The 46-star field is like the 48 field, with rows 2 & 5 having only 7 stars and being centered. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I recall seeing a different design somewhere: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sort of "no nonsense". This must have been inspired by the recent science articles about the 3-D version of the problem for small clusters of atoms. Rich -----Original Message----- From: John Conway To: math-fun Sent: 9/5/2003 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [math-fun] The problem of the 51st state. On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Thane Plambeck wrote: [clip]

I've thought the 46 star flag shown at the URL below must not be the best possible.

I don't know how to read that - can you roughly draw or describe it for me? JHC _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun