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Our present problem has been suggested by Miss Esther Klein in connection with the following proposition.
From 5 points of the plane of which no three lie on the same straight line it is always possible to select 4 points determining a convex quadrilateral.
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Erdös, P., Szckeres, G. (2009). A Combinatorial Problem in Geometry. In: Gessel, I., Rota, GC. (eds) Classic Papers in Combinatorics. Modern Birkhäuser Classics. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4842-8_3
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