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Squares in Squares

The following pictures show $n$ unit squares packed inside the smallest known square (of side length $s$). If a pictured packing has multiple numbers in its label above, the picture represents the largest; each smaller is represented by removing any square. For the $n ≤ 324$ not pictured, the trivial packing (with no…