New post with the pentomino toy:

https://www.fractalkitty.com/inquiries-week-8-fence-maxing/

I hope to have a follow up post on it in the next day with another extension.

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Inquiries-Week 8: Fence Maxing

Introduction Pentominoes are shapes made from 5 squares joined edge-to-edge. There are 12 of them: Next, let's define what an enclosed area is with these shapes. The pentominoes must create a fence where they touch edge-to-edge with no overlaps. Note that corners touching is not closed because it is not

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