Is this packing of three squares in a circle optimal?
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Via https://erich-friedman.github.io/packing/squincir/

Is the depicted configuration optimal, in the sense that it gives the smallest radius circle in which three unit squares can be packed?

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The way you describe the problem, surely the optimal solution is to pack them on top of each other

@JussiVilleHeiskanen Seems to me it's pretty much the same terminology as you use in /JussiVilleHeiskanen/is-the-best-packing-of-squares-insi

If I "pack" a bunch of suitcases into the back of a car, then the space taken up by different suitcases can't intersect.

The site says only n=1 and n=2 are proved optimal, so in theory this is an "open problem". But unlike most open math problems posted here, it seems simple enough that someone in the comments could produce a proof. Manifold, I'm counting on you!