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/library/oar/handle/123456789/24480| Title: | Intersecting circles and ellipses |
| Authors: | Farrugia, Alastaire |
| Keywords: | Mathematics -- Periodicals Proof theory |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Mathematics |
| Citation: | Farrugia, A. (2000). Intersecting circles and ellipses. The Collection, 2, 3-5. |
| Abstract: | In the February 2000 issue of The Collection, Phaedra Cassar posed the following the question: Is it possible for four or more circles to be drawn such that each new circle added has a common region with all existing regions? We prove that this is not possible. Furthermore we show that for ellipses, the task is not possible for five or more ellipses. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/24480 |
| Appears in Collections: | Collection, No.2 Collection, No.2 |
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