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Three points on a straight line vs. no three points on a straight line.

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	REFERENCE	`M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 227.`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP35 BP36 BP37 BP38 BP39 * BP41 BP42 BP43 BP44 BP45`
	KEYWORD	`noisy, finished, traditional, bongard`
	CONCEPT	`collinear (info \| search),` `three (info \| search),` `four (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`four_dots [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Mikhail M. Bongard`

X-coordinates of dots are equidistant vs. y-coordinates of dots are equidistant.

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP107 BP108 BP109 BP110 BP111 * BP113 BP114 BP115 BP116 BP117`
	KEYWORD	`hard, nice, antihuman, traditional`
	CONCEPT	`coordinate (info \| search),` `length_line_or_curve (info \| search),` `midpoint (info \| search),` `imagined_line_or_curve (info \| search),` `imagined_entity (info \| search),` `same_feature (info \| search),` `same (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`three_points [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Douglas R. Hofstadter`

No dot well within the convex hull vs. at least one dot well within the convex hull.

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP133 BP134 BP135 BP136 BP137 * BP139 BP140 BP141 BP142 BP143`
	KEYWORD	`traditional`
	CONCEPT	`convex_hull (info \| search),` `existence (info \| search),` `imagined_shape (info \| search),` `imagined_entity (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`5_dots [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Douglas R. Hofstadter`

Two clusters vs. three clusters.

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP161 BP162 BP163 BP164 BP165 * BP167 BP168 BP169 BP170 BP171`
	KEYWORD	`traditional`
	CONCEPT	`number (info \| search),` `dot (info \| search),` `feature_cluster (info \| search),` `cluster_of_one (info \| search),` `cluster (info \| search),` `two (info \| search),` `three (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`Multiple options: dot_clusters [smaller \| same \| bigger], point_clusters [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Harry E. Foundalis`

Every cluster has two clusters of dots vs. every cluster has three clusters of dots.

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP162 BP163 BP164 BP165 BP166 * BP168 BP169 BP170 BP171 BP172`
	KEYWORD	`traditional`
	CONCEPT	`number (info \| search),` `dot (info \| search),` `recursion (info \| search),` `feature_cluster (info \| search),` `cluster_of_one (info \| search),` `cluster (info \| search),` `two (info \| search),` `three (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`Multiple options: dot_clusters [smaller \| same \| bigger], point_clusters [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Harry E. Foundalis`

The numbers of dots can be put into a sequence of consecutive numbers vs. not so.

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP313 BP314 BP315 BP316 BP317 * BP319 BP320 BP321 BP322 BP323`
	KEYWORD	`nice, traditional`
	CONCEPT	`size_increase_decrease (info \| search),` `iteration (info \| search),` `number (info \| search),` `ordinal_orering (info \| search),` `dot (info \| search),` `sequence (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`dot_clusters [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Aaron David Fairbanks`

The number of dots in one cluster is a multiple of the other vs. not so.

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	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP314 BP315 BP316 BP317 BP318 * BP320 BP321 BP322 BP323 BP324`
	KEYWORD	`math, traditional`
	CONCEPT	`multiple_of (info \| search),` `number (info \| search),` `dot (info \| search),` `proportional (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`two_dot_clusters [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Aaron David Fairbanks`

The numbers of dots in the two clusters are approximately equal (log scale) vs. the numbers of dots in the two clusters differ a lot.

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	COMMENTS	`The point is that, on the left, the two groups look about the same to the eye at first glance.` `In left examples the numbers are off by a factor of 7/6 or less vs. in right examples the numbers are off by a factor of 2 or greater.`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP315 BP316 BP317 BP318 BP319 * BP321 BP322 BP323 BP324 BP325`
	KEYWORD	`nice, traditional`
	CONCEPT	`numerosity (info \| search),` `similar_number (info \| search),` `similar (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`two_dot_clusters [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Aaron David Fairbanks`

Odd number of dots vs. even number of dots.

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	CROSSREFS	`See BP334 for a version of the same idea, but using arbitrary shapes instead of dots.` `Adjacent-numbered pages: BP329 BP330 BP331 BP332 BP333 * BP335 BP336 BP337 BP338 BP339`
	KEYWORD	`precise, allsorted, number, math, left-narrow, right-narrow, right-null, help, traditional, preciseworld`
	CONCEPT	`even_odd (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`dots [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Aaron David Fairbanks`

Square number of dots vs. non-square number of dots.

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	COMMENTS	`All examples in this Problem are a collection of dots.` `An equivalent solution is "Dots can be arranged into a square lattice whose convex hull is a square vs. not so". - Leo Crabbe, Aug 01 2020`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP379 BP380 BP381 BP382 BP383 * BP385 BP386 BP387 BP388 BP389`
	EXAMPLE	`A single dot fits because 1 = 11.` `A pair of dots does not fit because there is no integer x such that 2 = xx.`
	KEYWORD	`nice, precise, allsorted, number, math, left-narrow, left-null, help, traditional, preciseworld`
	CONCEPT	`square_number (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`dots [smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Jago Collins`

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