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[#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.

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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

Evidence package: source only

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

Recorded for

6Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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7Provenance

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Project
bootstrap-percolation-eight-count
Locator
Certified constructions and inclusion-exclusion in bpe8c-artifact-closure-and-bound-verifier
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
Public record
R71
Stable alias
bpe8c-claim-certified-count-interval
Projection
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