From: Fred W. Helenius Subject: Re: The unsolves (?) 4900 squares-problem Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:50:40 -0400 Newsgroups: rec.puzzles,sci.math Summary: [missing] path@multipro.NOcomSPAM.au (Patrick Hamlyn) wrote: >My search has finished, you can't do all 24 squares. >===== >Aspelins wrote: >>Thanks for you answer. >>I ment maximum area covered. >>I have managed to fill upp 4848 but I'm sure that's not the maximum. >>Can you fill it up with more? >No I can't, but you should keep looking, since Gene Wagenbreth's posting >mentioned an area 4851 tiling. The area 4851 tiling can be found in the rec.puzzles archive at http://ce.et.tudelft.nl/~arlet/puzzles/sol.cgi/geometry/dissections/square.70 -- Fred W. Helenius