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Re: the irrational stamp puzzle

#2447
From: Brett Costley
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:16
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>In article <2338@sjfc.UUCP>, dmc@sjfc.UUCP (Cass Dan) writes:
>|> 
>|> You have an ink stamp which is so amazingly precise that, when inked
>|> and pressed down on the plane, it makes every circle of irrational
>|> radius (centered at the center of the stamp) black.
>|> 
>|> Question:  Can one use the stamp three times and make every point
>|> in the plane black?  [assume plane was white to begin with, and
>|> ignore the fact that no such stamp is physically possible]

You can do it in one stamp.  Put the stamp down and then without lifting
it move it around sufficiently to cover the entire area. 

Or, stamp once and use your finger to smear the ink before it dries. :)
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From: costley@solo.eng.hou.compaq.com (Brett Costley)
Subject: Re: the irrational stamp puzzle
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