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New page: the distance between the origin and a center of a little sphere is sqrt(n). => The radius of the big sphere is sqrt(n)-1 So we must have sqrt(n)-1 <= 2, or n<=9
 
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the distance between the origin and a center of a little sphere is sqrt(n).
The distance between the origin and a center of a little sphere is sqrt(1<sup>2</sup>+1<sup>2</sup>+...1<sup>2</sup>) = sqrt(n)
=> The radius of the big sphere is sqrt(n)-1


So we must have sqrt(n)-1 <= 2, or n<=9
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The radius of the big sphere is sqrt(n)-1
 
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So we must have sqrt(n)-1 <= 2, or n <= 9

Latest revision as of 12:33, 1 July 2008

The distance between the origin and a center of a little sphere is sqrt(12+12+...12) = sqrt(n)

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The radius of the big sphere is sqrt(n)-1

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So we must have sqrt(n)-1 <= 2, or n <= 9