L's in Squares
The following pictures show n L's with short side 1 inside the smallest known square (of side s ).


1.            2.            3.
s = 2
Trivial.
s = 3
Trivial.
s = (3 + 3√2) / 2 = 3.621+
Found by Serhiy Grabarchuk
in July 2005.


5.            6.            8.
s = 4
Trivial.
s = 7 / √2 = 4.949+
Found by Erich Friedman
in June 2005.
s = 5
Trivial.


9.            12.            13.
s = 3 + 2√2 = 5.828+
Found by Erich Friedman
in June 2005.
s = 6
Trivial.
s = 2 + 7/√2 = 6.949+
Found by Jim Hays
in May 2012.


16.            17.            21.
s = 7
Trivial.
s = (3 + 9√2)/2 = 7.863+
Found by Jim Hays
in May 2012.
s = 8
Trivial.


22.
s = (18 + 25√2)/6 = 8.892+
Found by Jim Hays
in May 2012.


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