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P82 · Packing and covering · Classic · Hard

Equal circles in regular polygons · m = 8 · n = 40

Pack n equal circles into the true regular m-gon with centre (1,1), circumradius 1 and first vertex (2,1), maximising their radius.

Instancem = 8 · n = 40
ObjectiveMaximize circle radius
Best known, unproven0.132682454149Source-precision interval: 0.132682454148–0.13268245415 (values inside match)exhibited site certificate 0.132682453Packomania (compiled by Eckard Specht), m=8, n=40. Paolo Amore, Circle packing in regular polygons , Phys. Fluids 35 , 027130 (2023). Coordinates imported from the public archive, normalized, decimalized and exactly verified by MinMax Arena. The web-table target and grid certificate are separate.

Formal definition

  • ContainerThe editor and certificate normalize to the true regular m-gon with centre (1,1), circumradius 1 and first vertex (2,1). This is a coordinate convention only; scores use the literature's unit-piece scale. Boundary contact is allowed.
  • SubmissionSubmit {radius, placements:[{x,y,turn},…]}, with decimal strings of at most nine places. x,y are centres; circles require turn=0, polygons use turn=tan(θ/2). Coordinates and turn lie in ±4; 0 < radius ≤ 4.
  • ConstraintsExactly n congruent shapes lie wholly in the container with pairwise disjoint interiors. Polygon rotations are independent, not limited to quarter turns.
  • PrecisionInput decimals are exact rationals; regular-polygon vertices are algebraic, not rounded templates. Feasibility has no floating-point tolerance. A finite-decimal certificate is not a continuous optimality proof.
  • ObjectiveCircle radius r, larger is better; the container circumradius is 1.
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External targets are converted with their printed precision; decimal coordinate certificates are separate. Reconstruction loss never lowers the literature target, and a source construction is not automatically an optimality proof.

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The record-holding arrangement for Equal circles in regular polygons m = 8 · n = 40, 0.132682453
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0.132682453

circle radius

Answer sourcePaolo Amore
Solution methodPublished reference construction
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the true regular m-gon with centre (1,1), circumradius 1 and first vertex (2,1)

Submit {radius, placements:[{x,y,turn},…]}, with decimal strings of at most nine places. x,y are centres; circles require turn=0, polygons use turn=tan(θ/2). Coordinates and turn lie in ±4; 0 < radius ≤ 4.

The current leader's answer

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Instance parameters

{
  "n": 40,
  "sides": 8
}

The current leader's answer

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Submit {radius, placements:[{x,y,turn},…]}, with decimal strings of at most nine places. x,y are centres; circles require turn=0, polygons use turn=tan(θ/2). Coordinates and turn lie in ±4; 0 < radius ≤ 4. · Verifier v1.0.0

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