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BP21 |
| Small shape present vs. all shapes large. |
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BP20 |
| Both dots touching same bulb vs. dots on opposite bulbs. |
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COMMENTS
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All examples in this Bongard Problem are outlines of smooth shapes with a pinch in the middle and with two tiny black circles attached to the outside of the shape (tangent).
A shape with either dot tangent to the the valley section would be ambiguous. |
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REFERENCE
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M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 220. |
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CROSSREFS
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP15 BP16 BP17 BP18 BP19  *  BP21 BP22 BP23 BP24 BP25
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KEYWORD
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nice, finished, traditional, bongard
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CONCEPT
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near_far (info | search), neck_narrowing (info | search), separation_of_joined_objects (info | search)
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AUTHOR
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Mikhail M. Bongard
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BP19 |
| Horizontal pinch vs. vertical pinch. |
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COMMENTS
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All examples in this Bongard Problem are outlines of shapes. More specifically, all examples have a thin horizontal or vertical bridge in the middle connecting two wide ends. |
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REFERENCE
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M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 220. |
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CROSSREFS
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP14 BP15 BP16 BP17 BP18  *  BP20 BP21 BP22 BP23 BP24
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KEYWORD
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dual, rotate, finished, traditional, bongard
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CONCEPT
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horizontal (info | search), neck_narrowing (info | search), vertical (info | search)
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WORLD
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[smaller | same | bigger]
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AUTHOR
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Mikhail M. Bongard
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BP18 |
| "Pinched" shape (drastically thinner somewhere in the middle than on the ends) vs. non-pinched shape. |
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BP17 |
| Shape with a reflex corner vs. shape without a reflex corner. |
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BP16 |
| Clockwise spiraling curve vs. counter-clockwise spiraling curve. |
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COMMENTS
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All examples in this Bongard Problem are non-self-intersecting spiraling curves, perhaps wiggly, perhaps with corners. |
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REFERENCE
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M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 219. |
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CROSSREFS
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP11 BP12 BP13 BP14 BP15  *  BP17 BP18 BP19 BP20 BP21
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KEYWORD
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nice, handed, gap, finished, traditional, bongard
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CONCEPT
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turn_orientation (info | search), tracing_line_or_curve (info | search), rotational_direction (info | search), direction (info | search)
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WORLD
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spiral [smaller | same | bigger]
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AUTHOR
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Mikhail M. Bongard
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BP15 |
| Closed shape outline vs. non-closed curve. |
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COMMENTS
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All examples in this Bongard Problem are non-self-intersecting curves. |
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REFERENCE
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M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 218. |
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CROSSREFS
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP10 BP11 BP12 BP13 BP14  *  BP16 BP17 BP18 BP19 BP20
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KEYWORD
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nice, unstable, world, finished, traditional, bongard
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CONCEPT
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closed_open (info | search), hole (info | search), loop (info | search)
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WORLD
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curve_or_outline [smaller | same | bigger] zoom in left (shape_outline) | zoom in right (curve)
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AUTHOR
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Mikhail M. Bongard
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BP14 |
| All big individual figures vs. all small individual figures. |
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COMMENTS
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All examples in this Problem show one or more connected figures made up of lines.
Some big shapes and some small shapes would be ambiguous. |
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REFERENCE
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M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 218. |
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CROSSREFS
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See BP2 for the same idea using one shape.
Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP9 BP10 BP11 BP12 BP13  *  BP15 BP16 BP17 BP18 BP19
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KEYWORD
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fuzzy, size, stable, finished, traditional, bongard
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CONCEPT
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all (info | search), length_line_or_curve (info | search), size (info | search)
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WORLD
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curves_drawing [smaller | same | bigger]
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AUTHOR
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Mikhail M. Bongard
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BP13 |
| Tall rectangle OR wide ellipse vs. wide rectangle OR tall ellipse. |
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COMMENTS
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All examples in this Bongard Problem are outlines of ellipses or rectangles aligned to the x-y-axes. |
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REFERENCE
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M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 218. |
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CROSSREFS
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP8 BP9 BP10 BP11 BP12  *  BP14 BP15 BP16 BP17 BP18
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KEYWORD
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precise, stretch, finished, traditional, preciseworld, bongard
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CONCEPT
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or (info | search), horizontal (info | search), line_slope (info | search), vertical (info | search)
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WORLD
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rectangle_or_ellipse_outline_axis_aligned [smaller | same | bigger]
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AUTHOR
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Mikhail M. Bongard
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BP12 |
| Thin elongated convex hull vs. compact convex hull. |
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COMMENTS
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All examples in this Bongard Problem are shape outlines. |
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REFERENCE
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M. M. Bongard, Pattern Recognition, Spartan Books, 1970, p. 217. |
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CROSSREFS
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Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP7 BP8 BP9 BP10 BP11  *  BP13 BP14 BP15 BP16 BP17
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KEYWORD
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nice, fuzzy, spectrum, stretch, finished, traditional, bongard
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CONCEPT
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convex_hull (info | search), elongated_compact (info | search)
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WORLD
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shape_outline [smaller | same | bigger]
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AUTHOR
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Mikhail M. Bongard
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