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Sylvester-Gallai theorem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Sylvester-Gallai theorem

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.

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