Galvagni Figures & Reid Figures for Octahexes
An octahex is a figure made of eight regular hexagons joined
edge to edge.
A Galvagni figure is a figure that can be tiled by a polyform
in more than one way—a kind of self-compatibility figure.
A Reid figure is a Galvagni figure without holes.
Here are known minimal Galvagni figures for octahexes.
For heptahexes, see
Galvagni & Reid Figures for Heptahexes.
For hexahexes, see
Galvagni & Reid Figures for Hexahexes.
Last revised 2008-10-28.
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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