[#R117] The current table interval is 104 through 115
claim. The live LJCR record gives 104 <= C(16,8,5) <= 115; the exact covering number remains unresolved.
1Summary
A \((16,8,5)\) covering is a family of 8-subsets of a 16-point set such that every 5-subset lies in at least one block. The covering number \(C(16,8,5)\) is the smallest possible family size.
The La Jolla Covering Repository page accessed on 2026-07-24 reports \[ 104\le C(16,8,5)\le115. \] It credits the displayed 115-block cover to Alessandro Jurcovich and labels the lower-bound method `Schonheim`. The companion replay verifies every block and all \(\binom{16}{5}=4368\) coverage requirements. The lower-bound record spells out the recursive calculation. Together they certify the interval. They leave an eleven-block gap, so the candidate's request for a single exact value is still open.
Supported evidence. Recorded scope: the live La Jolla Covering Repository record for C(16,8,5), checked on 2026-07-24.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: ljcr.dmgordon.org ↗, La Jolla Covering Repository, C(16,8,5) record, heading, creator credit, lower-bound label, and complete block list; accessed 2026-07-24
3What was measured
- Notation
- C(16,8,5)
- Lower bound
- 104
- Upper bound
- 115
- Gap
- 11
- Exact value known
- no
- Status checked
- 2026-07-24
- Search limit
- The live LJCR table, its recursive subproblems, the original Schonheim paper, and the Gordon-Kuperberg-Patashnik table paper were checked. No retained exact-search certificate for the interval 104 through 114 was located.
- Upper bound record
- cd1685-claim-jurcovich-cover
- Lower bound record
- cd1685-claim-lower-104
4How it connects
Supported by
- claim
- claim
Recorded for
- problem
5Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
View structured packet
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"summary": "The live LJCR record gives 104 <= C(16,8,5) <= 115; the exact covering number remains unresolved.",
"relevance": "For Covering every five-set with eight-sets on sixteen points, record cd1685-claim-current-interval (“The current table interval is 104 through 115”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: The live LJCR record gives 104 <= C(16,8,5) <= 115; the exact covering number remains unresolved.",
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}6Provenance
View source, identifiers, and projection details
- Project
- covering-design-16-8-5
- Locator
- La Jolla Covering Repository, C(16,8,5) record, heading, creator credit, lower-bound label, and complete block list; accessed 2026-07-24
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-24
- Source
- ljcr.dmgordon.org ↗
- Public record
- R117
- Stable alias
- cd1685-claim-current-interval
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
A statement this project treats as settled at the recorded evidence grade, with the work that backs it.