The following pictures show tans (with short side 1) packed inside the smallest known L (with short side s).
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3.
s = 1/2
Trivial.
s = 1/√2 = .707+
Trivial.
s = (1+√7) / 4 = .911+
Found by Erich Friedman
in July 2011.
4.
5.-6.
7.
s = (√6 + √2) / 4 = .965+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
s = 1
Trivial.
s = (2 + √2) / 3 = 1.138+
Found by David W. Cantrell
in July 2012.
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9.
10.
s = (1 + 2√2) / 3 = 1.276+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
s = 4/3 = 1.333+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
s = 1.400+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
11.-12.
13.
14.
s = √2 = 1.414+
Trivial.
s = 1.499+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
s = 1.607+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in August 2012.
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16.
17.
s = 1.680+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in August 2012.
s = 1 + 1/√2 = 1.70711+
Found by Edoardo Gnaldi
in September 2026.
s = (4 + √2) / 3 = 1.804+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in August 2012.
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20.
s = 2(5 + √2) / 7 = 1.83263+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in September 2026.
s = 1 + 7√2 / 11 = 1.89995+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in September 2026.
s = 1 + 2√2 / 3 = 1.94280+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in September 2026.
21.-24.
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26.
s = 2
Trivial.
s = (5 + √2) / 3 = 2.138+
Found by Edoardo Gnaldi
in September 2026.
s = (8 + 2√2) / 5 = 2.165+
Found by Edoardo Gnaldi
in September 2026.
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28.
29.-30.
s = 9/4 = 2.25
Found by Edoardo Gnaldi
in September 2026.
s = (46 + 21√2) / 32 = 2.365+
Found by Edoardo Gnaldi
in September 2026.
1 + √2 = 2.414+
Found by Edoardo Gnaldi
in September 2026.