Smallest area polypolyominoes with most same n different n-ominoes.
Some solutions shown are not unique.
RK=Rodolfo
Kurchan, MR=Mike Reid, RR=Robert Reid.


The following rectangle's shapes data was found by Michael Reid.
This 420 shape can be tiled with copies of 5 heptominoes, 9
hexominoes, 3 pentominoes, 1 tetromino, 2 trominoes and 1 domino.
Seems to be the best 420 shape with 21 different polyominoes.

This 420 shape can be tiled with copies of 5 heptominoes, 7 hexominoes, 4 pentominoes, 1 tetromino, 2 trominoes and 1 domino.

This 420 shape can be tiled with copies of 5 heptominoes, 7 hexominoes, 4 pentominoes, 1 tetromino, 2 trominoes and 1 domino.

Last update: Nov 12 2003