Show HN: The Heilbronn Problem – packing points to avoid small triangles

Category: other

Tags: computational-geometry, mathematics, optimization, visualization, education

Score: 4.3/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 5, Utility: 3)

This project is a specialized website and tool that catalogs best-known solutions to the Heilbronn problem, packing points in various regions to maximize the smallest triangle area. It includes exact coordinates, symmetry analysis, references, and an in-browser rational arithmetic verifier. It is interesting for computational geometry enthusiasts and researchers, but its audience is niche.

Target audience: mathematicians, researchers, educators, computational geometry enthusiasts

Repository: https://math.tejstead.com/heilbronn/

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