Mathematical Research in High School: The PRIMES Experience

Consider a finite set of lines in 3-space. A joint is a point where three of these lines (not lying in the same plane) intersect. If there are L lines, what is the largest possible number of joints? Well, let's try our luck and randomly choose k planes. Any pair of planes produces a line, and a...

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Main Authors: Etingof, Pavel I (Contributor), Gerovitch, Vyacheslav (Contributor), Khovanova, Tanya (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Mathematical Society (AMS), 2017-06-26T18:32:58Z.
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