WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Touching Planar Polycubes

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cubes per tile:
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tiles displayed:
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A planar polycube is a polycube that can be placed in such a way that it extends only one cube high into the third dimension. For each known integer
n
, here are the smallest known planar polycubes such that
n
congruent copies all touch each other.
This problem area is far from fully analyzed or understood and you might well find better solutions than the ones presented here.