Walking in circles
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Walking in circles
We show that for every x1, . . . , xn, y1, . . . , yn ∈ S there exists i ∈ {1, . . . , n} such that ∑n k=1 d(xi, xk) ≤ ∑n k=1 d(xi, yk), where S 1 is the unit circle and d is the distance on S. We also discuss a game theoretic interpretation of this result.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Discrete Mathematics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0012-365X
DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2010.08.007