25 new square packing records found with evolutionary LLM program search, AlphaEvolve-style
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-10-10
Riding the renewed interest in square packing, a researcher found 25 new square packing records using evolutionary LLM program search, a technique similar to AlphaEvolve — another demonstration of LLM-driven evolutionary search tackling combinatorial optimization and mathematical discovery.
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