Convex Polygons From Pairs of Scaled Hexiamonds

Introduction

Given two hexiamonds that may be scaled up, how few copies of them can be joined to form a convex shape? Such a shape must be a triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, or hexagon.

Here I show minimal known convex polygons formed by pairs of scaled hexiamonds. If you find a smaller solution or solve an unsolved case, please write.

Carl Schwenke and Johann Schwenke found new and improved solutions.

Hexiamond Numbers

Table

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147363367337
247743477448
3778341348
437884478424
5643855431338
6334452675410
7341345211135413
8677461184
977837133
1034441355833
1134823444337
127848101337

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Last revised 2025-11-01.


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