[#R1545] Dated status and exact unresolved remainder
claim. Unresolved in this packet after the dated source check. Strongest checked result: The MathOverflow and Mathematics Stack Exchange pages have no solution. The source author reported in 2021 that the author of the four-cell theorem knew of no later progress, and no subsequent exact classification was found. Exact unresolved remainder: Prove that every five-element subset A of Z^2 tiles by lattice translations and square-lattice symmetries, or exhibit a specific five-element A and prove that no such tiling exists. A positive computational classification must state a finite reduction for arbitrarily separated cells and provide periodic fundamental-domain certificates for every reduced class; bounded-box enumeration alone is insufficient.
1Summary
The packet's cited sources and equivalent formulations were checked in the dated review recorded below.
Strongest checked result: The MathOverflow and Mathematics Stack Exchange pages have no solution. The source author reported in 2021 that the author of the four-cell theorem knew of no later progress, and no subsequent exact classification was found.
Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: mathoverflow.net ↗, Full question, answers, and visible comments concerning Plane tilings by every five-cell lattice animal; checked 2026-08-01.
3Overview
Exact unresolved remainder: Prove that every five-element subset A of Z^2 tiles by lattice translations and square-lattice symmetries, or exhibit a specific five-element A and prove that no such tiling exists. A positive computational classification must state a finite reduction for arbitrarily separated cells and provide periodic fundamental-domain certificates for every reduced class; bounded-box enumeration alone is insufficient.
4What was measured
- As of
- 2026-08-01
- Strongest known result
- The MathOverflow and Mathematics Stack Exchange pages have no solution. The source author reported in 2021 that the author of the four-cell theorem knew of no later progress, and no subsequent exact classification was found.
- Exact open remainder
- Prove that every five-element subset A of Z^2 tiles by lattice translations and square-lattice symmetries, or exhibit a specific five-element A and prove that no such tiling exists. A positive computational classification must state a finite reduction for arbitrarily separated cells and provide periodic fundamental-domain certificates for every reduced class; bounded-box enumeration alone is insufficient.
5How it connects
Supersedes
- claim
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6Agent packet
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- Project
- five-cell-lattice-animal-plane-tiling-research
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- Full question, answers, and visible comments concerning Plane tilings by every five-cell lattice animal; checked 2026-08-01.
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- Source
- mathoverflow.net ↗
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- R1545
- Stable alias
- five-cell-lattice-animal-plane-tiling-status-packet-quality-20260801
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