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Putnam 1954 A2
Source: Putnam 1954
7/17/2022
Consider any five points in the interior of square
S
S
S
of side length
1
1
1
. Prove that at least one of the distances between these points is less than \sqrt{2} \slash 2. Can this constant be replaced by a smaller number?
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