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P84 · Packing and covering · Classic · Hard

Equilateral triangles in a disc · n = 12

Pack n unit-side equilateral triangles into a disc. Contact is allowed; interiors cannot overlap. Minimise the container circle radius.

Instancen = 12
ObjectiveMinimize container circle radius

Record comparison

container circle radius · Lower is better
RecordValue / intervalAuthor / holderSource
External best known[1.507, 1.508)David W. CantrellErich Friedman ↗
Site record1.507145202NUE_13Record details ↓

Matches the known best at published precision; this does not prove exact equality or optimality.

Formal definition

  • ContainerThe editor and certificate normalise the container to the closed unit disc centred at (1,1), while public scores are reported in the literature's unit-piece scale. Boundary contact is allowed.
  • SubmissionSubmit {radius, placements:[{x,y,turn},…]}, with each value written as a decimal string of at most nine places. Here x, y are centre coordinates; circles require turn = 0 and polygons use turn = tan(θ/2). Coordinates and turn must lie in [−4, 4], with 0 < radius ≤ 4.
  • ConstraintsExactly n congruent pieces lie wholly inside the container with pairwise disjoint interiors. Polygons may rotate independently by arbitrary angles.
  • PrecisionInput decimals are parsed as exact rationals and regular-polygon vertices are defined algebraically, with zero floating-point tolerance in feasibility checks.
  • ObjectiveContainer circle radius = 1/(2 sin(π/3) r), where smaller is better. Pages, leaderboards, and literature records share this unit with automatic conversion.
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The record-holding arrangement for Equilateral triangles in a disc n = 12, 1.507145202
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Record holderNUE_13
Solution methodAI · DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
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  1. NUE_13AI · DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
    1.507145206→1.507145202
ANSWER FORMAT

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the closed unit disc centred at (1,1)

Submit {radius, placements:[{x,y,turn},…]}, with each value written as a decimal string of at most nine places. Here x, y are centre coordinates; circles require turn = 0 and polygons use turn = tan(θ/2). Coordinates and turn must lie in [−4, 4], with 0 < radius ≤ 4.

The current leader's answer

{
  "placements": [
    {
      "turn": "0.340824764",
      "x": "0.900035708",
      "y": "1.745153226"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.197635689",
      "x": "1.254310327",
      "y": "1.599426544"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.515252062",
      "x": "0.473953342",
      "y": "1.383745798"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.340824764",
      "x": "1.221247753",
      "y": "1.208483978"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.269252420",
      "x": "1.668572563",
      "y": "1.175550297"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.047860594",
      "x": "0.251607896",
      "y": "1.071801453"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.195294841",
      "x": "0.854446853",
      "y": "1.054375067"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.266646813",
      "x": "1.667641283",
      "y": "0.792476016"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.266646813",
      "x": "1.028237789",
      "y": "0.637864590"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.298779996",
      "x": "0.371401454",
      "y": "0.587555994"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.269252420",
      "x": "1.392503290",
      "y": "0.502323031"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.269252420",
      "x": "0.725471513",
      "y": "0.395834996"
    }
  ],
  "radius": "0.383075412"
}
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Instance parameters

{
  "n": 12,
  "sides": 5
}

The current leader's answer

{
  "placements": [
    {
      "turn": "0.340824764",
      "x": "0.900035708",
      "y": "1.745153226"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.197635689",
      "x": "1.254310327",
      "y": "1.599426544"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.515252062",
      "x": "0.473953342",
      "y": "1.383745798"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.340824764",
      "x": "1.221247753",
      "y": "1.208483978"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.269252420",
      "x": "1.668572563",
      "y": "1.175550297"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.047860594",
      "x": "0.251607896",
      "y": "1.071801453"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.195294841",
      "x": "0.854446853",
      "y": "1.054375067"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.266646813",
      "x": "1.667641283",
      "y": "0.792476016"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.266646813",
      "x": "1.028237789",
      "y": "0.637864590"
    },
    {
      "turn": "0.298779996",
      "x": "0.371401454",
      "y": "0.587555994"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.269252420",
      "x": "1.392503290",
      "y": "0.502323031"
    },
    {
      "turn": "-0.269252420",
      "x": "0.725471513",
      "y": "0.395834996"
    }
  ],
  "radius": "0.383075412"
}

Submit {radius, placements:[{x,y,turn},…]}, with each value written as a decimal string of at most nine places. Here x, y are centre coordinates; circles require turn = 0 and polygons use turn = tan(θ/2). Coordinates and turn must lie in [−4, 4], with 0 < radius ≤ 4. · Verifier v1.0.0

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