T-072: Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound replayed at
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-091
= 8.94, by a rectangle density of wand125/square-packing-bounds checked at coverage one, published on 2 October 2026.
The certificate is a density of 317 uniform rectangles with no point mass, of total mass 7599999/100000, at core side 9977/10000 on 201 net half-angles of step 83/40000, such that the shrunken core of every rotated unit square at each net direction captures mass at least one. The source reports it accepted at every oblique net angle by code/mixed_rotated_verify.cpp, the research copy of Tokoharu's verify.cpp that its certificate (T-048) and the certificates of T-069 and T-071 use, which accepts coverage at least 1 where Tokoharu's requires 10001/10000, and at angle zero by exact integer tables. The least oblique lower bound it records is 1.00000000051.
The value exceeds the source's rectangle certificate at this count, 357/40 = 8.925 (T-068), which it says it supersedes, and Nagamochi's 1 + sqrt(61) = 8.8102....
Here the exact premises were recomputed from the retained bytes, and the certificate passed a complete replay on 2 October 2026 of the source's unchanged checker and per-angle functions on the pinned tarball: all 201 directions, each returning the certificate's own record. The replay runs the source's own algorithm and is not an independent decision of coverage.
wand125 after Tokoharu and Levy, square-packing-bounds. Registration was requested in a comment of 2 October 2026 on jlevy/squares#282. The source says parts of the work were produced with AI assistance under human direction.
Significance, composition and next rung
- Significance
- Raised the verified lower bound at by 0.05, over wand125's rectangle certificate by monotonicity (T-045), by the certificate kind of T-048, T-069 and T-071: a further size from one generator, a substantive case result at S3. The 2 October review of the certificate confirmed the draft.
- Composition
- One claim on one certificate. E-n076-wand125-mixed-894-source-replay replays it in full with the source's own checker: one interval-certified method, replayed here, C3. Coverage is decided by the source's C++ checker alone, and the axis tables are a second implementation for one direction and not a second method.
- Next rung
- V4 and C4 need two adversarial AI reviews by distinct reviewers and a human oversight record; one adversarial review is retained. A second machine method would be a method-distinct decision of rotated coverage; the replay here runs the source's own checker. The checker's controls were made on the certificate of the same kind; a control on this certificate, devtools.audit_wand125_point_and_mixed mixed-control n76, would bind them to this measure as well.
- Novelty
- previously-published Present in an identified source
The case
Results on the case
11 results in the register on , oldest first, each with what it established and how it stands now.
2005 published T-007
for
V0 C1 lower bound incomplete on this case, superseded by T-091
Nagamochi · Nagamochi 2005 · source · 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
2026-09-27 published T-045
Rectangle-density lower bounds replayed at 15 counts in
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-091
wand125 after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026 · packet · packet · source · review · register
2026-09-27 published T-046
Rectangle-density lower bounds reported for 48 counts in
V0 C0 lower bound recorded superseded by T-091
wand125 after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026 · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-09-28 · packet · packet · 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-083
for every nonsquare
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed on this case, superseded by T-091
Karakuş · Karakuş 2026 · source · register
2026-10-01 published T-068
Rectangle-density lower bounds verified at 34 counts in
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed on this case, superseded by T-091
wand125 after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 rectangle bounds 2026-10-01 · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-02 published T-072 this result
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bound replayed at
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed superseded by T-091
wand125 after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds n76 2026-10-02 · packet · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-03 published T-082
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 22 counts in
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed on this case, superseded by T-091
wand125 after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds 2026-10-03 · packet · packet · source · review · register
2026-10-04 published T-091
Mixed rectangle-measure lower bounds verified at 17 counts in
V3 C3 lower bound confirmed
wand125 after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 mixed bounds evening 2026-10-04 · packet · source · review · register
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-072 in the results table
On GitHub, at main
- Register
- T-072 in
results.yaml, line 6666 - Evidence
E-n076-wand125-mixed-894-report·E-n076-wand125-mixed-894-source-replay- Proofs and certificates
- certificate
candidate.json.gz· proofcontinuous-density-certificate.ja.md· auditreview-2026-10-02-wand125-linear-certificates-and-n76.md - Sources
- wand125 mixed bounds n76 2026-10-02 (its own site, retained copy)
- Source packet
resources/web/wand125-mixed-bounds-n76-2026-10-02/README.md·resources/web/wand125-point-and-mixed-2026-09-28/README.md- Artifacts
12 artifacts and controls
frontier/n-076.mdresources/web/wand125-mixed-bounds-n76-2026-10-02/README.mdresources/web/wand125-mixed-bounds-n76-2026-10-02/square-packing-bounds/certificates/mixed_n76_L894/README.mdresources/web/wand125-mixed-bounds-n76-2026-10-02/receipts/mixed-audit.jsonresources/web/wand125-mixed-bounds-n76-2026-10-02/receipts/n76/merged.jsonresources/web/wand125-mixed-bounds-n76-2026-10-02/receipts/n76/range-000-200/directions.jsonlresources/web/wand125-point-and-mixed-2026-09-28/square-packing-bounds/certificates/mixed_n50_L740/code/mixed_rotated_verify.cppdevtools/audit_wand125_point_and_mixed.pydocs/project/reviews/review-2026-09-28-wand125-n50-mixed-verifier.mddocs/project/reviews/review-2026-10-02-wand125-linear-certificates-and-n76.mdtests/test_wand125_checker_controls.pyresources/web/wand125-point-and-mixed-2026-10-01/receipts/n37/control.json- Case file
frontier/n-076.md(verified lower, verified upper, reported lower, reported upper)