T-011: Trump's 1979 packing is exactly valid, so
V3 C3 upper bound confirmed
Trump's 1979 packing is exactly valid: 11 unit squares in a square of side the published degree-8 algebraic number 3.877083590022814..., with 14 of 55 pairs in exact zero-separation contact and 20 corner coordinates exactly on the boundary, so <= that side.
Significance, composition and next rung
- Significance
- Confirms the record witness exactly, deciding the 14 zero-gap contacts no finite numerical evaluation can: real and citable, changing no theorem.
- Next rung
- V4 and C4 need two adversarial AI reviews by distinct reviewers and a human oversight record, and none is retained. A second independent exact verification of the same degree-8 witness would be shown beside the rung (the retained rational control proves a slightly weaker side and does not confirm this claim). Rung 5 needs a proof-assistant formalization reviewed by human experts.
- Novelty
- previously-published Present in an identified source
The case
Proven
- optimal
- exact
- rigid
Citation record n-011
lowerAhmed after Levy, Kleddamag 2026, GitHub (confirmed T-060)
upperTrump 1979, Squares in Squares (confirmed T-011)
The case record
Results on the case
23 results in the register on , oldest first, each with what it established and how it stands now.
1979 published T-011 this result
Trump's 1979 packing is exactly valid, so
V3 C3 upper bound confirmed
Trump · Trump 2023 · register
2005 published T-007
for
V0 C1 lower bound incomplete on this case, superseded by T-060
Nagamochi · Nagamochi 2005 · source · register
2026-08-24 established T-010
, by a repair of Stromquist 2003's Figure 14 point set
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
Levy after Stromquist · register
2026-09-04 established T-018
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
Levy after Burns, Massaccesi · register
2026-09-04 published T-085
Nagamochi 2005, Lemma 1 is false for every container with and
V3 C3 correction confirmed
Karakuş; chelokot · Karakuş 2026 · chelokot Nagamochi counterexample 2026 · packet · register
2026-09-06 established T-022
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
2026-09-08 established T-023
Conditional exclusion: no eleven-square packing in the four-owner branch at
V3 C3 case exclusion confirmed superseded in part by T-060
2026-09-09 established T-024
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
2026-09-09 established T-025
, by a threshold certificate
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
2026-09-09 established T-026
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
2026-09-20 established T-031
The octagon corner class (threshold ) holds no eleven-square packing at side
V3 C3 case exclusion confirmed superseded by T-060
Levy · register
2026-09-22 established T-033
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
2026-09-22 published T-037
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
Kleddamag after Levy, Guzhou0806, Mira · Kleddamag n11 2026 · packet · source 1 · source 2 · review 1 · review 2 · register
2026-09-22 published T-047
; for ; for
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
Tokoharu after Levy, wand125, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · Tokoharu density 2026 · packet · source · review · register
2026-09-24 established T-035
Six-plus-five packings near Trump's tilt with side lie within
rhoof his poseV3 C3 case exclusion confirmed
Levy · register
2026-09-24 established T-036
Trump's pose is optimal among six-plus-five packings near its tilt, unique up to symmetry
V3 C2 restricted optimality confirmed superseded in part by T-060 and T-112
Levy · register
2026-09-29 published T-058
Rectangle-certificate ceiling
α·UB(n)proved for ..100;B·UB(n)on 64 grid rowsV3 C3 method limit confirmed
wand125 after Tokoharu, Daniel · wand125 tools 2026 · packet · register
2026-09-29 published T-059
Reported equality of 12028 n11 row minima reproduced by a complete bound replay
V3 C3 audit confirmed
wand125 after Tokoharu, Daniel · wand125 tools 2026 · packet · register
2026-09-29 published T-060
Trump's eleven-square packing is globally optimal
V3 C3 optimality confirmed
Ahmed after Levy, Kleddamag · Ahmed n11 optimality 2026 · packet · packet · source 1 · source 2 · review 1 · review 2 · register
2026-09-29 published T-061
, 3.9e-9 above
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-060
Wang, Li after Kleddamag, Levy · Wang Li n11 2026 · packet · source 1 · source 2 · review · register
2026-09-29 published T-083
for every nonsquare
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed on this case, superseded by T-060
Karakuş · Karakuş 2026 · source · register
2026-10-06 established T-112
Trump's packing is the only optimal packing of eleven squares, up to symmetry
V3 C2 uniqueness confirmed
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
Links
- On this site
- Case record, · Frontier row, · T-011 in the results table · The optimality paper · The explainer
On GitHub, at main
- Register
- T-011 in
results.yaml, line 525 - Evidence
E-n011-trump-upper- Proofs and certificates
- certificate
packing.py - Sources
- Trump 2023 · Ellsworth SVG (its own site)
- Artifacts
cases/trump11/packing.py·cases/trump11/verify_exact.py·tests/test_known_best_n011_rational_control.py- Case file
frontier/n-011.md(verified lower, verified upper, reported lower, reported upper)