Galvagni Figures & Reid Figures for Heptahexes

A heptahex is a figure made of seven 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.

Galvagni Figures

2–4 Tiles

6 Or More Tiles

Hypersymmetric Variants

Reid Figures

Hypersymmetric Variants

Last revised 2010-06-01.

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