A survey of Sylvester's problem and its generalizations

DOI10.1007/BF02112289zbMath0717.52013WikidataQ55891255 ScholiaQ55891255MaRDI QIDQ2638534

W. O. J. Moser, Peter B. Borwein

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/137367

zbMATH Keywords

surveybibliographySylvester's problemconnecting lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Erd?s problems and related topics of discrete geometry (52C10) Configuration theorems in linear incidence geometry (51A20)

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