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editMaximum coverage of plane by identical regular polygons...
editLooking for the maximum coverage of the plane by each regular identical N-polygon. For N=3,4,6 the answer is 1.00. For 8, I think it is the Truncated square tiling where the part covered = 2sqrt(2)-2. Any ideas on 5 ,7 and other numbers? The limit as N gets large is equal to the . Which is worst?Naraht (talk) 18:26, 11 May 2016 (UTC)