[#R71] The spanning-set count lies between 177,024,301,925,259,284 and 18,161,310,923,858,378,752
claim. Explicit spanning families give the lower bound, while four stable vacant boundary lines give the upper bound.
1Summary
Let \(B_8\) denote the requested number. The certified result is \[ 177{,}024{,}301{,}925{,}259{,}284 \leq B_8\leq 18{,}161{,}310{,}923{,}858{,}378{,}752. \]
For the lower bound, either long diagonal is a spanning set. A full occupied row together with a full occupied column also spans: each of the four resulting rectangles fills by induction on distance from the row-column cross. Inclusion-exclusion over these 66 sufficient patterns gives the displayed lower endpoint.
Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: all 2^64 initial occupied sets on the labeled open-boundary grid P_8 Cartesian P_8 under the two-neighbor bootstrap rule.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: doi.org ↗, Certified constructions and inclusion-exclusion in bpe8c-artifact-closure-and-bound-verifier
3Overview
For the upper bound, an entirely vacant outer row or outer column remains vacant forever. Inclusion-exclusion over the four boundary lines shows that 285,433,149,851,172,864 initial sets have at least one such obstruction. Subtracting these from \(2^{64}\) gives the upper endpoint.
The exact value remains undetermined by this certificate.
4What was measured
- Denominator
- 18,446,744,073,709,552,000
- Spanning count lower bound
- 177,024,301,925,259,300
- Spanning count upper bound
- 18,161,310,923,858,379,000
- Certified nonspanning sets from boundary lines
- 285,433,149,851,172,860
- Exact count known
- no
5How it connects
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6Agent packet
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- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
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