Arrangement of points

Geometry Level 3

Find the minimum positive integral value of n n such that there exist n n points in R 3 \mathbb{R}^3 with the property that there exist exactly 12 12 distinct pairs of points 1 1 unit apart and 4 4 distinct pairs of points 3 \sqrt{3} units apart.

9 8 10 7 6

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Sharky Kesa
Nov 20, 2017

Firstly, since there are at least 16 different segments, we must have ( n 2 ) 16 \dbinom{n}{2} \geq 16 , so n 7 n \geq 7 . Furthermore, we can construct a set of 7 7 points which satisfies this:

This shape has coordinates A ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) , B ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) , C ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) , D ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) , E ( 1 2 , 1 2 , 1 2 ) , F ( 1 2 , 1 2 , 3 2 ) , G ( 7 3 2 , 1 2 , 1 6 ) A(0,0,0), B(0,0,1), C(0,1,0), D(0,1,1), E\left (\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2} \right ), F \left (\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{2},\frac{3}{2} \right ), G \left (\frac{7}{3\sqrt{2}}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{6} \right ) . Here, we have A B = A C = B D = C D = A E = B E = C E = D E = D F = B F = E F = E G = 1 , F A = F C = G A = G C = 3 AB=AC=BD=CD=AE=BE=CE=DE=DF=BF=EF=EG=1, FA=FC=GA=GC=\sqrt{3} , and all other lengths can be verified to not be either of these two, so we're done.

@Sharky Kesa How did you end up with the coordinates of the desired shape?? Pls help....

Aaghaz Mahajan - 2 years, 12 months ago

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You can play around with the points to determine a satisfying shape. Then, it's just some trigonometry.

Sharky Kesa - 2 years, 12 months ago

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@Sharky Kesa Right........thanks!! I'll try...!!

Aaghaz Mahajan - 2 years, 12 months ago

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