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circle packing

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Definition

A classic math problem about fitting as many circles as possible into a region without overlapping.

A canonical computational-geometry optimization problem (e.g., packing equal circles in a unit square), used as a benchmark for LLM-driven optimization systems like AlphaEvolve and optimize-anything.

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