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B1

Part of 1974 Putnam

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Putnam 1974 B1

Source: Putnam 1974

5/28/2022
Which configurations of five (not necessarily distinct) points p1,…,p5p_1 ,\ldots, p_5 on the circle x2+y2=1x^2 +y^2 =1 maximize the sum of the ten distances ∑i<jd(pi,pj)?\sum_{i<j} d(p_i, p_j)?
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