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AlphaEvolve: improved hexagon-packing configurations reported

The authors report configurations packing 11 and 12 unit regular hexagons inside regular hexagons of approximate side lengths 3.931 and 3.942, respectively.

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What was already known

The paper compares these constructions with the packing records it cites, and notes subsequent human refinement.

What changed and why it matters

Improves reported finite geometric constructions in a specified packing problem.

The AI contribution

AlphaEvolve found candidate arrangements that were later analyzed and refined by a human researcher.

Limitations

Rounded side lengths are descriptive, not exact feasibility certificates. Optimality is not established; human analysis refined the configurations. AIProofWatch has not verified coordinates.

Verification evidence

Evidence labels show what supports the claim. Importance rates its impact if correct.

Author claim

Packing discussion and Figure 22 in version 3.

Accessible artifact / proof

Authors’ repository of problem constructions; not rerun here.

Correction and publication history