Separated Pentominoes Tiling a Rectangle
Introduction
In Issue
#25 of Puzzle Fun,
Rodolfo Marcelo Kurchan asked which rectangles
can be tiled with a given set of 3 or 4 pentominoes,
not letting like pentominoes touch, even at corners.
Here I show the largest known such rectangles.
Corrections are welcome.
Names
3 Pentominoes
No Solution
FIL | FIN | FIP | FIT | FIU | FIV | FIW | FIX | FIY | FIZ | FLN | FLT | FLU | FLV | FLW |
FLX | FLY | FLZ | FNP | FNT | FNU | FNV | FNW | FNX | FNY | FNZ | FPT | FPV | FPW | FPX |
FPZ | FTU | FTV | FTW | FTX | FTY | FTZ | FUV | FUW | FUX | FUY | FUZ | FVW | FVX | FVY |
FVZ | FWX | FWY | FWZ | FXY | FXZ | FYZ | ILV | ILW | ILX | ILY | ILZ | INP | INT | INU |
INW | INX | INY | INZ | IPU | IPV | IPW | IPX | ITU | ITV | ITW | ITX | ITY | ITZ | IUV |
IUW | IUY | IUZ | IVW | IVX | IVY | IWX | IWY | IWZ | IXY | IXZ | IYZ | LNT | LNU | LNW |
LNX | LNY | LPU | LPX | LTU | LTV | LTW | LTX | LUV | LUW | LUY | LUZ | LVW | LVX | LVY |
LVZ | LWX | LWY | LWZ | LXY | LXZ | NPT | NPW | NPX | NPZ | NTU | NTV | NTW | NTX | NTY |
NTZ | NUV | NUW | NUX | NUY | NUZ | NVW | NVX | NVY | NVZ | NWX | NWY | NWZ | NXY | NXZ |
NYZ | PTU | PTV | PTX | PTY | PTZ | PUW | PUX | PVW | PVX | PWX | PXY | PXZ | TUV | TUW |
TUX | TUZ | TVW | TVX | TVY | TVZ | TWX | TWY | TWZ | TXY | TXZ | TYZ | UVW | UVX | UVY |
UVZ | UWX | UWY | UWZ | UXY | UXZ | UYZ | VWX | VWY | VWZ | VXY | VXZ | VYZ | WXY | WXZ |
WYZ | XYZ |
Infinite Solutions
FPU | ILT | ILU | IPT | IPZ | IUX | IVZ | LNP | LNV | LPT | LPV | LPY | LPZ | LTY | NPU |
NPY | PTW | PUV | PUY | PVY | PVZ | PWZ | PYZ |
Largest Known Rectangles
4 Pentominoes
No Solution
FILW | FILX | FINX | FINZ | FIPX | FITU | FITV | FITW | FITZ | FIUX | FIUZ | FIVW | FIVY | FIVZ | FIWX |
FIWY | FIWZ | FIXY | FIXZ | FIYZ | FLVW | FLVX | FLWX | FLXY | FLXZ | FNPX | FNTW | FNTX | FNUW | FNUX |
FNVW | FNVX | FNVZ | FNWX | FNWZ | FNXZ | FPTX | FPTZ | FPWX | FPXZ | FTUW | FTUX | FTUZ | FTVW | FTVX |
FTVZ | FTWX | FTWZ | FTXY | FTXZ | FTYZ | FUVW | FUVX | FUWX | FUWZ | FUXZ | FVWX | FVWZ | FVXZ | FWXY |
FWXZ | FXYZ | ILNX | ILTW | ILTX | ILUW | ILUZ | ILVW | ILVX | ILWX | ILWZ | ILXY | ILXZ | INTU | INTV |
INTZ | INUW | INUX | INVW | INVX | INWX | INWZ | INXZ | IPTX | IPWX | ITUV | ITUW | ITUX | ITUZ | ITVW |
ITVX | ITVZ | ITWX | ITWY | ITXY | ITXZ | ITYZ | IUVW | IUVX | IUWX | IUWZ | IUXY | IUXZ | IVWX | IVWZ |
IVXY | IVXZ | IVYZ | IWXY | IWXZ | IXYZ | LNVX | LNWX | LNWZ | LNXZ | LTUW | LTUX | LTVW | LTWX | LTWY |
LTWZ | LTXY | LTXZ | LUVW | LUWX | LUWZ | LVWX | LVWZ | LVXY | LVXZ | LWXY | LWXZ | NPTX | NPWX | NPXZ |
NTUV | NTUW | NTUX | NTVW | NTVX | NTWX | NTWZ | NTXY | NTXZ | NUVW | NUVX | NUWX | NUWZ | NUXZ | NVWX |
NVWZ | NVXY | NVXZ | NWXY | NWXZ | NXYZ | PTWX | PTXZ | PVWX | PVXZ | PWXZ | TUVW | TUVX | TUVZ | TUWX |
TUWZ | TUXZ | TUYZ | TVWX | TVWY | TVWZ | TVXY | TVXZ | TVYZ | TWXY | TWXZ | TXYZ | UVWX | UVWY | UVWZ |
UVXY | UWXY | UWXZ | UXYZ | VWXY | VWXZ | WXYZ |
Infinite Solutions
FILN | FILP | FILT | FILU | FILY | FILZ | FINP | FINY | FIPT | FIPU | FIPV | FIPW | FIPY | FIPZ | FITX |
FITY | FIUY | FLNP | FLNT | FLNU | FLNV | FLNW | FLNY | FLNZ | FLPT | FLPU | FLPV | FLPW | FLPX | FLPY |
FLPZ | FLTU | FLTV | FLTW | FLTX | FLTY | FLTZ | FLUV | FLUW | FLUY | FLUZ | FLVY | FLVZ | FLWY | FLYZ |
FNPT | FNPU | FNPV | FNPW | FNPY | FNPZ | FNTU | FNTV | FNTY | FNTZ | FNUV | FNUY | FNUZ | FNVY | FNWY |
FNXY | FNYZ | FPTU | FPTV | FPTW | FPTY | FPUV | FPUW | FPUX | FPUY | FPUZ | FPVW | FPVY | FPVZ | FPWY |
FPWZ | FPXY | FPYZ | FTUV | FTUY | FTVY | FTWY | FUVY | FUWY | FUXY | FUYZ | FVYZ | FWYZ | ILNP | ILNT |
ILNU | ILNV | ILNW | ILNY | ILNZ | ILPT | ILPU | ILPV | ILPW | ILPX | ILPY | ILPZ | ILTU | ILTV | ILTY |
ILTZ | ILUV | ILUX | ILUY | ILVY | ILVZ | ILWY | ILYZ | INPT | INPU | INPV | INPW | INPY | INPZ | INTX |
INTY | INUV | INUY | INUZ | INVY | INVZ | INWY | INYZ | IPTU | IPTV | IPTW | IPTY | IPTZ | IPUV | IPUW |
IPUY | IPUZ | IPVW | IPVY | IPVZ | IPWY | IPWZ | IPXZ | IPYZ | ITUY | ITWZ | IUVY | IVWY | IWYZ | LNPT |
LNPU | LNPV | LNPW | LNPX | LNPY | LNPZ | LNTU | LNTV | LNTX | LNTY | LNTZ | LNUV | LNUW | LNUX | LNUY |
LNUZ | LNVY | LNVZ | LNWY | LNYZ | LPTU | LPTV | LPTW | LPTX | LPTY | LPTZ | LPUV | LPUW | LPUX | LPUY |
LPUZ | LPVW | LPVX | LPVY | LPVZ | LPWX | LPWY | LPWZ | LPXY | LPXZ | LPYZ | LTUV | LTUY | LTVY | LTVZ |
LTYZ | LUVX | LUVY | LUVZ | LUWY | LUXY | LUYZ | LVWY | LVYZ | LWYZ | LXYZ | NPTU | NPTV | NPTW | NPTY |
NPTZ | NPUV | NPUW | NPUX | NPUY | NPUZ | NPVW | NPVY | NPVZ | NPWY | NPWZ | NPXY | NPYZ | NTUY | NTUZ |
NTVY | NTVZ | NTWY | NTYZ | NUVY | NUWY | NUYZ | NVWY | NVYZ | NWYZ | PTUV | PTUW | PTUX | PTUY | PTUZ |
PTVW | PTVY | PTVZ | PTWY | PTWZ | PTYZ | PUVW | PUVX | PUVY | PUVZ | PUWY | PUWZ | PUXY | PUXZ | PUYZ |
PVWY | PVWZ | PVXY | PVYZ | PWXY | PWYZ | PXYZ | TUVY | TUWY | TWYZ | UVXZ | UWYZ | VWYZ |
Largest Known Rectangles
Last revised 2022-09-04.
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