoes are equivalent:
+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
| | | | | |
| N | S | ~ | S | N |
| | | | | |
+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
You wish to arrange your entire collection into 4-domino diamonds of the form
+---------+---------+
| | |
| Z | S |
| | |
+---------+---------+
+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
| | | | | |
| X | Z | | S | N |
| | | | | |
+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
+---------+---------+
| | |
| Z | S |
| | |
+---------+---------+,
where X, Z, S, N are distinct symbols. Actually, you have made lots of progress, having already assembled an infinite number of copies of each possible diamond. And more good news: the number of remaining dominoes is finite and a multiple of four!
By disassembling at most a finite number of your existing diamonds, will you always be able to arrange your entire collection as desired?
I claim that
The reason why:
Correct answer by Deusovi on December 12, 2020
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