Let be points on a plane, and the minimum distance between each two points of them is (). Prove
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
We may assume that .
At first, we will prove that for any positive integer .
Obviously, for , and the second equality holds only when . Then we only need to prove that for .
Take each () as the center to draw a circle with radius . Then these circles are either externally tangent to or apart from each other. Take as the center to draw a circle with radius . Then the previous smaller circles are all located in this larger one.
Then , from which we have .
It is easy to check that for .
Then for .
Over all, we have for .
Therefore,
Solution 2
We may assume .
Take each () as the center to draw a circle with radius . Then these circles are either externally tangent to or apart from each other.
Let be any point on . Since
we get that the circle with center and radius cover the previous smaller circles. Then we have , and that is
Therefore,