John Bidwell
John Bidwell found the 17-square packing in 1998 while an undergraduate at the University of Hawaii. He also improved a packing of 29 squares in 1998.
- Years active
- 1998
0 results · 0 records · 1 credit (at S2)
Credited work
- T-089 (upper bound, n = 83, 87): prerequisite — Bidwell, in [Chang n83 2026-09-24]
Other reviewed records
- n = 17: construction finder — John Bidwell
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Sources
Biography sources: survey-credit, catalogue-credit
- survey-credit: Erich Friedman’s DS7 survey, the section on 17 and 29 squares: “in 1998, John Bidwell, an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii, improved this packing”; the n = 17 table row credits Bidwell; reference [1] is “J. Bidwell, 1998, private communication.”
- catalogue-credit: Entry 17: the degree-18 polynomial for s, then “Found by John Bidwell in 1998. Based on packing found by Pertti Hämäläinen in 1980.”
- picture-credits: The n = 17 credits read from the catalogue SVG: “Found by John Bidwell (an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii) in 1997 or 1998” and “Source: Private communication between Erich Friedman and John Bidwell, 1998”.
- bibliography: credited_names maps John Bidwell to Bidwell; the [Chang n83 2026-09-24] credit names Bidwell from the catalogue line “Extends the s(17) found by John Bidwell in 1998”.
Identity evidence
- Family name: Bidwell (survey-credit, bibliography)
- Public name: John Bidwell (survey-credit, catalogue-credit, picture-credits)
- Real name: John Bidwell (survey-credit, catalogue-credit)
- Also known as: Bidwell (survey-credit, bibliography)