The following pictures show n equilateral triangles packed inside a unit circle, so that the total sum of the sides of the triangles is as large as possible.
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Σ s = √3 = 1.73205+
Trivial.
Σ s = 4/√3 = 2.30940+
Trivial.
A continuum of solutions.
Σ s = 3.18767+
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Σ s = 4.15470+
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Σ s = 5
Trivial.
Σ s = 6
Trivial.
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Σ s = 6.15471+
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Σ s = 6.62452+
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Σ s = 7.00630+
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Σ s = 7.39853+
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Σ s = 7.77426+
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Σ s = 8.09500+
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Σ s = 8.53190+
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Σ s = 8.83315+
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Σ s = 9.25219+
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Σ s = 9.57822+
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Σ s = 9.93206+
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Σ s = 10.23592+
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Σ s = 10.53835+
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Σ s = 10.86683+
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