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On combinatorial properties of spheres in euclidean spaces

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For λ>√2 there exists a triangle-free graphG such that for nod canG be imbedded into thed-dimensional unit sphere with two points joined if and only if their distance is >λ.

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  1. Dept. of Mathematics, FJFI ČVUT, 11000, Praha, 1, ČSSR

    Vojtěch Rödl

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Rödl, V. On combinatorial properties of spheres in euclidean spaces. Combinatorica 4, 345–349 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02579146

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