The following pictures show tans (with short side 1) packed inside the smallest known L (with short side s).
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2.
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.
s = (√6 + √2) / 4 = .965+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
s = 0.99960+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 1
Trivial.
7.
8.
9.
s = (2 + √2) / 3 = 1.138+
Found by David W. Cantrell
in July 2012.
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.
10.
11.-12.
13.
s = 1.400+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
s = √2 = 1.414+
Trivial.
s = 1.499+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in July 2012.
14.
15.
16.
s = 1.607+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in August 2012.
s = 1.680+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in August 2012.
s = 1 + 1/√2 = 1.70711+
Found by Edoardo Gnaldi
in September 2026.
17.
18.
19.
s = 1.76578+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 1.83040+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 1.86666+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
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21.
22.
s = 1.90447+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
s = 1.94834+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 1.97322+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
23.
24.
25.
s = 1.99896+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 2
Trivial.
s = 2.07683+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
26.
27.
28.
s = 2.12022+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
s = 2.16951+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = (3 + √2)/2 = 2.20710+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in September 2026.
29.
30.
31.
s = (4 + 2√2)/3 = 2.27614+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in September 2026.
s = (11 + 2√2)/6 = 2.30473+
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in September 2026.
s = 7/3 = 2.33333+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
32.
33.
34.
s = 2.39264+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 2.41007+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 1+√2 =2.41421
Found by Maurizio Morandi
in October 2026.
35.
36.
37.
s = 2.48514+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 2.54539+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 2.57508+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
38.
39.
40.
s = 2.60249+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 2.65096+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 2.67717+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
41.
42.
43.
s = 2.70577+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
s = 2.74275+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
s = 2.75773+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
44.
45.
46.
s = 2.77958+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
s = 2.80254+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
s = 2.82248+
Found by Joshua Wolk
in September 2026.
47.-48.
49.
50.
s = 2√2 = 2.82842+
Trivial.
s = 2.91552+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.
s = 2.96887+
Found by Yanis Gomes
in October 2026.