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Find 150 distinct points in {0,…,74} × {0,…,74} with no three collinear. A known public construction supplies 148 points; reusing it is a baseline, not a new discovery. A valid 149-point improvement, exact structural information and reproducible failures are also useful.

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Find 150 distinct points in {0,…,74} × {0,…,74} with no three collinear. A known public construction supplies 148 points; reusing it is a baseline, not a new discovery. A valid 149-point improvement, exact structural information and reproducible failures are also useful.

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Start from the verified public 148-point baseline, provenance and exact checks, and standalone exact verifier. Source: Marijn Heule's n=76 configuration in Achim Flammenkamp's collection, cropped to 75 × 75.

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320 results. Full records include outcomes, corrections and artifacts when supplied.

SOL-EXP-0211

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:49:02.129Z

Registered; two-swap necessary-case count pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0211-HASHED-WITNESS-ARCHIVE · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T12:00:33.019Z · version 1

Frozen SOL209-211 source-specific proof evidence in a local tar archive, SHA-256 4c1c752914b1bb167596f48ed00196892cd91576878f556ecffa0ddb3ea00e12 (126,458 bytes). All25 payload members, including the exact invalid150 source,13 original triples, complete8,103 necessary pair list, all8,322 selected collinear witnesses, independent mask/witness audits and scripts, were SHA-256-manifested and re-read from the archive. Local JSONL/checkpoint synchronized through0211; next ID0212. Best valid148; no general imposs

SOL-EXP-0210

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:44:16.386Z

Registered; necessary hitting-pair audit pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0210-ONE-SWAP-EXCLUDED · PROMISING · 2026-09-30T11:47:19.669Z · version 1

Complete exact one-row-label-transposition exclusion for the SOL132/SOL140 13-triple invalid150 seed: among all 2,775 row pairs, 2,774 have an explicit original collinear triple whose three row labels avoid both swapped rows, so that triple survives unchanged. The only pair hitting all13 original triples is rows(33,38). Applying that swap creates34 exact collinear triples, independently recounted by normalized-line enumeration. Thus no single row-label transposition makes this exact150 source valid. Produce

SOL-EXP-0209

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:40:58.837Z

Registered; compact guarded row-transposition census pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0209-SECOND-MEMORY-GUARD-STOP · FAILED · 2026-09-30T11:42:25.631Z · version 1

Compact preallocated-array retry of the SOL208 row-label transposition census was again terminated by the external SYSTEM_HEADROOM_CAP after1.680s, before any scan/result artifact. Peak worker RSS was80,789,504 bytes; system available memory fell to1,164,632,064 bytes, below the unchanged1.5GiB safety floor. Worker/launcher exit125; no candidate or one-swap score. The compact implementation reduced planned temporary arrays but could not compensate for host-wide memory pressure.

SOL-EXP-0208

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:29:01.145Z

Registered; row-transposition energy census pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0208-HASHED-EVIDENCE-ARCHIVE · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:38:29.191Z · version 1

Frozen SOL206-208 evidence in a local reproducibility archive with40 individually SHA-256-manifested payload members, each re-read and hash-verified from the archive. Archive SHA-256 88bbe416e4c0515cc4005d657bed4acd065b0ce1545bea0ccdbefd7658d500de,1,549,189 bytes. Local JSONL/checkpoint synced through0208, next ID0209. Best independently valid count remains148. No row-swap census result exists because SOL208 was safely stopped before search.

SOL-EXP-0207

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:22:36.335Z

Registered; reweighted b-matching search pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0207-REWEIGHTED-MATCHING-255 · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:25:47.915Z · version 1

On the independently audited SOL206 69-fixed/1084-cell exact150 domain, 300 iterations of integer min-cost row/column b-matching with exact oblique-line marginal triple penalties reduced the initial flow witness from585 to255 collinear triples. Every generated state had81 additions and exactly two points per row/column. Best energy255 at step237 after2.49s, with 4 strict best improvements, 214 accepted moves and7 restarts. An independent full integer determinant scan of all 150 choose3 triples agreed exactl

SOL-EXP-0206

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:13:24.534Z

Registered; expanded-domain audit and SAT pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0206-INDEPENDENT-SEMANTIC-AUDIT · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:19:55.986Z · version 1

A separate scalar audit re-enumerated the full unrestricted 1,084-cell candidate domain, including exactly77 deleted-source cells, from the fixed69 geometry. Independent normalized-line enumeration rebuilt all 150 axis groups and46,450 oblique line groups; independently re-encoded sequential cardinality constraints matched the saved 166,817 CNF clauses exactly (60,383 variables), CNF SHA-256 3bb9630af4f399a5bd5b0b8f4be6316dafd0e3a0233e1eeb38b3c640dd3fdb02. Audit runtime6.56s, normal exit. Solver status rema

SOL-EXP-0205

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:04:07.271Z

Registered; target149 exact CP-SAT search pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0205-HASHED-EVIDENCE-ARCHIVE · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:09:49.026Z · version 1

Frozen and hash-replayed SOL205 evidence: 10 payload members in local archive SHA-256 2be9494c10792c72f0d564635e1d80727ddfc52ccce1e0998984241cac650a88 (305,706 bytes). Local JSONL and checkpoint are synchronized through SOL-EXP-0205, next ID0206. No149/150 candidate; best valid148; no general impossibility proof.

SOL-EXP-0204

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:56:58.041Z

Registered; alternate CP-SAT model pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0204-HASHED-EVIDENCE-ARCHIVE · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T11:03:19.221Z · version 1

After canonical publication of SOL200-204, froze a reproducibility archive of 280 SHA-256-manifested payload members, each re-read and verified from the archive. Archive SHA-256 e0b05437f4228cea2ac390818eb6471a1ffb1da50a43c5e24d1849cf35071aa0, 13,857,145 bytes. Local JSONL and active checkpoint synchronized through SOL-EXP-0204; next ID SOL-EXP-0205. Best independently valid count remains148. Trial121 remains UNKNOWN under two distinct exact formulations.

SOL-EXP-0203

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:52:53.085Z

Registered; alternative solver pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0203-WALL-GUARD-UNKNOWN · FAILED · 2026-09-30T10:56:03.040Z · version 1

Alternative Glucose4 solve of the byte-identical, independently semantically audited SOL202 trial121 CNF did not yield a model, proof, or solver result before the external 75s wall guard terminated its process (worker and launcher exit125). The worker wrote its ready marker but no result.json or worker log output. Peak RSS was 87,719,936 bytes and minimum system free memory 3,994,189,824 bytes. The script intended a 60s inner loop with 50,000-conflict limited calls, but at least one Glucose solve_limited ca

SOL-EXP-0202

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:46:36.065Z

Registered; four-domain sweep pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0202-THREE-VERIFIED-ONE-UNKNOWN · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:51:57.956Z · version 1

Independent scalar determinant audits regenerated all eligible cells for four radius80 domains (4.52-5.51 million pair tests each). Independent normalized-line enumeration and sequential-counter reconstruction matched every saved CNF clause. Native drat-trim independently returned 's VERIFIED' for the three solver-UNSAT cases: trials9/49/151, with 5,777/8,302/28,400 original clauses in their proof cores. Trial121's 1007-cell domain and 140,262-clause CNF were semantically audited, but solver status remains

SOL-EXP-0201

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:40:06.207Z

Registered; independent domain audit and exact solve pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0201-INDEPENDENTLY-CERTIFIED-UNSAT · FAILED · 2026-09-30T10:45:37.710Z · version 1

Independent source/domain audit regenerated all 698 eligible cells from 69 fixed points by 4,210,117 scalar determinant checks and verified the exact 81-cell axis matching. A separate semantic audit reconstructed all 150 axis and 18,248 oblique line groups and matched all 62,207 saved CNF clauses exactly. Native drat-trim independently verified the CaDiCaL DRAT proof ('s VERIFIED', 0.118s proof check), with a 1,960-original-clause core. CNF SHA-256 31daa4eb412ee7bd2b450b792d43909da8061f18cdd52eb3357a119881c

SOL-EXP-0200

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:36:29.625Z

Registered; radius80 domain search pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0200-ALL-200-FLOW-COMPLETE · PROMISING · 2026-09-30T10:39:14.479Z · version 1

On the Windows PC, 200 reproducible radius80 masks were sampled by adding 20 deletions to SOL195's valid forced-(38,42) radius60 mask. Each leaves 69 fixed points and requires 81 new points. All 200 had zero axis shortage, no obvious collinear triple among axis-forced cells (in fact zero forced cells), and exact row/column flow deficit zero. Eligible-cell counts ranged 698-1007; smallest saved domain was uniform trial4 with 698 eligible cells. Runtime 5.53s, peak worker RSS about92MB. Domain files and seed

SOL-EXP-0199

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:24:54.421Z

Registered; six-domain SAT sweep pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0199-HASHED-EVIDENCE-ARCHIVE · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:34:52.199Z · version 1

Frozen a local reproducibility archive for SOL193-199 after canonical publication: 111 SHA-256-manifested payload members (source baselines, scripts, domains, CNFs, DRAT proofs, independent audit outputs) were individually re-read from the tar archive and hash-verified. Archive SHA-256 6624c959f306a2f13960f36ab37d177297ca6616c93978763ee6f218473eb597, 834,378 bytes. Local JSONL checkpoint is synchronized through SOL-EXP-0199. Best independently valid point count remains 148; no 149/150 candidate and no gener

SOL-EXP-0198

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:21:59.557Z

Registered; enumeration pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0198-SIX-FLOW-DOMAINS · PROMISING · 2026-09-30T10:24:13.235Z · version 1

Enumerated all 60 one-for-one exchanges deleting core point (52,31) from SOL195 fixed set and reintroducing one previously deleted Luna148 source point, while retaining (38,42), radius60 and all source-point exclusions for additions. 57 yielded valid fixed sets; 26 had zero axis shortage, 8 had no direct collinear triple among axis-forced points, and 6 also had exact row/column flow deficit 0. Largest saved domain reintroduces source index62=(31,12): 89 fixed, 265 eligible new cells, 61 required additions,

SOL-EXP-0197

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:18:50.309Z

Registered; analysis pending.

Matched SOL-EXP-0197-THREE-CLAUSE-GEOMETRIC-CORE · PROMISING · 2026-09-30T10:20:47.952Z · version 1

drat-trim extracted a three-original-clause core: (v167), (v101), (¬v101∨¬v167). Candidate v101=(12,36) is the sole eligible cell in row y=36, which requires one additional point because fixed (47,36) is present. Row y=34 has zero fixed points and exactly two eligible cells, v167=(28,34) and v173=(29,34); exact row quota forces v167. Fixed (52,31), v101=(12,36), and v167=(28,34) are exactly collinear (slope -1/8). Thus the chosen frozen complement is impossible by a three-condition geometric obstruction. Th

SOL-EXP-0196

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:09:42.328Z

PREPARATION. SOL195 producer reports a61-flow domain; no independent determinant audit or exact oblique repair yet. Best valid148.

Matched SOL-EXP-0196-DRAT-VERIFIED · FAILED · 2026-09-30T10:18:10.751Z · version 1

Independent semantic reconstruction matched all 6,474 saved CNF clauses exactly, including 150 exact row/column quotas and 2,343 oblique line caps for the independently audited 89 fixed points and 257 candidate cells. Native drat-trim independently returned 's VERIFIED' on the frozen CNF and CaDiCaL DRAT proof. It reported input-unit-propagation UNSAT with a 3-clause core and 0.061 s verification time. CNF SHA-256 3b5ed53b25b80b5749a5f608d3a262cf45e9567bf19412897b4be31633fece1b; proof SHA-256 290d654bf1eead

SOL-EXP-0195

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:05:05.433Z

PREPARATION. SOL132 invalid149 has five triples through (38,42); Luna76 planned minimal five-deletion covers, but no large forced-point complement was run. SOL180's radius60 complement does not admit (38,42). Best valid148.

Matched SOL-EXP-0195-FORCED-POINT-FLOW-DOMAIN · PROMISING · 2026-09-30T10:09:04.793Z · version 1

Starting from SOL180's Luna148 radius60 deletion pattern and mandatorily retaining SOL132's exceptional point(38,42), an exact blocker-guided compound search first hit all five disjoint source-pair blockers of the point and then found an integral axis-flow-feasible frozen domain at step561. It retains88 Luna148 source points plus (38,42), has257 individually admissible outside-source cells and an explicit61-cell matching filling every residual row/column quota. 562 proposals,56 accepted, five best-score imp

SOL-EXP-0194

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T09:57:36.821Z

PREPARATION. Target149 SAT model and61-row assumption sweep remain unresolved (46 UNKNOWN), no149 candidate. Best valid148.

Matched SOL-EXP-0194-CP149-UNKNOWN · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T10:01:21.728Z · version 1

Exact CP-SAT target149 on the same independently audited public74 radius80 frozen complement (68 fixed,771 eligible,exactly81 selected) returned UNKNOWN after90.0038 solver seconds. Model772 variables,22,513 constraints (22,362 maximal-line capacities,150 row/column caps,one global cardinality),1,529 conflicts and447,595 branches; no candidate. Guarded worker92.95s peakRSS215.2MB, minimum available4.09GiB. Model protobuf SHA-256 9172654e9eda2d1de9b79eff94213d4133723c0b087b9d2ee954dcb109b4ca44.

SOL-EXP-0193

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T09:51:12.821Z

PREPARATION. SOL192 full target149 CNF UNKNOWN after61.97s; no row-conditioned assumption sweep yet. Best valid148.

Matched SOL-EXP-0193-ALL-61-ROW-ASSUMPTIONS-BOUNDED · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T09:55:32.214Z · version 1

One guarded incremental CaDiCaL195 solver swept all61 possible unique deficient-row selectors of SOL192's same27,966-variable/78,376-clause exact target149 CNF, prioritizing row74 and sparse candidate rows. With short per-row conflict/time slices and learned clauses retained across assumptions, 15 rows returned UNSAT under the corresponding selector (rows57,58,59,60,61,62,63,65,67,68,69,70,71,72,73), while46 returned UNKNOWN. No SAT model or149 candidate. Total worker103.98s, peakRSS86.1MB, minimum system a

SOL-EXP-0192

NoThree-Sol · Initial PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T09:40:43.270Z

PREPARATION. Same frozen domain is certified unable to reach150; target149 has not been solved. Best valid148.

Matched SOL-EXP-0192-TARGET149-SAT-UNKNOWN · PARTIAL · 2026-09-30T09:45:59.814Z · version 1

The independently encoded target149 model on the same68-fixed/771-eligible public74 radius80 complement has27,966 Boolean/auxiliary variables,78,376 clauses,61 possible row-deficiency selector flags, exact one deficient row, column capacities, and22,244 oblique line capacities. CaDiCaL195 returned UNKNOWN after61.97 solver seconds (27 bounded calls,1,350,014 conflicts,1,675,338 decisions,244,333,684 propagations); no model, proof, or149 candidate. The guarded actual worker completed and wrote terminal resul

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