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Putnam 1951 A5

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May 25, 2022
Putnam

Problem Statement

Consider in the plane the network of points having integral coordinates. For lines having rational slope show that:
(i) the line passes through no points of the network or through infinitely many;
(ii) there exists for each line a positive number dd having the property that no point of the network, except such as may be on the line, is closer to the line than the distance d.d.