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Check my proof 2016-01-19 23:24:28Post No. 7796510
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Check my proof Anonymous 2016-01-19 23:24:28 Post No. 7796510 [Report]

Anyone see any holes in this proof?

Question:
>25 points are chosen inside a regular hexagon of side length 10 furlongs.
>Prove that some number of them are at most 5 furlongs apart, and state the number.

cited proof: http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.4322

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Anonymous 2016-01-19 23:28:34 Post No.7796515
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 23:28:34 Post No.7796515 [Report]

>>7796510
>furlongs
P good bait op

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Anonymous 2016-01-19 23:32:22 Post No.7796518
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 23:32:22 Post No.7796518 [Report]

>>7796515

it was just a quirk of the question. I copied it verbatim.

obviously the units dont matter

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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:16:02 Post No.7797241
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:16:02 Post No.7797241 [Report]

bump please

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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:18:56 Post No.7797243
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:18:56 Post No.7797243 [Report]

yep its an old one. it leaves the less space between circles and the perfect arrangement for circle arrays

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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:26:52 Post No.7797245
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:26:52 Post No.7797245 [Report]

>>7797243
The one niggling issue i am having is with an assumption of mine - that the points lie on the edge of the hexagon.

Its kinda obvious that that is the best way to fit the maximum number of points in the hexagon, but I cant figure out how to prove it.

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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:34:47 Post No.7797251
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 10:34:47 Post No.7797251 [Report]

>>7797245
> but I cant figure out how to prove it.
easy. just tell them to either disprove it or fuck off :^)