Including the 2 newest states, let alone what the next one might be (Puerto Rico? England? Canada? Afghanistan? Iraq?) would cause the east coast states to be so scrunched up that the flag would need to be 500 feet across to show them, unless the chosen "centres" were located way outside the "states" borders. We can simplify the problem enormously by merely omitting stars for all states that went for Bushie Jr. Naturally, Florida gets a star. Or not. Steve Gray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Perry" <perry@globalnet.co.uk> To: "math-fun" <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:56 AM Subject: RE: [math-fun] more 51 star designs
How about taking a snapshot of the 51 states, select a representive centre for each state, transform the curved image onto a flat image, and let each centre become a star?