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Putnam 1991 A4

  • Session A

Does there exist an infinite sequence of closed discs D1,D2,D3,…D_1, D_2, D_3, \dots in the plane, with centers c1,c2,c3,…c_1, c_2, c_3, \dots, respectively, such that

  1. the cic_i have no limit point in the finite plane,

  2. the sum of the areas of the DiD_i is finite, and

  3. every line in the plane intersects at least one of the DiD_i?

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