POLYFORM CURIOSITIES
A polyform is a geometric shape formed by joining copies of a
single shape.
The best known polyforms are polyominoes,
made from squares.
Solomon W. Golomb coined the term, studied polyominoes extensively,
and published a book
about them.
Other plane polyforms include polyiamonds, made from equilateral triangles;
polyaboloes or polytans, made from isosceles right triangles;
polyhexes, made from regular hexagons; and polylines or polysticks,
made from straight lines.
Solid polyforms include polycubes, polyominoids, and polyrhons.
A copy of Polyform
Curiosities is maintained
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Col. George Sicherman
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