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From Markus Voege, Nov 24 2009: (Start)

On the difference between this sequence and A038147:

The first term that differs is for n=6; for all subsequent terms, the number of polyhexes is larger than the number of planar polyhexes.

If I recall correctly, polyhexes are clusters of regular hexagons that are joined at the edges and are LOCALLY embeddable in the hexagonal lattice.

"Planar polyhexes" are polyhexes that are GLOBALLY embeddable in the honeycomb lattice.

Example: (Planar) polyhex with 6 cells (x) and a hole (O):

.. x x

. x O x

.. x x

Polyhex with 6 cells that is cut open (I):

.. xIx

. x O x

.. x x

This polyhex is not globally embeddable in the honeycomb lattice, since adjacent cells of the lattice must be joined. But it can be embedded locally everywhere. It is a start of a spiral. For n>6 the spiral can be continued so that the cells overlap.

Illegal configuration with cut (I):

.. xIx

. x x x

.. x x

This configuration is NOT a polyhex since the vertex at

.. xIx

... x

is not embeddable in the honeycomb lattice.

One has to keep in mind that these definitions are inspired by chemistry. Hence, potential molecules are often the motivation for these definitions. Think of benzene rings that are fused at a C-C bond.

The (planar) polyhexes are "free" configurations, in contrast to "fixed" configurations as in A001207 = Number of fixed hexagonal polyominoes with n cells.

A000228 (planar polyhexes) and A001207 (fixed hexagonal polyominoes) differ only by the attribute "free" vs. "fixed," that is, whether the different orientations and reflections of an embedding in the lattice are counted.

The configuration

. x x .... x

.. x .... x x

is counted once as free and twice as fixed configurations.

Since most configurations have no symmetry, (A001207 / A000228) -> 12 for n -> infinity. (End)

These are the achiral polyominoes of the regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {3,6}. An achiral polyomino is identical to its reflection. This sequence can most readily be calculated by enumerating achiral fixed polyominoes for three situations with a given axis of symmetry: 1) fixed polyominoes with an axis of symmetry composed of cell edges, A364485; 2) fixed polyominoes with a vertical axis of symmetry composed of cell altitudes and a vertex as the highest polyomino point on this axis, A364486; and 3) fixed polyominoes with a vertical axis of symmetry composed of cell altitudes and an edge center as the highest polyomino point on this axis, A364487. Those three sequences include each achiral polyomino exactly twice. - Robert A. Russell, Jul 26 2023

These are polyominoes of the Euclidean hexagonal regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {6,3}. This is one of three sequences needed to calculate the number of achiral polyominoes, A030225. The three sequences together contain exactly two copies of each achiral polyomino. This sequence can be calculated using a modification of Redelmeier's method; one chooses an original cell that is leftmost on and bisected by the axis of symmetry along a horizontal line connecting midpoints of opposite edges of one cell. Neighbors are added only if their centers are above the axis of symmetry or on the axis of symmetry to the right of the original cell. Cells not centered on the axis of symmetry are counted twice to include their reflections.

These are polyominoes of the Euclidean hexagonal regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {6,3}. This is one of three sequences needed to calculate the number of achiral polyominoes, A030225. The three sequences together contain exactly two copies of each achiral polyomino. This sequence can be calculated using a modification of Redelmeier's method; one chooses an original cell that is leftmost on and bisected by the axis of symmetry along a horizontal diagonal. Neighbors are added only if their centers are above the axis of symmetry or on the axis of symmetry to the right of the original cell. Cells not centered on the axis of symmetry are counted twice to include their reflections.