22 Jan
2004
22 Jan
'04
9:37 a.m.
This is a classic, D19 in UPINT. I've just thought of another approach to it, but won't make a (public) fool of myself until I've checked with the experts. R. On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 asimovd@aol.com wrote:
David Wilson asks:
<< Is every rational point on the plane equidistant from two integer points?
Here's a question in this vein that I think is unsolved:
In the plane, given a unit square, is there any point whose distance to each corner is rational?
Dan
-- NOTE: Please direct any responses to <asimov@msri.org>, since I may not keep this AOL e-address much longer -- thanks.
_______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun