T-116: s(n)≤Sn at nine counts, from the second SQUISH update’s new rational packings

V3 C3 Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-127, T-173, T-174, T-186 and T-218

2026-10-07 published · Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth, Couzo and SQUISH · 9 cases, n=88 to 302

Nine unchanged rational SQUISH packings establish feasible upper bounds at n=88, 108, 179, 180, 199, 207, 236, 263 and 302. Both exact local routes accepted all nine and rejected both complete-roster controls per case; two distinct separately prompted AI reviews accepted their complete scientific evidence. Five counts are additional and four replace earlier SQUISH packings. Original and first-update certificates remain retained.

Significance, composition and next rung
Significance
Nine confirmed case-bound improvements, five additional counts and four tighter submitted packings; no exact optimum or general theorem.
Composition
Strict source admission and exact rational half-angle conversion preserve every side and complete roster. The completed 27-job replay inspected every pair through both independently implemented deciding routes. Bounded XZ retains historical full witnesses, inputs, verdicts and custody unchanged; canonical metadata transformations require exact complete ordered geometry equality. Cheap admission binds all 27 jobs and both accepted scientific reviews. Exact leaf custody and private-output guards apply to the eight eligible generated house read links; n263 stays private and indexed. Explicit --replay repeats both geometric decisions.
Next rung
V4/C4 needs accountable human review of the claims, complete witnesses, shared premises, both deciding implementations and accepted scoped AI reviews. V5/C5 would require proof-assistant verification; this exact feasibility replay establishes neither.
Novelty
previously-published Present in an identified source

The cases

This result concerns 9 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.

nProved lowerBest knownGapStatusRecords
889.6200009.8824520.26245103…open=frontier n-088.md
10810.62000010.9048220.28482101…frontier n-108.md
17913.39379613.8837960.48999853…frontier n-179.md
18013.43251713.9169940.48447636…frontier n-180.md
19914.11065714.6175730.50691458…frontier n-199.md
20714.40143814.8809610.47952159…frontier n-207.md
23615.37447415.8619350.48745960…frontier n-236.md
26316.22418516.7331670.50898081…frontier n-263.md
30217.38934517.8700140.48066809…frontier n-302.md

Results on these cases

37 results in the register on these cases, oldest first
  1. 2005 published T-007 · 9 of these cases

    s(n)≥min(⌈n⌉,n−2⌊n⌋+1+1) for 4≤n≤324

    Lower bound incomplete on these cases, superseded by T-083, T-091, T-180 (reported) and T-216

    Nagamochi · Nagamochi 2005 · source · register

  2. 2026-09-04 published T-085 · 9 of these cases

    Nagamochi 2005, Lemma 1 is false for every container with a>3 and b>2

    Correction confirmed

    Karakuş; Vlasenko · Karakuş 2026 · chelokot Nagamochi counterexample 2026 · packet · register

  3. 2026-09-27 published T-046 · case 88

    Rectangle-density lower bounds reported for 48 counts in n=18…95

    Lower bound recorded superseded by T-091

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026 · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-09-28 · packet · packet · register

  4. 2026-09-27 published T-056 · 6 of these cases

    Smaller packings for 49 counts from n=68 to 307, each certified two independent ways

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-127, T-173, T-174, T-186 and T-218

    Couzo · franciscouzo square-packing 2026-09-27 · packet · register

  5. 2026-09-29 published T-058 · case 88

    Rectangle-certificate ceiling α·UB(n) proved for n=1..100; B·UB(n) on 64 grid rows

    Method limit confirmed

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Daniel · wand125 tools 2026 · packet · register

  6. 2026-09-29 published T-083 · 9 of these cases

    s(n)≥1/2+n−⌊n⌋+1/4 for every nonsquare 8≤n≤324

    Lower bound confirmed

    Karakuş · Karakuş 2026 · source · register

  7. 2026-10-01 published T-068 · case 88

    Rectangle-density lower bounds verified at 34 counts in n=19…95

    Lower bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-091

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-10-01 · packet · source · review · register

  8. 2026-10-01 published T-074 · case 88

    Rectangle-density lower bounds replayed at 31 counts in n=19…95

    Lower bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-091

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-10-01 · packet · packet · source · review · register

  9. 2026-10-02 published T-075 · case 88

    Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds replayed at nine counts in n=83…96

    Lower bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-091

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds afternoon 2026-10-02 · packet · source 1 · source 2 · review · register

  10. 2026-10-03 published T-082 · case 88

    Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 22 counts in n=51…96

    Lower bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-091

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds 2026-10-03 · packet · packet · source · review · register

  11. 2026-10-03 published T-092 · case 263

    Smaller packings again at seven counts from n=208 to 306, each certified two independent ways

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174

    Couzo · franciscouzo square-packing 2026-10-03 · packet · register

  12. 2026-10-04 published T-090 · case 88

    Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 17 counts in n=42…96

    Lower bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-091

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds 2026-10-04 · packet · source · review · register

  13. 2026-10-04 published T-091 · case 88

    Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 17 counts in n=53…95

    Lower bound confirmed

    Hosono after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds evening 2026-10-04 · packet · source · review · register

  14. 2026-10-05 published T-098 · 6 of these cases

    Exact optima of 48 known-best packings: s(n) ≤ S', 3.5e-13 to 5.0e-11 below each printed side

    Upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-127, T-173, T-174, T-186 and T-218

    Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Ellsworth, Levy · evand exact optima 2026-10-05 · packet · register

  15. 2026-10-05 published T-101 · cases 88, 108, 179

    Exact certificates of 77 catalogue packings: s(n) ≤ S', 1.2e-16 to 9.8e-15 above each side

    Upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-127 and T-174

    Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Ellsworth, Levy · evand exact optima 2026-10-05 · packet · register

  16. 2026-10-07 published T-113 · cases 108, 180

    s(n)≤Sn at ten counts, n=108 to 303, from new SQUISH rational packings

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174

    Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth · SQUISH ten packings 2026-10-07 · packet · register

  17. 2026-10-07 published T-115 · cases 179, 263

    s(n)≤Sn at twelve counts, from the SQUISH update’s new and smaller rational packings

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174

    Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo and Ellsworth · SQUISH update 2026-10-07 · packet · register

  18. 2026-10-07 published T-116 this result · 9 of these cases

    s(n)≤Sn at nine counts, from the second SQUISH update’s new rational packings

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-127, T-173, T-174, T-186 and T-218

    Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth, Couzo and SQUISH · SQUISH second update 2026-10-07 · packet · register

  19. 2026-10-08 published T-125 · 5 of these cases

    Complete rational construction reports at 25 counts

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-127, T-174 and T-218

    Xu · ry-xu square packing 2026 · packet · register

  20. 2026-10-08 published T-127 · 7 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

  21. 2026-10-08 published T-128 · cases 108, 180

    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

  22. 2026-10-09 published T-134 · case 263

    Six exact rational certificates from Couzo

    Upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-174

    Couzo after Polkovskyi, Chaoweeraprasit, Gupta, Xu, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo exact certificates 2026-10-09 · packet · register

  23. 2026-10-09 published T-136 · cases 207, 236, 263, 302

    Seventeen exact rational packings from SQUISH's third request

    Upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-173, T-174, T-186 and T-218

    Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo, Xu, Göbel, Schadt, Ellsworth, Hajba, Levy · SQUISH third request 2026-10-09 · packet · register

  24. 2026-10-09 published T-138 · cases 108, 180, 302

    Exact witnesses at Mishapolk's printed ceilings, the smallest known at 103 and 258 when registered

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174 and T-186

    Polkovskyi after Stenlund, Friedman, Ellsworth, Chaoweeraprasit, Couzo, Xu, Levy · Mishapolk decimal poses 2026-10-09 · packet · register

  25. 2026-10-10 published T-146 · cases 236, 263, 302

    Exact rational certificates at fifteen counts from Daniel's regularized record lists

    Upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-174, T-186 and T-218

    Daniel after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit, Polkovskyi, Levy · Daniel regularized lists 2026-10-10 · packet · register

  26. 2026-10-11 published T-147 · case 207

    A packing of 207 squares from two placed patches of Xu's packing of 70

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-173

    PingYou Ltd after Xu, Daniel, Levy · PingYou n207 certificate 2026-10-11 · packet · register

  27. 2026-10-12 published T-164 · case 302

    A packing of 302 squares from four boundary patches of Xu's packing of 70 and two upright banks

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186

    PingYou Ltd after Xu, Daniel, Levy · PingYou n302 certificate 2026-10-12 · packet · register

  28. 2026-10-12 published T-167 · case 207

    A tighter rational realization of PingYou Ltd's packing of 207 squares

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-173

    PingYou Ltd after Xu, Daniel, Levy · PingYou n207 refinement 2026-10-12 · packet · register

  29. 2026-10-12 published T-173 · case 207

    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

  30. 2026-10-13 published T-174 · 9 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

  31. 2026-10-13 published T-180 · 9 of these cases

    Closed-form lower bound s(N)≥a(N) for every non-square N≥49, reported

    Lower bound reviewed

    Hosono · wand125 closed form 2026-10-14 · packet · packet · register

  32. 2026-10-13 published T-181 · case 302

    Exact rational certificates at 211, 241 and 302 from Couzo

    Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-186

    Couzo after Daniel, Ostashev, Fang, Ellsworth, Levy; Couzo after Daniel, Ostashev, BuddenPing, Fang, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo issue-583 certificates 2026-10-13 · Couzo certificates 2026-10-13 · packet · packet · register

  33. 2026-10-14 published T-186 · case 302

    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

  34. 2026-10-16 published T-193 · cases 88, 199, 302

    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

  35. 2026-10-16 published T-209 · case 88

    Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound s(88)≥3853/400 reported, on the 201-direction net

    Lower bound recorded

    Hosono after Tokoharu and Levy · wand125 fine-net lower bounds 2026-10-16 · packet · register

  36. 2026-10-16 published T-216 · case 108

    Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound s(108)≥531/50 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

  37. 2026-10-16 published T-218 · case 236

    Daniel's smaller n236 packing, after Chaoweeraprasit's composition, certified exactly

    Upper bound confirmed

    Daniel after Chaoweeraprasit, Levy · Daniel n236 2026-10-16 · packet · register