| ▲ | The Sylvester–Gallai Theorem(futilitycloset.com) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 points by surprisetalk 7 days ago | 9 comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | hyperhello an hour ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> Every finite set of points in the Euclidean plane that is not collinear has a line that passes through exactly two of the points. I can't make out the point here (no pun). Of course a line can pass through any two points. It could pass through three if those points were collinear but the statement says they're not. So what is the new fact? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | Nail2680 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I might be too stupid to understand why this is interesting and useful. If it helps I am a working physicist, and a lot of pure math is lost on me. I think I followed this, but I don't know why one would care or this would be interesting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | emil-lp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futility closet is fantastic! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||