Baiocchi Figures for Tetromino-Hexomino Pairs

Introduction

A tetromino is a plane figure formed by joining 4 equal squares edge to edge. There are five tetrominoes:

A hexomino is a plane figure formed by joining 6 equal squares edge to edge. There are 35 hexominoes:

A Baiocchi figure is a figure formed by joining copies of a polyform and having the maximal symmetry for the polyform's class. For polyominoes, that means square symmetry, or 4-way rotary with reflection. If a polyomino lacks diagonal symmetry, its Baiocchi figures must be Galvagni figures or contain Galvagni figures. Claudio Baiocchi proposed the idea in January 2008. Baiocchi figures first appeared in Erich Friedman's Math Magic for that month.

We can also define Baiocchi Figures for sets of polyominoes. Here I show minimal known Baiocchi Figures for pairs consisting of a tetromino and a hexomino. The figures must use at least one copy of each polyomino.

See also

  • Baiocchi Figures for Pentomino Pairs
  • Baiocchi Figures for Hexomino Pairs
  • Baiocchi Figures for Tetromino-Pentomino Pairs
  • Jump to:

    Basic Solutions

    The figures show the areas of the solutions.

     ILNQT
    12028402040
    22032362040
    33620364028
    43620362840
    52820361640
    64032404020
    71624361620
    84036404036
    94028203620
    103224403236
    114020364040
    122820364040
    131620403228
    142828282040
    154028402036
    161620362028
    174024405236
    184036364040
    192828204028
    204032202840
    213224323236
    224028404028
    233236404036
    242820202820
    252028404028
    264032364036
    274020404028
    284036406440
    291624323236
    302028281628
    311624282020
    324028202028
    334032404020
    343240404040
    354028284020
     ILNQT

    16 Cells

    20 Cells

    24 Cells

    28 Cells

    32 Cells

    36 Cells

    40 Cells

    52 Cells

    64 Cells

    Holeless Variants

    Holeless solutions shown above are not reproduced here.

    The figures in the table show the areas of the solutions.

     ILNQT
    1323660 56
    2323652 44
    34036  56
    4 3244 52
    53228  52
    66436564860
    7 28  40
    864 605264
    94832444852
    10 2844 40
    11643240  
    1240 444444
    13 32  44
    1432364024 
    155632 60 
    16 36403636
    176432 6440
    1848 444444
    19643640 40
    2064404052 
    21 3240 44
    226436 6844
    2360  4464
    2432 24 40
    253256 6056
    2660 40 44
    27564856 52
    28    64
    29 36523644
    30403640 40
    31 2840 40
    32 36402836
    3396 768044
    345652  56
    356436728044
     ILNQT

    24 Cells

    28 Cells

    32 Cells

    36 Cells

    40 Cells

    44 Cells

    48 Cells

    52 Cells

    56 Cells

    60 Cells

    64 Cells

    68 Cells

    72 Cells

    76 Cells

    80 Cells

    96 Cells

    Last revised 2026-04-27.


    Back to Baiocchi Figures < Polyform Compatibility < Polyform Curiosities
    George Sicherman [ HOME | MAIL ]