T-101: Exact certificates of 77 catalogue packings: s(n) ≤ S', 1.2e-16 to 9.8e-15 above each side
V3 C3 Upper bound confirmed
For each of 77 counts n from 28 to 300, <= S', where S' is the side of an exact rational packing Daniel published on 5 October 2026: this register's own known-best packing at that count, the one the Kingbird catalogue prints, solved to a nearby exact point of minimizing the side. The counts are 28, 37, 39, 41, 50, 51, 53 to 55, 69 to 71, 83, 87, 88, 101, 104, 107 to 109, 122, 124, 125, 127 to 129, 145 to 151, 153, 170, 171, 173 to 176, 178, 179, 197, 198, 200 to 205, 226, 227, 229 to 235, 257, 258, 260 to 262, 264 to 267, 290, 291, 293 to 296 and 298 to 300.
Each S' lies 1.2e-16 to 9.8e-15 above the side the catalogue prints, and each case record carries S' rounded up at the fourteen decimals printed as its verified upper bound, from 5.82444461667406 at to 17.82412338847855 at .
Before this the verified upper bound was the integer grid at 74 of the counts, above the printed side by up to 0.464 at , 122, 145, 170, 197, 226, 257, 290 and 291, and at , 83 and 87 the rounded-up sides of exact certificates of a binary64 parse of the catalogue's pictures (T-088, T-089), 2e-14 to 8.9e-13 above it. At the 22 counts whose printed side is a decimal alone, the verified upper bound now agrees with the report to one unit of its last place.
At the other 55 the catalogue also gives the side as a closed form, and S' lies 7.6e-20 to 1.8e-19 above it, the certificate's outward rounding, so the verified upper bound trails the report by one unit of the fourteenth decimal. Forty-nine of those closed forms are irrational, which no rational certificate reaches; the other six, at , 171, 198, 230, 261 and 293, are rational, and an exact certificate of the packing at that side would reach them; at a rational one appears to exist.
Every certificate is decided here exactly: converted without rounding, by sqpack's exact separating-axis test and by devtools.check_rational_witness_independent, which share no code with each other or with the source, so independently re-implemented. The source's own checkers, verify_cert.py and verify_cert2.py, run here as retained, accept every one as well, reproduced with the producer's code. All four refuse each certificate with its tightest pair moved one unit of the side's denominator past its separating-axis gap, and each with its box shrunk that unit past its least clearance.
Matched square for square with the known-best witness, every pose lies within 7.1e-4 of it, and every square the source does not list as free within 1.2e-7; four of the 77 were solved from the witness after the source's unpublished local squeeze (, 129, 260 and 299). The source's report that 75 of the exact points are KKT local minima rests on numerical checks and is not verified here; it bears on the packings, not on .
Daniel after the catalogue's finders and Ellsworth's analytic minimisation, evand/square-packing, from this register's witnesses. On jlevy/squares#375 the author offered these certificates as an independent exact replay of the existing upper bounds and asked for nothing to be registered from them; the owner decided on 6 October 2026 to act on them where they lower a verified ceiling. The author says the solver, its checkers and the batch were written with Claude (Anthropic) as a coding and research agent, directed and reviewed by him.
Significance, composition and next rung
- Significance
- Seventy-seven verified ceilings moved onto packings the record already reported, off the integer grid at 74 counts by up to 0.464, and to within one unit of the report's last place at 22: citable details of each case that move no reported side and no theorem, S2 as T-098's certificate of , which took that count's ceiling off the grid the same way. No new packing and no reusable technique here; the exact solver is the source's, as in T-098.
- Composition
- Two machine entries decide all 77 bounds, each at its case's verified value: the exact decision here by two checkers of this repository that share no code with each other or the source (exact-algebraic, independently re-implemented), and the source's own two checkers run here (exact-algebraic, reproduced with the producer's code). Both are exact rational decisions of the same certificates, one method, so C3 with one machine method beside it. Each case record's verified value is S' rounded up at the printed precision, which <= S' implies. The comparisons with the printed sides, the closed forms and the witnesses' poses are recorded values and set no rung, and the source's numerical KKT reports are outside the claim.
- Next rung
- V4 and C4 need two adversarial AI reviews of the complete claim by distinct reviewers and a human oversight record. A method-distinct second route, such as an interval decision of each certificate's pose, would be shown beside the rung. No certificate here has yet been decided by code of a reviewer's own. At the 49 counts whose report is an irrational closed form, the verified upper bound reaches the report only through an exact algebraic certificate of the packing at that side. At the six rational ones, , 171, 198, 230, 261 and 293, an exact certificate at that side would reach it, rational where the packing's exact point is; at the source's own exact point, before its outward rounding, appears to be a rational one (the review's EC-1, think-l8gt). This entry gives neither.
- Novelty
- previously-published Present in an identified source
The cases
This result concerns 77 cases, too many to draw one by one. Each is listed with the film’s bounds, the proved lower bound and the best known side, and links to its case record, where its packing and number line are drawn.
| n | Proved lower | Best known | Gap | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 5.735000 | 5.824445 | 0.08944461… | open=R | frontier n-028.md |
| 37 | 6.440000 | 6.598620 | 0.15861960… | open= | frontier n-037.md |
| 39 | 6.650000 | 6.810723 | 0.16072208… | frontier n-039.md | |
| 41 | 6.775000 | 6.926694 | 0.15169309… | frontier n-041.md | |
| 50 | 7.400000 | 7.571429 | 0.17142857… | frontier n-050.md | |
| 51 | 7.470000 | 7.690356 | 0.22035593… | frontier n-051.md | |
| 53 | 7.627500 | 7.822876 | 0.19537565… | frontier n-053.md | |
| 54 | 7.685000 | 7.846668 | 0.16166719… | frontier n-054.md | |
| 55 | 7.728000 | 7.945772 | 0.21777100… | open≈ | frontier n-055.md |
| 69 | 8.620000 | 8.827195 | 0.20719465… | open= | frontier n-069.md |
| 70 | 8.657500 | 8.880961 | 0.22346037… | frontier n-070.md | |
| 71 | 8.721000 | 8.944072 | 0.22307155… | open≈ | frontier n-071.md |
| 83 | 9.370000 | 9.634758 | 0.26475764… | open= | frontier n-083.md |
| 87 | 9.580000 | 9.838816 | 0.25881526… | frontier n-087.md | |
| 88 | 9.620000 | 9.882452 | 0.26245103… | frontier n-088.md | |
| 101 | 10.280000 | 10.535534 | 0.25553390… | frontier n-101.md | |
| 104 | 10.707107 | 0.42710678… | frontier n-104.md | ||
| 107 | 10.361541 | 10.846668 | 0.48512573… | frontier n-107.md | |
| 108 | 10.620000 | 10.904822 | 0.28482101… | frontier n-108.md | |
| 109 | 10.462429 | 10.949748 | 0.48731804… | frontier n-109.md | |
| 122 | 11.047511 | 11.535534 | 0.48802235… | frontier n-122.md | |
| 124 | 11.141898 | 11.656855 | 0.51495592… | frontier n-124.md | |
| 125 | 11.188779 | 11.707107 | 0.51832761… | frontier n-125.md | |
| 127 | 11.281929 | 11.810879 | 0.52894946… | frontier n-127.md | |
| 128 | 11.328203 | 11.825092 | 0.49688805… | frontier n-128.md | |
| 129 | 11.374281 | 11.870014 | 0.49573226… | frontier n-129.md | |
| 145 | 12.043396 | 12.535534 | 0.49213752… | frontier n-145.md | |
| 146 | 12.086630 | 12.583783 | 0.49715196… | frontier n-146.md | |
| 147 | 12.129703 | 12.656855 | 0.52715089… | frontier n-147.md | |
| 148 | 12.172617 | 0.48423671… | frontier n-148.md | ||
| 149 | 12.215374 | 12.707107 | 0.49173226… | frontier n-149.md | |
| 150 | 12.257976 | 12.778175 | 0.52019857… | frontier n-150.md | |
| 151 | 12.300423 | 12.822876 | 0.52245193… | frontier n-151.md | |
| 153 | 12.384864 | 12.870014 | 0.48514952… | frontier n-153.md | |
| 170 | 13.039936 | 13.535534 | 0.49559770… | frontier n-170.md | |
| 171 | 13.079745 | 13.571429 | 0.49168294… | frontier n-171.md | |
| 173 | 13.158988 | 13.656855 | 0.49786534… | frontier n-173.md | |
| 174 | 13.198425 | 13.707107 | 0.50868168… | frontier n-174.md | |
| 175 | 13.237739 | 13.764175 | 0.52643511… | frontier n-175.md | |
| 176 | 13.276932 | 13.795873 | 0.51893997… | frontier n-176.md | |
| 178 | 13.354960 | 13.846668 | 0.49170706… | frontier n-178.md | |
| 179 | 13.393796 | 13.883796 | 0.48999853… | frontier n-179.md | |
| 197 | 14.036986 | 14.535534 | 0.49854753… | frontier n-197.md | |
| 198 | 14.073871 | 14.571429 | 0.49755661… | frontier n-198.md | |
| 200 | 14.147344 | 14.656855 | 0.50951018… | frontier n-200.md | |
| 201 | 14.183932 | 14.707107 | 0.52317459… | frontier n-201.md | |
| 202 | 14.220422 | 14.727923 | 0.50749932… | frontier n-202.md | |
| 203 | 14.256816 | 14.778175 | 0.52135810… | frontier n-203.md | |
| 204 | 14.293114 | 14.808643 | 0.51552861… | frontier n-204.md | |
| 205 | 14.329316 | 14.824452 | 0.49513446… | frontier n-205.md | |
| 226 | 15.034441 | 15.535534 | 0.50109205… | frontier n-226.md | |
| 227 | 15.068802 | 15.563626 | 0.49482336… | frontier n-227.md | |
| 229 | 15.137281 | 15.650162 | 0.51288034… | frontier n-229.md | |
| 230 | 15.171400 | 15.682927 | 0.51152607… | frontier n-230.md | |
| 231 | 15.205441 | 15.707107 | 0.50166561… | frontier n-231.md | |
| 232 | 15.239402 | 15.764175 | 0.52477134… | frontier n-232.md | |
| 233 | 15.273286 | 15.778175 | 0.50488789… | frontier n-233.md | |
| 234 | 15.307092 | 15.822876 | 0.51578276… | frontier n-234.md | |
| 235 | 15.340822 | 15.826606 | 0.48578355… | frontier n-235.md | |
| 257 | 16.032224 | 16.535534 | 0.50330933… | frontier n-257.md | |
| 258 | 16.064382 | 16.563449 | 0.49906558… | frontier n-258.md | |
| 260 | 16.128499 | 16.645754 | 0.51725364… | frontier n-260.md | |
| 261 | 16.160459 | 16.678780 | 0.51832011… | frontier n-261.md | |
| 262 | 16.192354 | 16.707107 | 0.51475195… | frontier n-262.md | |
| 264 | 16.255951 | 16.774736 | 0.51878387… | frontier n-264.md | |
| 265 | 16.287653 | 16.778175 | 0.49052118… | frontier n-265.md | |
| 266 | 16.319292 | 16.823029 | 0.50373673… | frontier n-266.md | |
| 267 | 16.350867 | 16.838816 | 0.48794778… | frontier n-267.md | |
| 290 | 17.030275 | 17.535534 | 0.50525865… | frontier n-290.md | |
| 291 | 17.060495 | 0.47503874… | frontier n-291.md | ||
| 293 | 17.120770 | 17.634147 | 0.51337620… | frontier n-293.md | |
| 294 | 17.150825 | 17.656855 | 0.50602844… | frontier n-294.md | |
| 295 | 17.180827 | 17.704233 | 0.52340547… | frontier n-295.md | |
| 296 | 17.210774 | 17.707107 | 0.49633181… | frontier n-296.md | |
| 298 | 17.270509 | 17.778175 | 0.50766476… | frontier n-298.md | |
| 299 | 17.300297 | 17.822876 | 0.52257803… | frontier n-299.md | |
| 300 | 17.330032 | 17.824124 | 0.49409070… | frontier n-300.md |
Results on these cases
84 results in the register on these cases, oldest first
2005 published T-007 · 77 of these cases
for
Lower bound incomplete on these cases, superseded by T-048, T-069, T-073, T-075, T-080, T-082, T-083, T-090, T-091, T-107, T-110, T-111, T-180 (reported) and T-216
2018 published T-087 · case 37
and , by optimal piercing
Lower bound reviewed superseded by T-069
2026-09-04 published T-085 · 77 of these cases
Nagamochi 2005, Lemma 1 is false for every container with and
Correction confirmed
Karakuş; Vlasenko · Karakuş 2026 · chelokot Nagamochi counterexample 2026 · packet · register
2026-09-22 published T-044 · 8 of these cases
Weighted point lower bounds for ten counts in , plus seven from the same files
Lower bound confirmed superseded by T-082, T-090, T-091, T-110 and T-111
Hosono after Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 point bounds 2026 · packet · source · review · register
2026-09-22 published T-047 · case 28
; for ; for
Lower bound confirmed superseded by T-107
Tokoharu after Levy, Hosono, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · Tokoharu density 2026 · packet · source · review · register
2026-09-24 published T-088 · case 69
, Ellsworth's degree-38 packing, certified exactly from its picture
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-101 and T-155
Ellsworth after hmbelvedere, Cantrell, Schadt, Morandi · Ellsworth n69 2026-09-24 · packet · packet · register
2026-09-24 published T-089 · cases 83, 87
and , Chang's packings, certified exactly
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-101 and T-155
Chang, Ellsworth after Cantrell, Hajba, Stenlund, Bidwell; Chang after Ellsworth, Cantrell, Schadt, Hajba, DeVincentis · Chang n83 2026-09-24 · Chang n87 2026-09-24 · packet · packet · register
2026-09-27 published T-045 · case 28
Rectangle-density lower bounds replayed at 15 counts in
Lower bound confirmed superseded by T-107
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026 · packet · packet · source · review · register
2026-09-27 published T-046 · 12 of these cases
Rectangle-density lower bounds reported for 48 counts in
Lower bound recorded superseded by T-069, T-082, T-090, T-091, T-107, T-110 and T-111
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026 · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-09-28 · packet · packet · register
2026-09-28 published T-048 · cases 50, 51
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Daniel, Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 point and mixed bounds 2026-09-28 · packet · source · review · register
2026-09-28 published T-070 · 9 of these cases
Rectangle-density lower bounds replayed at 25 counts in
Lower bound confirmed superseded by T-082, T-090, T-091, T-110 and T-111
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-09-28 · packet · packet · source · review · register
2026-09-29 published T-058 · 15 of these cases
Rectangle-certificate ceiling
α·UB(n)proved for ..100;B·UB(n)on 64 grid rowsMethod limit confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Daniel · wand125 tools 2026 · packet · register
2026-09-29 published T-083 · 77 of these cases
for every nonsquare
Lower bound confirmed
Karakuş · Karakuş 2026 · source · register
2026-10-01 published T-068 · 10 of these cases
Rectangle-density lower bounds verified at 34 counts in
Lower bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-082, T-090, T-091, T-107, T-110 and T-111
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-10-01 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-01 published T-069 · case 37
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds replayed at
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds 2026-10-01 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-01 published T-074 · 9 of these cases
Rectangle-density lower bounds replayed at 31 counts in
Lower bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-082, T-090, T-091, T-107, T-110 and T-111
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-10-01 · packet · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-02 published T-071 · case 87
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds replayed at
Lower bound confirmed superseded by T-091
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds 2026-10-02 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-02 published T-073 · cases 83, 101, 104
Linear-measure lower bounds replayed at and
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 linear certificates 2026-10-02 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-02 published T-075 · cases 83, 87, 88
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds replayed at nine counts in
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds afternoon 2026-10-02 · packet · source 1 · source 2 · review · register
2026-10-02 published T-077 · case 70
Rectangle-density lower bounds replayed at , 42 and 70
Lower bound confirmed superseded by T-091
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-10-02 · packet · packet · source 1 · source 2 · review 1 · review 2 · register
2026-10-02 published T-080 · cases 101, 104
Linear-measure lower bound replayed at
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 linear certificates 2026-10-02 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-03 published T-082 · 7 of these cases
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 22 counts in
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds 2026-10-03 · packet · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-04 published T-090 · cases 51, 69, 88
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 17 counts in
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds 2026-10-04 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-04 published T-091 · 6 of these cases
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 17 counts in
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds evening 2026-10-04 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-05 published T-101 this result · 77 of these cases
Exact certificates of 77 catalogue packings:
s(n) ≤ S',1.2e-16to9.8e-15above each sideUpper bound confirmed
Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Ellsworth, Levy · evand exact optima 2026-10-05 · packet · register
2026-10-06 published T-107 · case 28
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound verified at , on a declared net
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds check2 2026-10-06 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-06 published T-110 · case 39
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound verified at , on a declared net
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds check2 2026-10-06 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-06 published T-111 · case 41
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound verified at , on a declared net
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds check2 2026-10-06 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-07 published T-113 · cases 108, 129
at ten counts, to 303, from new SQUISH rational packings
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174 and T-186
Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth · SQUISH ten packings 2026-10-07 · packet · register
2026-10-07 published T-114 · case 153
, from a SQUISH rational packing
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-173
Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth · SQUISH n153 2026-10-07 · packet · packet · register
2026-10-07 published T-115 · cases 129, 179, 258
at twelve counts, from the SQUISH update’s new and smaller rational packings
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-146, T-174 and T-186
Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo and Ellsworth · SQUISH update 2026-10-07 · packet · register
2026-10-07 published T-116 · cases 88, 108, 179
at nine counts, from the second SQUISH update’s new rational packings
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-127 and T-174
Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth, Couzo and SQUISH · SQUISH second update 2026-10-07 · packet · register
2026-10-07 published T-119 · case 266
Three exact feasible upper bounds at n=266,270,272 from new source arrangements
Upper bound confirmed
Daniel after Levy, Ellsworth, Couzo, Stead · Daniel new arrangements 2026-10-07 · packet · register
2026-10-07 published T-124 · case 28
Reported non-strict local minima for 178 source configurations
Restricted optimality recorded
Daniel after Couzo · Daniel exact and local reports 2026 · packet · register
2026-10-08 published T-125 · 14 of these cases
Complete rational construction reports at 25 counts
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-126, T-127, T-134, T-146, T-173, T-174, T-186 and T-187
2026-10-08 published T-126 · case 51
Undilated n51 construction over Q(sqrt2)
Upper bound confirmed
2026-10-08 published T-127 · 5 of these cases
Fourteen rational refinements, seventeen complete source cases
Upper bound confirmed
Gupta after Chaoweeraprasit, Daniel · Gupta rational refinements 2026-10-08 · packet · register
2026-10-08 published T-128 · cases 108, 127
Eight complete rational refinements from Couzo
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174
Couzo after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit, Gupta, Ellsworth, Daniel, Levy · Couzo exact refinements 2026-10-08 · packet · register
2026-10-08 published T-130 · case 175
Five follow-up rational refinements from Couzo
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186
Couzo after Xu, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo follow-up refinements 2026-10-08 · packet · register
2026-10-09 published T-134 · case 267
Six exact rational certificates from Couzo
Upper bound confirmed
Couzo after Polkovskyi, Chaoweeraprasit, Gupta, Xu, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo exact certificates 2026-10-09 · packet · register
2026-10-09 published T-136 · cases 153, 232
Seventeen exact rational packings from SQUISH's third request
Upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-173 and T-186
Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo, Xu, Göbel, Schadt, Ellsworth, Hajba, Levy · SQUISH third request 2026-10-09 · packet · register
2026-10-09 published T-138 · 5 of these cases
Exact witnesses at Mishapolk's printed ceilings, the smallest known at 103 and 258 when registered
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-134, T-146, T-174 and T-186
Polkovskyi after Stenlund, Friedman, Ellsworth, Chaoweeraprasit, Couzo, Xu, Levy · Mishapolk decimal poses 2026-10-09 · packet · register
2026-10-10 published T-137 · case 70
An exact rational refinement of Xu's packing of 70 squares
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-146
Deleeuw after Xu, Levy · Deleeuw n70 refinement 2026-10-10 · packet · register
2026-10-10 published T-140 · case 175
Six more exact rational certificates from Couzo
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186
Couzo after Chaoweeraprasit, Polkovskyi, Xu, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo certificates 2026-10-10 · packet · register
2026-10-10 published T-142 · case 28
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound reported, on a 2,073-direction declared net
Lower bound recorded
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net n28 n30 2026-10-10 · packet · register
2026-10-10 published T-144 · cases 122, 124, 125
Linear-measure lower bound for , reported
Lower bound recorded
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 linear n122 2026-10-10 · packet · register
2026-10-10 published T-146 · 6 of these cases
Exact rational certificates at fifteen counts from Daniel's regularized record lists
Upper bound confirmed
Daniel after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit, Polkovskyi, Levy · Daniel regularized lists 2026-10-10 · packet · register
2026-10-11 published T-148 · case 153
A packing of 153 squares built from Xu's packing of 70, its contacts reclosed at a new angle
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-173
PingYou Ltd after Xu, Daniel, Levy · PingYou n153 certificate 2026-10-11 · packet · register
2026-10-11 published T-150 · cases 146, 261
Exact rational refinements of Xu's packings of 146 and 261 squares
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174 and T-187
Barnett after Xu, Daniel, Levy · Barnett refinements 2026-10-11 · packet · register
2026-10-11 published T-151 · case 176
Nine exact rational packings from SQUISH's fourth request
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186
Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo, Gupta, Ellsworth, Friedman, Levy · SQUISH fourth request 2026-10-11 · packet · register
2026-10-11 published T-185 · case 175
A tighter packing of 175 squares from Couzo, superseded by Ostashev's composition
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186
Couzo after Xu, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo n175 2026-10-11 · packet · register
2026-10-12 established T-155 · 58 of these cases
Exact regularized sides at 59 counts,
5.4e-20to9.9e-15below the ceilings they replaceUpper bound confirmed
2026-10-12 published T-158 · cases 175, 232, 264
New packings of 175, 232 and 264 squares built on a new 38-square rectangle, each certified exactly
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186
Ostashev after Nakajima, Ellsworth, Schadt, Friedman, de Winter, Daniel, Levy, Xu · Ostashev records 2026-10-12 · packet · register
2026-10-12 published T-161 · case 176
Exact rational certificates at 156, 176, 237 and 271 from Couzo
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186
Couzo after Ostashev, Chaoweeraprasit, Fang, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo certificates 2026-10-12 · packet · register
2026-10-12 published T-162 · cases 129, 204
New packings of 129, 204 and 303 squares, a cut-out and two compositions, each certified exactly
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186 and T-225
Ostashev after Nakajima, Chaoweeraprasit, Daniel, Xu, Levy · Ostashev compositions 2026-10-12 · packet · register
2026-10-12 published T-165 · case 176
A tighter certificate at 176 from Couzo, published with no issue
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186
Couzo after Daniel, Ostashev, BuddenPing, Fang, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo certificates 2026-10-13 · packet · register
2026-10-12 published T-166 · case 153
A tighter rational realization of PingYou Ltd's packing of 153 squares
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-173
PingYou Ltd after Xu, Daniel, Levy · PingYou n153 refinement 2026-10-12 · packet · register
2026-10-12 published T-168 · case 146
A further exact refinement of Xu's packing of 146 squares, after Barnett's
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-187
PingYou Ltd after Xu, Barnett, Daniel, Levy · PingYou n146 refinement 2026-10-12 · packet · register
2026-10-12 published T-169 · case 261
A further exact refinement of Xu's packing of 261 squares, after Barnett's
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174
PingYou Ltd after Xu, Barnett, Daniel, Levy · PingYou n261 refinement 2026-10-12 · packet · register
2026-10-12 published T-173 · case 153
Polkovskyi's packings of 153 and 207 squares, each below the earlier refinements there
Upper bound confirmed
Polkovskyi after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit, Levy · Mishapolk exact certificates 2026-10-12 · packet · register
2026-10-13 established T-156 · case 290
, by monotonicity from T-155, with its own exact certificate
Upper bound confirmed
2026-10-13 published T-174 · 18 of these cases
Tighter certificates at 68 counts from PingYou Ltd, of others' packings and its own
Upper bound confirmed
PingYou Ltd after Friedman, Ellsworth, Daniel, Xu, Barnett, Couzo, Ostashev, Chaoweeraprasit, Gupta, Fang, Polkovskyi, Levy · PingYou PR 574 certificates 2026-10-13 · packet · register
2026-10-13 published T-176 · case 39
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound reported, on a 2,073-direction declared net
Lower bound reviewed
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net n37 n39 n44 2026-10-13 · packet · register
2026-10-13 published T-178 · case 37
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound reported, on a 2,073-direction declared net
Lower bound reviewed
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net n37 n39 n44 2026-10-13 · packet · register
2026-10-13 published T-179 · 5 of these cases
Linear-measure lower bound for , reported
Lower bound reviewed
Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 linear n145 2026-10-13 · packet · register
2026-10-13 published T-180 · 73 of these cases
Closed-form lower bound for every non-square , reported
Lower bound reviewed
Hosono · wand125 closed form 2026-10-14 · packet · packet · register
2026-10-14 published T-186 · 6 of these cases
Exact certificates at twelve counts from Polkovskyi, tightening the smallest reported there
Upper bound confirmed
Polkovskyi after Ostashev, Couzo, PingYou Ltd, Levy · Mishapolk KKT refinements 2026-10-14 · packet · register
2026-10-14 published T-187 · case 146
A smaller packing of 146 squares from Daniel's chain search, started from Xu's packing
Upper bound confirmed
Daniel after Xu · Daniel n146 2026-10-14 · packet · register
2026-10-15 published T-192 · case 28
Continuous-pose lower bound reported, by two of the source's programs
Lower bound recorded
Hosono after Guzhou0806, Tokoharu, Levy · wand125 continuous n28 2026-10-15 · packet · register
2026-10-16 published T-193 · 8 of these cases
Exact algebraic sides at sixteen counts from Daniel, of packings the record credits
Upper bound confirmed
Daniel after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit, Ostashev, Couzo, PingYou Ltd, Gupta, Polkovskyi, Levy · Daniel exact current records 2026-10-16 · packet · register
2026-10-16 published T-202 · case 41
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound reported, on a 2,073-direction declared net
Lower bound recorded
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net lower bounds 2026-10-16 · packet · register
2026-10-16 published T-204 · case 51
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound reported, on a 2,073-direction declared net
Lower bound recorded
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net lower bounds 2026-10-16 · packet · register
2026-10-16 published T-209 · case 88
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound reported, on the 201-direction net
Lower bound recorded
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net lower bounds 2026-10-16 · packet · register
2026-10-16 published T-215 · case 107
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound reported, on the 201-direction net
Lower bound recorded
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net lower bounds 2026-10-16 · packet · register
2026-10-16 published T-216 · case 108
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound verified, on the 201-direction net
Lower bound confirmed
Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net lower bounds 2026-10-16 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-17 published T-196 · cases 227, 229, 260
de Winter reports three smaller rational upper bounds at 227, 229 and 260
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-225
de Winter after Levy · de Winter upper bounds 2026-10-17 · packet · register
2026-10-17 published T-198 · case 229
Daniel's opening n229 dilation certificate, after Couzo and de Winter
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-225
Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Levy · Daniel n229 dilation 2026-10-17 · packet · register
2026-10-17 published T-226 · case 204
Couzo's 204 of #670, below Polkovskyi's T-186, since superseded by his own #675 and #678
Upper bound recorded superseded by T-225
Couzo after Polkovskyi, Daniel, Levy · Couzo issue 670 2026-10-17 · packet · packet · register
2026-10-17 published T-227 · cases 227, 229
Couzo's refinements of de Winter's 227 and 229, below T-196 at both
Upper bound recorded superseded by T-225
Couzo after de Winter, Daniel, Levy · Couzo issue 672 2026-10-17 · packet · packet · register
2026-10-18 published T-199 · case 229
Daniel's smaller n229 update, replacing the opening certificate
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-225
Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Levy · Daniel n229 dilation update 2026-10-18 · packet · register
2026-10-18 published T-223 · cases 204, 260
Couzo's smaller packings at 204 and 260, the two in the corpus of issue 678's 85 bounds
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-225
Couzo after de Winter, Polkovskyi, Daniel, Fang, PingYou Ltd, Levy · Couzo issue 678 2026-10-18 · packet · register
2026-10-18 published T-228 · case 204
Couzo's 204 of #675, below his #670, since superseded by his #678
Upper bound recorded superseded by T-225
Couzo after Polkovskyi, Daniel, Levy · Couzo issue 675 2026-10-18 · packet · packet · register
2026-10-20 published T-225 · cases 204, 227, 229, 260
Daniel's solved, regularized views at 204, 227, 229 and 260, each the smallest side reported there
Upper bound confirmed
Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Polkovskyi, Levy · Daniel regularized lists 2026-10-20 · packet · register
2026-10-22 published T-229 · case 204
Polkovskyi's re-solves of the house packings at 105 and 204, below T-174 and T-225
Upper bound recorded
Polkovskyi after Couzo, Muglich, Daniel, Xu, PingYou Ltd, Levy · Mishapolk issue 719 2026-10-22 · packet · register
Links
- On this site
- The frontier survey · T-101 in the results table
On GitHub, at main
- Register
- T-101 in
results.yaml, line 10441 - Evidence
E-evand-exact-ceilings-2026-10-05-report·E-evand-exact-ceilings-2026-10-05-exact-replay·E-evand-exact-ceilings-2026-10-05-source-replay- Proofs and certificates
- certificate
certs - Sources
- evand exact optima 2026-10-05 (its own site, retained copy)
- Source packet
resources/web/evand-square-packing-2026-10-05/README.md- Artifacts
12 artifacts and controls
docs/project/reviews/review-2026-10-06-evand-exact-ceilings.mddocs/project/reviews/review-2026-10-06-evand-exact-ceilings-fix-check.mdresources/web/evand-square-packing-2026-10-05/README.mdresources/web/evand-square-packing-2026-10-05/acquisition/sources.jsonresources/web/evand-square-packing-2026-10-05/receipts/first-party-check.jsonresources/web/evand-square-packing-2026-10-05/receipts/source-replay.jsonresources/web/evand-square-packing-2026-10-05/receipts/ceiling-survey.jsondevtools/evand_exact_certificates.pydevtools/apply_exact_ceilings.pydevtools/check_rational_witness_independent.pyresources/web/evand-square-packing-2026-10-05/receipts/negative-controls-ceilings.jsontests/test_evand_exact_certificates.py- Case file
- each case’s file is linked from its row above