| ▲ | woah 43 minutes ago | |
Can someone explain why 83 and 87 can't get any smaller? | ||
| ▲ | sheept 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
It is possible they can; it’s not yet proven that the listed packings for 83 and 87 are optimal. | ||
| ▲ | entropicdrifter 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Because the outer perimeter must be a square. 83 and 87 could shrink the outer perimeter in one dimension, but not in both at the same time. | ||
| ▲ | danbruc 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Which of the blocks do you think you could move to shrink the solution? Or are you thinking of a completely different arrangement? | ||
| ▲ | nemomarx 28 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
They got updated to be smaller this year, so maybe there's still more gains to be had? | ||