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Timeline for answer to Polyominos packing into a square by Jaap Scherphuis

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Feb 12, 2023 at 20:34 vote accept Maff
Feb 9, 2023 at 12:18 history edited Jaap Scherphuis CC BY-SA 4.0
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Feb 7, 2023 at 20:41 comment added franck vivien you're perfectly right. I had in mind covering the grid using one horizontal p9 + one vertical p9 + one L, but of course the straight lines can be replaced by L! So I am ok with your minimum grid
Feb 7, 2023 at 19:43 comment added Jaap Scherphuis @franckvivien You can use L-shaped pieces, and a size 9 polyomino in an L shape can cover 5 rows and 5 columns, so three can cover all. I don't see why one of them would need to be straight.
Feb 7, 2023 at 19:12 comment added franck vivien I was about to publish a study on the lower limit using the same reasoning. However, we can increase your lower limit of 1 because rot13(bar bs lbhe 3 cbylzvab bs fvmr 9 vf n fgenvtgu yvar (be lbh pnag' pbire gur jubyr 15k15 tevq). Va guvf pnfr, gurer ner bayl 6 fcnprf yrsg ba guvf yvar, juvpu vf abg rabhtu gb cynpr gur erznvavat 8 cbylzvab. Urapr ybjre yvzvg vf ng yrnfg 16)
Feb 7, 2023 at 17:11 history edited Jaap Scherphuis CC BY-SA 4.0
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Feb 7, 2023 at 16:56 history answered Jaap Scherphuis CC BY-SA 4.0