Using topology for discrete problems | The Borsuk-Ulam theorem and stolen necklaces

Solving a discrete math puzzle using topology
I was originally inspired to cover this thanks to a Quora post by Alon Amit
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The original 1986 by Alon and West with this proof
https://m.tau.ac.il/~nogaa/PDFS/Publi...

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EE Paper using ideas related to this puzzle
https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=80...

I first came across this paper thanks to Alon Amit's answer on this Quora post
https://www.quora.com/As-of-2016-what...

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Time stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - The stolen necklace problem
3:08 - The Borsuk Ulam theorem
9:15 - The continuous necklace problem
13:19 - The connection
17:30 - Higher dimensions

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