A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

No three in a line

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Richard Green
Nov 25, 2023
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This picture shows how to place 20 points on the vertices of a 10×10 grid in such a way that no three of the points lie on a straight line. So what is the largest number of points that can be placed …

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