# Bin packing approximation claim auditor

Family 118: Bin packing and unbounded configuration-LP gaps. First review, 8 October 2026.

## Problem and potential new use

Packing systems can review promises that integer optimum always lies within a fixed additive distance of a configuration-LP value.

## Applicability and commercial boundary

Unbounded additive gaps do not mean all approximation ratios are poor, and a constructed instance may not represent a customer's workload.

## Initial business decision

Research infrastructure. Buyer demand and profitability remain hypotheses. This first pass does not establish a validated commercial market.

## Next verification action

Extract a concrete gap family and add it to a packing benchmark with exact small-case optima.

## Evidence scope

Catalog statement reviewed; inspect linked opportunity dossier for any deeper source review. This record alone does not establish full manuscript or proof verification.

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