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Smallest Kakeya sets in F_p^5

Finite geometryactiverecord_ratio · maximizemutable: kakeya.pycaptain hubledger chain intact

Find a subset of F_p^5 containing a line in every direction, as small as possible, for 6 primes 5 <= p <= 19. Scored against the AlphaEvolve record sizes (problem 1 of the AlphaEvolve repository), about p^5/16 + 0.4 p^4.

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# Smallest Kakeya sets in F_p^5 ## Goal A Kakeya set in F_p^5 is a set K that contains a full line `{x + t v : t in F_p}` for every non-zero direction v ((p^5 - 1)/(p - 1) directions up to scaling). Find one that is as small as possible. `kakeya.py` exposes kakeya_set(p: int, d: int, time_budget: float, seed: int) -> list[tuple[int, int, int, int, int]] `d` is always 5 in this pack (the argument lets one solver serve the F_p^3 and F_p^4 packs too). Return the points of K as integer 5-tuples; coordinates are reduced mod p and duplicates are counted once. The eval checks exactly, direction by direction, that K contains a line in every

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