T-005: Bentz 2010, Lemma 10 is false as printed and true as corrected to (1.74,1)

V3 C3 correction confirmed

2026-08-31 established · Levy after Bentz · n=13

Bentz 2010, Lemma 10 is false as printed -- the middle replacement point (1, 1.74) is refuted by an exact escape certificate, and the published page image carries the same transposed text -- and true under the corrected reading (1.74, 1), with all three corrected replacement covers certified exactly.

Significance, composition and next rung
Significance
An erratum-level finding about the published record: real and citable, settled to the journal's own page image, changing no theorem.
Next rung
Communicate the erratum to the author or journal; nothing mechanical remains on our side.
Novelty
apparently-novel Not found in the recorded search, subject to its stated gaps

The case

Case record

n=13

4
345
3.6064.606
nn+1

Proven

s(13)=4

  • optimal
  • exact

Citation record n-013

lowerBentz 2010, Electron. J. Combin. 17, #R126 (confirmed T-006)

The case record

LowerUpper
Verified44
Reported44
Gap0 solved: the verified bounds meet

Results on the case

7 results in the register on n=13, oldest first, each with what it established and how it stands now.

  1. 2005 published T-007

    s(n)≥min(⌈n⌉,n−2⌊n⌋+1+1) for 4≤n≤324

    V0 C1 lower bound incomplete on this case, superseded by T-006

    Nagamochi · Nagamochi 2005 · source · register

  2. 2010-09-13 published T-006

    s(13)=4

    V3 C3 optimality confirmed

    Bentz; Daniel after Burns, Massaccesi · Bentz 2010 · evand square-packing 2026-09-28 · packet · source 1 · source 2 · review · register

  3. 2026-08-31 established T-005 this result

    Bentz 2010, Lemma 10 is false as printed and true as corrected to (1.74,1)

    V3 C3 correction confirmed

    Levy after Bentz · source · register

  4. 2026-09-04 published T-085

    Nagamochi 2005, Lemma 1 is false for every container with a>3 and b>2

    V3 C3 correction confirmed

    Karakuş; chelokot · Karakuş 2026 · chelokot Nagamochi counterexample 2026 · packet · register

  5. 2026-09-29 published T-058

    Rectangle-certificate ceiling α·UB(n) proved for n=1..100; B·UB(n) on 64 grid rows

    V3 C3 method limit confirmed

    wand125 after Tokoharu, Daniel · wand125 tools 2026 · packet · register

  6. 2026-09-29 published T-083

    s(n)≥1/2+n−⌊n⌋+1/4 for every nonsquare 8≤n≤324

    V3 C3 lower bound confirmed on this case, superseded by T-006

    Karakuş · Karakuş 2026 · source · register

  7. 2026-10-07 published T-124

    Reported non-strict local minima for 178 source configurations

    V0 C0 restricted optimality recorded

    Daniel after Couzo · Daniel exact and local reports 2026 · packet · register