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P84 · Packing and covering · Classic · Hard

Equilateral triangles in a disc · n = 31

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

Instancen = 31
ObjectiveMinimize container circle radius
Best known, unproven2.272Source-precision interval: 2.272–2.273 (values inside match)exhibited site certificate 2.272610889Compiled by Erich Friedman; Found by Maurizio Morandi in July 2008. Source expression: r = 2.272+.

Formal definition

  • ContainerThe editor and certificate normalize to the closed unit disc centred at (1,1). 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.
  • Objectivecontainer circle radius = 1/(2 sin(pi/3) r), smaller is better. Pages, leaderboards and literature share these units; conversion is automatic.
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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 Equilateral triangles in a disc n = 31, 2.272610889
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2.272610889

container circle radius

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Answer sourceMaurizio Morandi
Solution methodPublished reference construction
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the closed unit disc centred at (1,1)

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

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  "sides": 5
}

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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