Octagons in Triangles

The following pictures show n unit octagons packed inside the smallest known equilateral triangle (of side s).


1.

s = 4.38541+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           2.

s = 6.79962+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           3.

s = (6+5√2+4√3+3√6)/4 = 6.83693+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.


4.

s = 8.65211+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           5.

s = 9.28498+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           6.

s = 9.31576+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.

7.

s = 11.06632+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           8.

s = 11.51025+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           9.

s = 11.72998+
Trivial.
 

10.

s = 11.80642+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           11.

s = 13.24689+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           12.

s = 13.62032+
Found by Bhavithran Ananthan
in July 2026.

13.

s = 14.04225+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           14.

s = 14.23921+
Found by Aristotle Papowitz
in July 2026.
           15.

s = 14.28169+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.

16.

s = 15.66136+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in May 2026.
           17.

s = 16.06191+
Found by Bhavithran Ananthan
in July 2026.
           18.

s = 16.40911+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

19.

s = 16.54447+
Found by Timo Berthold et al
in May 2026.
           20.

s = 16.74196+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in August 2026.
           21.

s = 16.78582+
Found by Bhavithran Ananthan
in July 2026.

22.

s = 17.96238+
Found by Bhavithran Ananthan
in July 2026.
           23.

s = 18.39413+
Found by Jonathan Viquerat
in August 2026.
           24.

s = 18.55965+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

25.

s = 18.92837+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           26.

s = 19.06452+
Found by Joost de Winter
in September 2026.
           27.

s = 19.24376+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

28.

s = 19.28459+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           29.

s = 20.42577+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           30.

s = 20.72981+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

31.

s = 21.03330+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           32.

s = 21.28490+
Found by Joost de Winter
in September 2026.
           33.

s = 21.42921+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

34.

s = 21.58059+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           35.

s = 21.74101+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           36.

s = 21.77463+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

37.

s = 22.85236+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           38.

s = 23.17430+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           39.

s = 23.41012+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

40.

s = 23.55971+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           41.

s = 23.77375+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           42.

s = 23.94952+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

43.

s = 24.09397+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           44.

s = 24.23814+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           45.

s = 24.26690+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

46.

s = 25.28172+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           47.

s = 25.56652+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           48.

s = 25.76702+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.

49.

s = 26.01450+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
           50.

s = 26.14249+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.