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Putnam 2012 B2

  • Session B

Let PP be a given (non-degenerate) polyhedron. Prove that there is a constant c(P)>0c(P) > 0 with the following property: If a collection of nn balls whose volumes sum to VV contains the entire surface of PP, then n>c(P)/V2n > c(P) / V^2.

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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