kids encyclopedia robot

Image: 8-points-no-pentagon

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image(SVG file, nominally 360 × 360 pixels, file size: 956 bytes)

Description: A set of eight points in general position with no convex pentagon. According to a generalization of the Happy Ending problem, every nine points in general position have some five points forming a convex pentagon; this example shows that the number of points in this result cannot be reduced.
Title: 8-points-no-pentagon
Credit: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author: David Eppstein at English Wikipedia
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine