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A polykite is a polyform consisting of a finite nonempty edge-connected union of kite cells from a regular triangular grid superposed on its dual regular hexagonal grid, illustrated above. Cells are joined along complete sides, and holes are allowed. Pieces are identified under isometries of this grid (Myers).

Polykite

The monokite is therefore a quadrilateral (in particular, a kite) having angles 120 degrees, 90 degrees, 60 degrees, and 90 degrees, and edge lengths sqrt(3)/2, sqrt(3)/2, 1/2, and 1/2.

Polykites

The numbers of polykites with n=1, 2, ... components are 1, 2, 4, 10, 27, 85, 262, ... (OEIS A057786), the first few of which are illustrated above.


See also

Hat Polykite, Kite, Polyform

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References

Myers, J. "Polyform Tiling." https://www.polyomino.org.uk/mathematics/polyform-tiling/.Owen, B. "Polykites." http://members.optusnet.com.au/polyforms/2dforms/polykites/.Pegg, E. Jr. "Polyform Patterns." In Tribute to a Mathemagician (Ed. B. Cipra, E. D. Demaine, M. L. Demaine, and T. Rodgers). Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, pp. 119-125, 2004. Rangel-Mondragón, J. "Polyominoes and Related Families." Mathematica J. 9, 609-640, 2005. https://content.wolfram.com/sites/19/issue/v9i3.pdf.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A057786 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Polykite." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Polykite.html

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