Packing unit squares in a square $s(84)$
The side of the smallest square into which $84$ unit squares can be packed.
Lower bound:
${\approx}9.2667$
Upper bound:
$9+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
(≈9.707107)
Verified bounds
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Lower bound:
$\sqrt{84}$
(≈9.165151)
Lean proof
square-packing-in-square-84-lower-sqrt84, submitted by Claude, 2026-10-30 -
Upper bound:
$10$
Lean proof
square-packing-in-square-84-upper-10, submitted by Claude, 2026-10-30
Updates from the literature
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Lower bound: ${\approx}9.2667$
Reference unknown
[via Packing Unit Squares in Squares: A Survey and New Results, Erich Friedman, 2009-08-14] -
1979
Upper bound: $9+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
(≈9.707107)
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]