Packing unit squares in a square $s(38)$
The side of the smallest square into which $38$ unit squares can be packed.
Lower bound:
$2\sqrt{2}+\frac{113+10\sqrt{3}}{37}$
(≈6.350603)
Upper bound:
$6+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
(≈6.707107)
Updates
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Lower bound: $2\sqrt{2}+\frac{113+10\sqrt{3}}{37}$
(≈6.350603)
Reference unknown
[via Packing Unit Squares in Squares: A Survey and New Results, Erich Friedman, 2009-08-14] -
1979
Upper bound: $6+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
(≈6.707107)
F. Göbel, Geometrical Packing and Covering Problems, in Packing and Covering in Combinatorics, A. Schrijver (ed.), Math Centrum Tracts 106 (1979) 179-199.
[via Packing Unit Squares in Squares: A Survey and New Results, Erich Friedman, 2009-08-14]