T-115: s(n)≤Sn at twelve counts, from the SQUISH update’s new and smaller rational packings

V3 C3 upper bound confirmed

2026-10-07 published · Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo and Ellsworth · 12 cases, n=123 to 263

Nate Chaoweeraprasit (itsnaka), using SQUISH, establishes feasible rational packing upper bounds for n=123, 126, 129, 154, 155, 179, 208, 237, 238, 239, 258, 263. Seven counts are additional and five tighten the original release. Complete exact rational dual replay accepts all twelve unchanged source sides; both full-size geometric controls are rejected. n153 is identical to its earlier certificate and remains on its original evidence. Optimality and rigidity are not established.

Significance, composition and next rung
Significance
Twelve confirmed case-bound improvements, adding seven counts and tightening five submitted bounds; no exact optimum or general theorem is established.
Composition
Exact rational half-angle facts are converted without rounding or dilation. Both independently implemented deciding routes inspect every pair and wall. The completed reviewer replay is reused and its full twelve scoped inputs and verdicts retained, with two rejected complete 123-square controls. Fast checks bind current source facts, revision-specific witness metadata, complete semantic input, typed coverage and safe decimal ceilings. Explicit --replay repeats both decisions. Two accepted scoped AI reviews address shared conversion and semantic premises.
Next rung
V4/C4 require a retained human oversight record for the claim, certificates, assumptions, deciding implementations and accepted AI reviews. Rung 5 requires reviewed proof-assistant formalization. No independently audited human oversight is retained.
Novelty
previously-published Present in an identified source

The cases

This result concerns 12 cases, too many to draw one by one. Each is listed with the film’s bounds, the proved lower bound and the best known side, and links to its case record, where its packing and number line are drawn.

nProved lowerBest knownGapStatusRecords
12311.09481011.5913790.49656809…open=frontier n-123.md
12611.23545511.7426410.50718541…frontier n-126.md
12911.37428111.8720300.49774826…frontier n-129.md
15412.42686012.9265630.49970180…frontier n-154.md
15512.46870912.9525040.48379399…frontier n-155.md
17913.39379613.8837960.48999853…frontier n-179.md
20814.43735914.9245190.48715890…frontier n-208.md
23715.40805115.9036770.49562471…frontier n-237.md
23815.44155215.9261470.48459405…frontier n-238.md
23915.47497915.9493140.47433403…frontier n-239.md
25816.06438216.5634490.49906558…frontier n-258.md
26316.22418516.7404200.51623448…frontier n-263.md

Results on these cases

20 results in the register on these cases, oldest first
  1. 2005 published T-007 · 12 of these cases

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

    lower bound incomplete

    Nagamochi · Nagamochi 2005 · source · register

  2. 2026-09-04 published T-085 · 12 of these cases

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

    correction confirmed

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

  3. 2026-09-27 published T-056 · 8 of these cases

    Smaller packings for 49 counts from n=68 to 307, each certified two independent ways

    upper bound confirmed superseded by T-115, T-116, T-125 and T-127

    Couzo · franciscouzo square-packing 2026-09-27 · packet · register

  4. 2026-09-29 published T-083 · 12 of these cases

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

    lower bound confirmed

    Karakuş · Karakuş 2026 · source · register

  5. 2026-10-03 published T-092 · cases 208, 263

    Smaller packings again at seven counts from n=208 to 306, each certified two independent ways

    upper bound confirmed superseded by T-116 and T-127

    Couzo · franciscouzo square-packing 2026-10-03 · packet · register

  6. 2026-10-05 published T-098 · 9 of these cases

    Exact optima of 48 known-best packings: s(n) ≤ S', 3.5e-13 to 5.0e-11 below each printed side

    upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-115, T-116, T-125 and T-127

    Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Ellsworth, Levy · evand exact optima 2026-10-05 · packet · register

  7. 2026-10-05 published T-101 · cases 129, 179, 258

    Exact certificates of 77 catalogue packings: s(n) ≤ S', 1.2e-16 to 9.8e-15 above each side

    upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-115, T-125 and T-127

    Daniel after Couzo, de Winter, Ellsworth, Levy · evand exact optima 2026-10-05 · packet · register

  8. 2026-10-07 published T-113 · 5 of these cases

    s(n)≤Sn at ten counts, n=108 to 303, from new SQUISH rational packings

    upper bound confirmed on these cases, superseded by T-115, T-125 and T-127

    Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth · SQUISH ten packings 2026-10-07 · packet · register

  9. 2026-10-07 published T-115 this result · 12 of these cases

    s(n)≤Sn at twelve counts, from the SQUISH update’s new and smaller rational packings

    upper bound confirmed

    Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo and Ellsworth · SQUISH update 2026-10-07 · packet · register

  10. 2026-10-07 published T-116 · cases 179, 263

    s(n)≤Sn at nine counts, from the second SQUISH update’s new rational packings

    upper bound confirmed

    Chaoweeraprasit after Ellsworth, Couzo and SQUISH · SQUISH second update 2026-10-07 · packet · register

  11. 2026-10-08 published T-125 · 6 of these cases

    Complete rational construction reports at 25 counts

    upper bound confirmed

    ry-xu · ry-xu square packing 2026 · packet · register

  12. 2026-10-08 published T-127 · 8 of these cases

    Fourteen rational refinements, seventeen complete source cases

    upper bound confirmed

    Gupta after Chaoweeraprasit, Daniel · Gupta rational refinements 2026-10-08 · packet · register

  13. 2026-10-08 published T-128 · case 155

    Eight complete rational refinements from Francisco Couzo

    upper bound confirmed

    Couzo after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit, Gupta, Ellsworth, Daniel, Levy · Couzo exact refinements 2026-10-08 · packet · register

  14. 2026-10-09 published T-134 · cases 237, 263

    Six exact rational certificates from Francisco Couzo

    upper bound confirmed

    Couzo after Mishapolk, Chaoweeraprasit, Gupta, Xu, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo exact certificates 2026-10-09 · packet · register

  15. 2026-10-09 published T-136 · cases 154, 237, 263

    Seventeen exact rational packings from SQUISH's third request

    upper bound confirmed

    Chaoweeraprasit after Couzo, Xu, Goebel, Schadt, Ellsworth, Hajba, Levy · SQUISH third request 2026-10-09 · packet · register

  16. 2026-10-09 published T-138 · case 258

    Exact witnesses at Mishapolk's printed ceilings, the smallest known at 103 and 258 when registered

    upper bound confirmed

    Mishapolk after Stenlund, Friedman, Ellsworth, Chaoweeraprasit, Couzo, Xu, Levy · Mishapolk decimal poses 2026-10-09 · packet · register

  17. 2026-10-09 published T-139 · case 126

    A more precise certificate of Ryan Xu's 126-square arrangement, from Evan Daniel

    upper bound confirmed

    Daniel after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit · Daniel trio126 2026-10-09 · packet · register

  18. 2026-10-10 published T-140 · case 237

    Six more exact rational certificates from Francisco Couzo

    upper bound confirmed

    Couzo after Chaoweeraprasit, Mishapolk, Xu, Daniel, Ellsworth, Levy · Couzo certificates 2026-10-10 · packet · register

  19. 2026-10-10 published T-144 · cases 123, 126

    Linear-measure lower bound s(n)≥563/50=11.26 for n=122…126, reported

    lower bound recorded

    wand125 after Tokoharu, Levy, Stromquist, Nagamochi, Burns, Massaccesi · wand125 linear n122 2026-10-10 · packet · register

  20. 2026-10-10 published T-146 · cases 123, 129, 258, 263

    Exact rational certificates at fifteen counts from Evan Daniel's regularized record lists

    upper bound confirmed

    Daniel after Xu, Chaoweeraprasit, Mishapolk, Levy · Daniel regularized lists 2026-10-10 · packet · register