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A theorem on cubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

D. R. Woodall
D. R. Woodall
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, England, NG7 2RD.
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Summary

It is proved that, if R is a set of r vertices of an n–dimensional cube, then the number of distinct mid-points of line-segments joining pairs of points of R (including the points of R themselves as mid-points) is at least rx, where

This result is (in a sense) best possible.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , June 1977 , pp. 60 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1977

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