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Comment by stackghost

>Every finite set of points in the Euclidean plane that is not collinear has a line that passes through exactly two of the points.

Isn't this a tautology?

The problem definition states that the set of points is in Euclidean space, which from Euclid's Axioms means we can draw a line between any two points. The set of points is defined to be not collinear, thus we cannot draw a line passing through more than two of them. This is just simple logic.

parent stackghost 3 months ago

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