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As a college student, George studied very hard and always late in the night... So late that he overslept one morning, arriving 20 minutes late for class. He quickly copied the two math problems on the board, assuming they were the homework assignment. It took him several days to work through the two problems but finally he had a breakthrough and dropped the homework on the professor's desk the next day. Later, on a Sunday morning, George was awakened at 6 a.m. by his excited professor. Since George was late for class, he hadn't heard the professor announce that the two unsolvable equations on the board were mathematical mind teasers that even Einstein hadn't been able to answer. But George Dantzig, working without any thoughts of limitation, had solved not one, but two problems that had stumped mathematicians for thousands of years. Simply put, George solved the problems because he didn't know he couldn't .
Find the  best solution  to connect the nine points together with no more than four straight lines without lifting your writing instrument.
What assumptions are you making?
¡° Everything  ¡° that can be invented  ¡° has been invented.¡± Charles H. Duell Commissioner of U.S. Office of Patents, urging President William McKinley  to abolish his office, 1899
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Don¡¯t assume that the line  must be  thin .
Just to prove I can do it with  two  lines.
Don¡¯t assume that the paper must be  flat .
If you  rip  the paper into nine segments,  you can  stack  them  and  poke  your point through  all at once .
Don¡¯t assume that you cannot  crease  the paper.
Don¡¯t assume that  the lines cannot  extend beyond  the edge of the paper.
Don¡¯t assume that you cannot  rip  the paper.

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  • 1. As a college student, George studied very hard and always late in the night... So late that he overslept one morning, arriving 20 minutes late for class. He quickly copied the two math problems on the board, assuming they were the homework assignment. It took him several days to work through the two problems but finally he had a breakthrough and dropped the homework on the professor's desk the next day. Later, on a Sunday morning, George was awakened at 6 a.m. by his excited professor. Since George was late for class, he hadn't heard the professor announce that the two unsolvable equations on the board were mathematical mind teasers that even Einstein hadn't been able to answer. But George Dantzig, working without any thoughts of limitation, had solved not one, but two problems that had stumped mathematicians for thousands of years. Simply put, George solved the problems because he didn't know he couldn't .
  • 2. Find the best solution to connect the nine points together with no more than four straight lines without lifting your writing instrument.
  • 3. What assumptions are you making?
  • 4. ¡° Everything ¡° that can be invented ¡° has been invented.¡± Charles H. Duell Commissioner of U.S. Office of Patents, urging President William McKinley to abolish his office, 1899
  • 5. ?
  • 6. Don¡¯t assume that the line must be thin .
  • 7. Just to prove I can do it with two lines.
  • 8. Don¡¯t assume that the paper must be flat .
  • 9. If you rip the paper into nine segments, you can stack them and poke your point through all at once .
  • 10. Don¡¯t assume that you cannot crease the paper.
  • 11. Don¡¯t assume that the lines cannot extend beyond the edge of the paper.
  • 12. Don¡¯t assume that you cannot rip the paper.