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circle-packing

n circles in the unit square; maximize the sum of their radii. The catalog carries 26 and 32; the circles input takes any n from 2 to 40. This is the problem by hand: what a search moves, you move.

Drag a circle to move it, drag its rim or scroll over it to resize. Double-click a circle to inflate it until it touches something. Overlaps show in red. ⌘Z undoes. Double-click empty space to add a circle; Delete removes the selected one.