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agnishomtoday at 4:14 AM1 replyview on HN

That is not what was meant. Here is a better rephrasing:

Let X be a set of points not all of which are collinear. Then, there are two points a, b in X such that the line l passing through X only passes through a and b.


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stackghosttoday at 4:16 AM

>Let X be a set of points not all of which are collinear. Then, there are two points a, b in X such that the line l passing through X only passes through a and b.

I don't see how this rephrasing changes anything. Of course there are two points a and b because again, the definition of the problem leads naturally, obviously, and definitionally to this result.

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