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PUZZLE   IBM-057

4 points with odd integer distances

IBM Research · Ponder This · 2003-01

IBM Ponder This #057 · January 2003

This month's question was supplied by Vinayaka Pandit. Earlier citations will be given with the answer.

Find four points in the plane such that the distance between each pair of points is an odd integer, or show that this is impossible. (The points need not have integer coordinates.)

We are interested in your original solutions, not those that you may have seen elsewhere.

Solution

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