Galvagni Figures for Polykites

A polykite is a figure made by joining sectors of the grid formed by overlapping equilateral triangles and regular hexagons. Polykites were first studied by Brendan Owen. A Galvagni figure is a figure that can be tiled by a polyform in more than one way—a kind of self-compatibility figure.

Abaroth discovered two of the holeless variants for hexakites.

Monokite

Impossible

Dikites

Impossible

Trikites

Impossible

Tetrakites

Holeless Variant

Impossible

Pentakites

Impossible

Hexakites

Impossible

Mirror Variants

Holeless Variants

Last revised 2014-11-28.


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