Holeless Baiocchi Figures for Heptiamond Pairs

A heptiamond is a plane figure formed by joining 7 equal equilateral triangles edge to edge. There are 24 heptiamonds:

A Baiocchi Figure is an arrangement of copies of a polyform to achieve the highest symmetry class for its type of polyform. For polyiamonds, this means 12-fold symmetry, 6-rotary and mirror.

Here I show the smallest known Baiocchi Figures without holes that can be formed by copies of two heptiamonds, using at least one of each. If you find a smaller solution or solve an unsolved case, please write.

For Baiocchi Figures allowing holes, see Baiocchi Figures for Heptiamond Pairs.

In the table, shaded cells indicate that the tiling is minimal even when holes are allowed.

Carl Schwenke and Johann Schwenke contributed improved solutions.

AB 30AC 12AD 12AE 18AF 24AG 36
AH 6AI 18AJ 18AK 18AL 18AM 36
AN 36AP 24AQ 42AR 18AS 12AT 24
AU 12AV 12AX 42AY 12AZ 24BC 24
BD 12BE 60BF 24BG 12BH 18BI 42
BJ 30BK 30BL 24BM —BN 24BP 24
BQ 36BR 36BS 12BT 24BU 24BV 48
BX 30BY 12BZ 12CD 12CE 24CF 12
CG 24CH 12CI 24CJ 12CK 24CL 24
CM 24CN 18CP 12CQ 6CR 24CS 6
CT 12CU 12CV 36CX 12CY 12CZ 12
DE 12DF 12DG 12DH 12DI 18DJ 6
DK 12DL 12DM 18DN 12DP 6DQ 24
DR 12DS 6DT 12DU 12DV 12DX 12
DY 12DZ 12EF 24EG 24EH 12EI 30
EJ 30EK 72EL 36EM 42EN 24EP 12
EQ 24ER 24ES 12ET 18EU 18EV 12
EX 18EY 30EZ 18FG 12FH 24FI 30
FJ 30FK 18FL 36FM 18FN 18FP 18
FQ 18FR 12FS 12FT 18FU 12FV 24
FX 12FY 12FZ 12GH 18GI 12GJ 12
GK 24GL 12GM 36GN 18GP 24GQ 18
GR 12GS 6GT 36GU 24GV —GX 36
GY 24GZ 18HI 18HJ 12HK 24HL 12
HM 24HN 12HP 6HQ 24HR 12HS 6
HT 18HU 12HV 12HX 6HY 18HZ 6
IJ 42IK 30IL 24IM 18IN 24IP 18
IQ 42IR 24IS 18IT 18IU 18IV 42
IX 18IY 24IZ 18JK 12JL 24JM 12
JN 12JP 18JQ 6JR 24JS 12JT 18
JU 18JV —JX 18JY 24JZ 12KL 72
KM 36KN 24KP 18KQ 60KR 24KS 12
KT 36KU 24KV 54KX 24KY 24KZ 24
LM —LN 24LP 12LQ 24LR 24LS 12
LT 24LU 24LV 48LX 36LY 30LZ 30
MN 36MP 30MQ 24MR 36MS 24MT 36
MU 24MV —MX —MY 18MZ 24NP 24
NQ 18NR 18NS 6NT 18NU 24NV —
NX 24NY 18NZ 24PQ 18PR 18PS 6
PT 24PU 6PV 12PX 6PY 12PZ 6
QR 24QS 6QT 24QU 42QV 30QX 36
QY 12QZ 24RS 12RT 18RU 18RV 36
RX 18RY 24RZ 18ST 12SU 12SV 12
SX 6SY 24SZ 6TU 12TV 12TX 24
TY 24TZ 6UV 12UX 12UY 24UZ 12
VX 12VY 36VZ 12XY 24XZ 6YZ 24

Last revised 2025-03-12.


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