T-116: 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V3 C3 Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-127, T-173, T-174, T-186 and T-218
Nine unchanged rational SQUISH packings establish feasible upper bounds at , 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.
| n | Proved lower | Best known | Gap | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 9.620000 | 9.882452 | 0.26245103… | open= | frontier n-088.md |
| 108 | 10.620000 | 10.904822 | 0.28482101… | frontier n-108.md | |
| 179 | 13.393796 | 13.883796 | 0.48999853… | frontier n-179.md | |
| 180 | 13.432517 | 13.916994 | 0.48447636… | frontier n-180.md | |
| 199 | 14.110657 | 14.617573 | 0.50691458… | frontier n-199.md | |
| 207 | 14.401438 | 14.880961 | 0.47952159… | frontier n-207.md | |
| 236 | 15.374474 | 15.861935 | 0.48745960… | frontier n-236.md | |
| 263 | 16.224185 | 16.733167 | 0.50898081… | frontier n-263.md | |
| 302 | 17.389345 | 17.870014 | 0.48066809… | frontier n-302.md |
Results on these cases
37 results in the register on these cases, oldest first
2005 published T-007 · 9 of these cases
for
Lower bound incomplete on these cases, superseded by T-083, T-091, T-180 (reported) and T-216
2026-09-04 published T-085 · 9 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
2026-09-27 published T-046 · case 88
Rectangle-density lower bounds reported for 48 counts in
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
2026-09-27 published T-056 · 6 of these cases
Smaller packings for 49 counts from to , 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
2026-09-29 published T-058 · case 88
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 · 9 of these cases
for every nonsquare
Lower bound confirmed
Karakuş · Karakuş 2026 · source · register
2026-10-01 published T-068 · case 88
Rectangle-density lower bounds verified at 34 counts in
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
2026-10-01 published T-074 · case 88
Rectangle-density lower bounds replayed at 31 counts in
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
2026-10-02 published T-075 · case 88
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds replayed at nine counts in
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
2026-10-03 published T-082 · case 88
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 22 counts in
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
2026-10-03 published T-092 · case 263
Smaller packings again at seven counts from to , each certified two independent ways
Upper bound confirmed superseded by T-174
Couzo · franciscouzo square-packing 2026-10-03 · packet · register
2026-10-04 published T-090 · case 88
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 17 counts in
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
2026-10-04 published T-091 · case 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 evening 2026-10-04 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-05 published T-098 · 6 of these cases
Exact optima of 48 known-best packings:
s(n) ≤ S',3.5e-13to5.0e-11below each printed sideUpper 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
2026-10-05 published T-101 · cases 88, 108, 179
Exact certificates of 77 catalogue packings:
s(n) ≤ S',1.2e-16to9.8e-15above each sideUpper 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
2026-10-07 published T-113 · cases 108, 180
at ten counts, 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
2026-10-07 published T-115 · cases 179, 263
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
2026-10-07 published T-116 this result · 9 of these cases
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
2026-10-08 published T-125 · 5 of these cases
Complete rational construction reports at 25 counts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2026-10-13 published T-180 · 9 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
2026-10-13 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
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
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
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-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
2026-10-16 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
Links
- On this site
- The frontier survey · T-116 in the results table
On GitHub, at main
- Register
- T-116 in
results.yaml, line 12466 - Evidence
E-squish-second-update-2026-10-07-report·E-squish-second-update-2026-10-07-exact-replay- Proofs and certificates
- certificate
facts· certificatesquish-422-second-update-2026 - Sources
- SQUISH second update 2026-10-07 (its own site, retained copy)
- Source packet
resources/web/squish-422-second-update-2026-10-07/README.md- Artifacts
63 artifacts and controls in 11 directories. Complete artifact list in the result entry. docs/project/reviews packing/devtools packing/frontier packing/resources/web/squish-422-second-update-2026-10-07 packing/resources/web/squish-422-second-update-2026-10-07/acquisition packing/resources/web/squish-422-second-update-2026-10-07/facts packing/resources/web/squish-422-second-update-2026-10-07/protocol packing/resources/web/squish-422-second-update-2026-10-07/receipts packing/resources/web/squish-422-second-update-2026-10-07/reviews packing/tests packing/witnesses/squish-422-second-update-2026
- Case file
- each case’s file is linked from its row above