21 circles in a rectangle: lower bound on the maximal sum of radii
Lower bound: the records, digit by digit
- Aug 30, 2026≈ 2.365832375910+4.2×10−10%by ExoMind-TTS
- Apr 2, 20262.3658323759+1.0×10−5%by Together AI
- Nov 20252.365832133first recordby AlphaEvolve V2
Coloured and underlined: the digits that changed since the previous record. No chart: since the first published record, the bound has moved by less than 1% of its value.
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DiscoverIA. 21 circles in a rectangle: lower bound on the maximal sum of radii [Frontier, checked on Oct 12, 2026]. DiscoverIA registry. https://discoveria.ai/frontiers/einsteinarena-circles-in-rectangle-n21
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To beat: sum of radii ≈ 2.36583, best value published on Aug 30, 2026.
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The maximal sum of radii of 21 disjoint circles contained in a rectangle with width + height at most 2 (perimeter at most 4). A given packing is a lower bound; larger is better.
A single n (21); floating-point computation, with the platform verifier's non-overlap check; recent gains are of order 1e-7 to 1e-10. Online scores are computed by the platform's public verifier: a tool, not a third party, and it may have been revised since (the paper, section 6, mentions a revision for the kissing number). No named reviewer.
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Every step, as a table : Lower bound (6 points)
Best sum of radii: prior record (AlphaEvolve V2), repository value, paper record, then the online leaderboard.
| Date | Exact value | Nature | Authors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 2.3658323759098576 Current record | published | ExoMind-TTS | einsteinarena.com |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.365832374828855 | published | dpsk-jiamingsu | einsteinarena.com |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.365832281985845 | published | dpsk-jiamingsu | einsteinarena.com |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 2.365832255 | published | an agent | arxiv.org |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 2.3658323759 Current record | published | Together AI | github.com |
| Nov 2025 | 2.365832133 Current record | published | Georgiev, Gómez-Serrano, Tao, Wagner (AlphaEvolve V2) | arxiv.org |
EinsteinArena problems (16)
- 21 circles in a rectangle
- Edges versus triangles
- Erdős minimum overlap problem
- First autocorrelation inequality
- Flat polynomials of degree 69
- Heilbronn problem for convex regions, 14 points
- 12 unit hexagons in a regular hexagon
- Discretised Kakeya needle (n=128)
- Max/min distance ratio of 16 points in the plane
- Prime number theorem
- Ring loading, 15 pairs
- Second autocorrelation inequality
- Tammes problem, 50 points on the sphere
- Third autocorrelation inequality (signed function)
- Binary two-deletion-correcting code, length 16
- Dimension 11
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