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Comment by scythe

4 hours ago

This is true for finite sets. For infinite sets, the Sierpinski triangle is a counterexample.

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ky3  4 minutes ago

> the Sierpinski triangle is a counterexample

How so? It's bounded by the large initial triangle. The line containing any two of the vertices doesn't intersect any other point.

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