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