Tilings of convex polygons by equilateral triangles of many different sizes
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equilateraltrianglesconvexdifferentmanyquestionssizestilings
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An equilateral triangle cannot be dissected into finitely many mutually incongruent equilateral triangles [Tutte 1948]. Therefore Tuza [Tuza 1991] asked for the largest number $s=s(n)$ such that there is a tiling of an equilateral triangle by $n$ equilateral triangles of $s(n)$ different sizes. We solve that problem completely and consider the analogous questions for dissections of convex $k$-gons into equilateral triangles, $k=4,5,6$. Moreover, we discuss all these questions for the subclass of tilings such that no two tiles are translates of each other.
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