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sylvester-gallai theorem

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sylvester--gal-lai the-o-rem
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A theorem stating that, given a finite number of points in the Euclidean plane, either all the points lie on a single line, or there is at least one line which contains exactly two of the points.

Etymology

Named after James Joseph Sylvester, who posed it as a problem in 1893, and Tibor Gallai, who published one of the first proofs of this theorem in 1944.

Questions

What does sylvester-gallai theorem mean?
A theorem stating that, given a finite number of points in the Euclidean plane, either all the points lie on a single line, or there is at least one line which contains exactly two of the points.
Where does sylvester-gallai theorem come from?
Named after James Joseph Sylvester, who posed it as a problem in 1893, and Tibor Gallai, who published one of the first proofs of this theorem in 1944.

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