Re: [math-fun] The problem of the Nth state

Dan Asimov What is the nicest arrangement of n points in the plane, for each n up to 100?

"For The Children", is it possible to define some scheme that will always produce an at least "remotely satisfactory" design for all N>50? For example "choose PxQ or PxQ+(P-1)x(Q-1) = N that minimizes P-Q".