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Timeline for Ten tetrominoes inside an 8x8 grid

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Jun 15, 2022 at 15:13 comment added Jaap Scherphuis @JLee I have now posted it
Jun 15, 2022 at 14:08 comment added JLee @JaapScherphuis my brain hurts. Please post the 3rd solution so i can kick myself
Jun 14, 2022 at 6:31 vote accept Dmitry Kamenetsky
Jun 14, 2022 at 11:02
Jun 13, 2022 at 20:29 comment added JLee Let us continue this discussion in chat.
Jun 13, 2022 at 20:20 comment added RobPratt @JLee To see that $4$ is a lower bound for the independent domination number, note that no two of the following four tetrominoes can be blocked by a single tetromino: $$\begin{matrix} 1 &. &. &. &. &2 &2 &2 \\ 1 &1 &. &. &. &. &2 &. \\ 1 &. &. &. &. &. &. &. \\ . &. &. &. &. &. &. &. \\ . &. &. &. &. &. &. &. \\ . &. &. &. &. &. &. &3 \\ . &4 &. &. &. &. &3 &3 \\ 4 &4 &4 &. &. &. &. &3 \\ \end{matrix} $$
Jun 13, 2022 at 18:23 comment added RobPratt @Jlee It's fundamentally the same problem, just on a different graph. For $n\in\{1,\dots,8\}$, the optimal values are $0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4$.
Jun 13, 2022 at 15:11 comment added RobPratt @JLee You are talking about the independent domination number. You might be interested in my answer to this closely related problem.
Jun 13, 2022 at 10:32 comment added Jaap Scherphuis I have confirmed by computer that there are two other solutions (ignoring rotation/reflection). If no one finds these, I'll post them in a day or two.
Jun 13, 2022 at 7:47 history edited Bass CC BY-SA 4.0
You can have my picture, since you beat me to the answer :-)
Jun 13, 2022 at 7:46 comment added Dmitry Kamenetsky Well done! Can you find any other solutions?
Jun 13, 2022 at 7:35 history answered franck vivien CC BY-SA 4.0