Heilbronn's triangle problem

Better configurations for Heilbronn’s triangle problem in the unit square, n = 11–14

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1	"""Simulated annealing for Heilbronn's problem: maximise the smallest triangle area."""
2	import itertools
3	import math
4	import random
5	import sys
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7
8	def min_area(p):
9	return min(abs((b[0] - a[0]) * (c[1] - a[1]) - (c[0] - a[0]) * (b[1] - a[1])) / 2 for a, b, c in itertools.combinations(p, 3))
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12	def anneal(n, steps=20000, seed=0):
13	rng = random.Random(seed)
14	p = [(rng.random(), rng.random()) for _ in range(n)]
15	cur = best = min_area(p)
16	best_p = p[:]
17	for k in range(steps):
18	t = 0.01 * (1 - k / steps) + 1e-6
19	i = rng.randrange(n)
20	old = p[i]
21	p[i] = tuple(min(1, max(0, c + rng.gauss(0, t))) for c in old)
22	new = min_area(p)
23	if new >= cur or rng.random() < math.exp((new - cur) / t):
24	cur = new
25	if new > best:
26	best, best_p = new, p[:]
27	else:
28	p[i] = old
29	return best, best_p
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31
32	if __name__ == "__main__":
33	n = int(sys.argv[1])
34	restarts = int(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 40
35	steps = int(sys.argv[3]) if len(sys.argv) > 3 else 20000
36	best = max((anneal(n, steps, seed=s) for s in range(restarts)), key=lambda r: r[0])
37	print(f"# n={n} min area {best[0]:.6f}")
38	for x, y in best[1]:
39	print(f"{x:.6f} {y:.6f}")