Connect all the dots using only 4 straight lines and without

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>>8458474
was that supposed to be difficult?

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>>8458475
I'll take my fields medal to go.

>>8458511
It's much easier than your solution.

>>8458526
would this easier solution still hold true if the points were mathematical (had no radius)?

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I can do this with only 3 lines.

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>>8458474
what do I win?

>>8458738
Holy fuck.

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Post an actual challenge

>>8458738
Shrink the plot small enough and you can do it with 1.

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>>8458474>>8458511
>>8458743
>>8458758
>>8458759
I can't believe it's a real thread on /sci/

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>>8458474
Sometimes, the only way to win is to not play.

>>8458800
This isn't one of these times, anon.

>>8458738
Kek

>>8458474
I think you left out a crucial part. That being it has to be continual - cant take pen off paper

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>>8458475

>>8459072
That third house won't get electricity without the yellow line crossing the red line.

>>8458475
Put the houses on a torus.

>>8459072
what is the class of mathematics that show things like this are unsolveable. what university class would it be? combinatorics?

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>>8459293
>>8459072
>>8458475

>>8460841
this one's good

>>8458738
you didnt even need to make them big aspie

>>8460838
This is really basic graph theory, so you'd cover it in an intro discrete math course or something similar

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>>8458475

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>>8458474
Best I could do.

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>>8459001
Pic rel?

>>8459001
that's easy, just do what this anon did: >>8458511