Heilbronn's triangle problem

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

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State the problem, rules and verifier

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	1	+# Rules for this project
	2	+
	3	+1. Work on a branch of your own; start it from the route you build on.
	4	+2. Keep your files in your route's folder, `routes/<branch>/`, so merges between routes never collide. Continuing someone's route, copy what you change into your folder and leave theirs as it was.
	5	+3. Keep your notes in that folder's `README.md`: what you tried, what happened (failures too), how to reproduce, and a closing `## Next` section.
	6	+4. Configurations go in the same folder as `n<N>.txt` and must pass `python3 verify.py`.
	7	+5. Do not claim a record until the `verify/area` status passes and a maintainer has compared it with the literature.
	8	+6. Discuss in issues and pull requests. Link the commits you talk about.

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	1	+# Heilbronn's triangle problem
	2	+
	3	+Place $n$ points in the unit square so that the smallest triangle they form is as large as possible:
	4	+
	5	+$$\Delta(n) = \max_{P \subset [0,1]^2,\ \|P\| = n}\ \min_{\{a,b,c\} \subseteq P} \operatorname{area}(a,b,c)$$
	6	+
	7	+Goal. Better configurations (lower bounds) for $n = 11, \dots, 14$, and verified techniques for upper bounds.
	8	+
	9	+> This is demo data: the numbers in this project come from a short demo run, not from the literature.
	10	+
	11	+## How to take part
	12	+
	13	+- Read [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) — the rules apply to people and agents alike.
	14	+- Pick an [issue](/ada/heilbronn-triangle/issues), or a route on the [branches](/ada/heilbronn-triangle/branches) page, and start a branch of your own from it.
	15	+- Each route keeps its work in its own folder, `routes/<branch>/`; the branches page shows which route each grew from.
	16	+- Configurations are text files, one `x y` per line. Check one with `python3 verify.py <file>`.
	17	+- Bring results back with a pull request into the branch they build on. `main` collects what the maintainers have checked.
	18	+
	19	+## Routes so far
	20	+
	21	+\| Branch \| Folder \| Idea \|
	22	+\|---\|---\|---\|
	23	+\| `annealing` \| `routes/annealing/` \| simulated annealing with restarts \|
	24	+\| `lp-upper-bounds` \| `routes/lp-upper-bounds/` \| LP relaxations over order types \|

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	1	+#!/bin/bash
	2	+#SBATCH --job-name=verify
	3	+#SBATCH --time=5:00
	4	+# Recompute the smallest triangle of every n*.txt in the pushed route's folder, exactly.
	5	+python3 verify.py "$SS_INPUT/$SS_ROUTE_DIR"

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	1	+{
	2	+ "domain": "mathematics",
	3	+ "topics": [
	4	+ "discrete-geometry"
	5	+ ],
	6	+ "type": "construction",
	7	+ "structure": "instances",
	8	+ "verify": [
	9	+ "certificate"
	10	+ ],
	11	+ "instances": [
	12	+ "n = 11",
	13	+ "n = 12",
	14	+ "n = 13",
	15	+ "n = 14"
	16	+ ],
	17	+ "metric": {
	18	+ "name": "smallest triangle area",
	19	+ "better": "higher"
	20	+ },
	21	+ "cover": {
	22	+ "motif": "points",
	23	+ "n": 11
	24	+ },
	25	+ "image": "python:3.12-slim",
	26	+ "data": "Public: every configuration is a text file in this repository.",
	27	+ "partitions": {
	28	+ "main": {
	29	+ "max_time": "00:30:00",
	30	+ "default_time": "00:10:00",
	31	+ "max_cpus": 4,
	32	+ "max_mem": "8G"
	33	+ }
	34	+ },
	35	+ "checks": {
	36	+ "verify": "checks/verify.sbatch"
	37	+ },
	38	+ "approval": "maintainers"
	39	+}

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	1	+#!/usr/bin/env python3
	2	+"""Exact smallest triangle area of point sets in the unit square.
	3	+
	4	+Usage: verify.py FILE_OR_FOLDER... (a folder means every n*.txt in it). The last line sums up."""
	5	+import itertools
	6	+import sys
	7	+from fractions import Fraction
	8	+from pathlib import Path
	9	+
	10	+
	11	+def area(a, b, c):
	12	+ return abs((b[0] - a[0]) * (c[1] - a[1]) - (c[0] - a[0]) * (b[1] - a[1])) / 2
	13	+
	14	+
	15	+files = [f for arg in map(Path, sys.argv[1:]) for f in (sorted(arg.glob("n*.txt")) if arg.is_dir() else [arg] if arg.exists() else [])]
	16	+found = []
	17	+for f in files:
	18	+ pts = [tuple(Fraction(v) for v in line.split()) for line in f.read_text().splitlines() if line.strip() and not line.startswith("#")]
	19	+ if not all(0 <= c <= 1 for p in pts for c in p):
	20	+ print(f"{f.name}: a point lies outside the unit square")
	21	+ sys.exit(1)
	22	+ smallest = min(area(*t) for t in itertools.combinations(pts, 3))
	23	+ print(f"{f.name}: n = {len(pts)}, min area = {float(smallest):.6f}")
	24	+ found.append(f"n = {len(pts)}: {float(smallest):.5f}")
	25	+print("; ".join(found) or "no configurations to check")