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BP4 Convex vs. concave.
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COMMENTS

All examples in this Problem are outlines of shapes or solid black shapes.

REFERENCE

M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 215.

CROSSREFS

BP136 is the same solution (flipped) but with only polygonal outlines and also with extraneous dots distracting from the solution.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1 BP2 BP3  *  BP5 BP6 BP7 BP8 BP9

KEYWORD

easy, nice, precise, unstable, right-narrow, finished, traditional, bongard

CONCEPT concave_convex_angle (info | search)

WORLD

outline_or_fill_shape [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Mikhail M. Bongard

BP31 One line vs. two lines.
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REFERENCE

M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 224.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP26 BP27 BP28 BP29 BP30  *  BP32 BP33 BP34 BP35 BP36

KEYWORD

easy, precise, allsorted, left-narrow, right-narrow, pixelperfect, traditional, bongard

CONCEPT distinguishing_crossing_curves (info | search),
one (info | search),
two (info | search)

WORLD

smooth_crosscurves [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Mikhail M. Bongard

BP328 All sides are equal vs. all angles are equal.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP323 BP324 BP325 BP326 BP327  *  BP329 BP330 BP331 BP332 BP333

KEYWORD

nice, stretch, left-narrow, right-narrow, traditional, finishedexamples, both

CONCEPT angle (info | search),
length_line_or_curve (info | search),
same_feature (info | search),
same (info | search)

WORLD

polygon_outline [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP334 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

BP345 Intersection of circle and square vs. union of circle and square.
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COMMENTS

An image of only a circle or of only a square would be ambiguously categorized.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP340 BP341 BP342 BP343 BP344  *  BP346 BP347 BP348 BP349 BP350

KEYWORD

nice, left-narrow, right-narrow, traditional, both

CONCEPT set_intersection (info | search),
set_union (info | search),
imagined_shape (info | search),
imagined_entity (info | search),
overlap (info | search)

WORLD

[smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP347 No pattern (variety of shapes) vs. all shapes have something in common.
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CROSSREFS

See BP378 for a similar idea using just two objects per example.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP342 BP343 BP344 BP345 BP346  *  BP348 BP349 BP350 BP351 BP352

KEYWORD

nice, left-unknowable, right-narrow, traditional, collection

CONCEPT existence (info | search),
shape_cluster (info | search),
cluster_of_one (info | search),
cluster (info | search)

WORLD

several_small_misc [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP359 Random arrangement of pixels vs. not so.
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COMMENTS

By "random" we mean it's reasonable to expect each pixel in the image was chosen with a constant, consistent chance of being black or white.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP354 BP355 BP356 BP357 BP358  *  BP360 BP361 BP362 BP363 BP364

KEYWORD

nice, right-narrow, collective, experimental, blackwhiteinvariant

CONCEPT pattern_or_random (info | search)

WORLD

bmp [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP373 Intersection (logical conjunction) vs. union (logical disjunction).
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP368 BP369 BP370 BP371 BP372  *  BP374 BP375 BP376 BP377 BP378

KEYWORD

abstract, anticomputer, concept, creativeexamples, left-narrow, right-narrow, contributepairs, traditional, miniworlds, dithering

CONCEPT set_intersection (info | search),
set_union (info | search)

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP850 Shape can be maneuvered around the corner vs. not so.
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REFERENCE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_sofa_problem

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP845 BP846 BP847 BP848 BP849  *  BP851 BP852 BP853 BP854 BP855

KEYWORD

nice, precise, physics, creativeexamples, proofsrequired, left-narrow, right-narrow, dithering

CONCEPT rotation_required (info | search),
imagined_motion (info | search),
physically_fitting (info | search)

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

BP922 One row is rearranged to make the other by swapping an odd number of object pairs vs. one row is rearranged to make the other by swapping an even number of object pairs.
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COMMENTS

The mathematical terms for these operations are even and odd permutations.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP917 BP918 BP919 BP920 BP921  *  BP923 BP924 BP925 BP926 BP927

KEYWORD

precise, allsorted, math, left-narrow, right-narrow, unorderedpair, preciseworld, left-listable

CONCEPT even_odd (info | search),
permutation (info | search)

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

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