Prime Packings of the Pseudo-Pentomino j: Torsten Sillke, FRA initial version: 1998-07 (data of H. Postl) update: 1999-01[2] 14x{50,70} 16x{60,80+10k} 17x60 M. Reid update: 1999-01[2] impossible 14, 16 series M. Reid x x x x x . = j5 2-dim: ------ Nx 12, 14, 16, 17, 18?, 20, 20x 17?, 18?, 20p 25x 30x 30p 35x 40x 12p, 14p 45x 50x 12p, 14p 55x 12p 60x 12p, 16p, 17p 65x 12p 70x 12p, 14p 75x 12p 80x 12, 14, 16p 85x 12p 90x 12, 14, 16p 95x 12, 100x 12, 14, 16p InComplete list of prime rectangles (# = ??): 12x{40, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 85} 14x{40, 50, 70} 16x{60, 80, 90, 100, 110, 130} 17 x 60 ? 20x20 30x30 Impossible: Nx{3..11,13,15,19} 12x{20,25,30,35,45} 14x{20,30} 14x(10n+5) 16x{20,30} 16x(10n+5) Annotaions: building blocks: 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 the 20-square (a solution with C4 symmetry): a a a a b b c c c c . a a a b b b c c c c c 1 a a a b b b c c c c c 1 a a a b b b c d 1 1 1 e a a b b b b d d d d e f f f f f f d d d d e e e f f f g d 2 2 . e e e f f f g g g g 2 e . . f f f g g g g 2 e g 2 References: [1] Helmut Postl, many new prime boxes. letter from 9. July 1998 [2] Michael Reid, prime table check email from 1999-02-02