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Putnam 1989 A5

  • Session A

Let mm be a positive integer and let G\mathcal{G} be a regular (2m+1)(2m+1)-gon inscribed in the unit circle. Show that there is a positive constant AA, independent of mm, with the following property. For any points pp inside G\cal G there are two distinct vertices v1v_1 and v2v_2 of G\cal G such that ∣ ∣p−v1∣−∣p−v2∣ ∣<1m−Am3.\left|\,|p-v_1| - |p-v_2|\,\right| < \frac1{m} - \frac{A}{m^3}. Here ∣s−t∣|s-t| denotes the distance between the points ss and tt.

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