NEWS · 2026-10-05

Three days, 25 instances proved optimal

Between 3 and 5 October the site adopted three batches of proofs: one computer-assisted proof, one repository of Lean formal proofs, and four proofs from the discussions and the mailbox. The instances close as proven optimal, with their record histories kept.

P93 sum of radii in a triangle: n = 1–11 and 15

A computer-assisted proof by zzzcy, written with AI assistance: the continuous optimum is reduced to finitely many contact graphs and solved, then a localisation theorem and exact rational certificates exclude every higher score on the nine-decimal grid. The site replayed every certificate with its own code. In all twelve rows the current record is the highest grid score, and the record holders stay the same (+2 proof award).

Read the proof →

P05 squares in a circle: n = 3, 5, 6, 7

The-Anh Vu-Le formalised in Lean 4 with Mathlib the smallest circle holding 1–7 unit squares. Citing the repository, the site marks these four rows proven optimal (n = 4 was already proved).

The Lean proofs ↗ · Open P05

Discussions and mailbox: nine instances

The full-tiling area argument for P89 n = 4, 8, 16, 18 and P91 n = 12, 27, the projection argument for P90 n = 1, the centroid lemma for P82 (m = 6, n = 3), and the tightening-strip proof for P17 n = 6.

The 3 October announcement

Submitting a proof

Post a proof in the problem’s discussion, or email a larger computer-assisted one. Each adopted new argument earns its contributor one +2 proof award.

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