There are not too many magic configurations

Eyal Ackerman, Kevin Buchin, Christian Knauer, Rom Pinchasi, Günter Rote · 2007

A finite planar point set P is called a magic configuration if there is an assignment of positive weights to the points of P such that, for everyline l determined by P, the sum of the weights of all points of P on l equals 1. We prove a conjecture of Murty from 1971 and show that a magic configuration consists either of points in general position, or all points are collinear, with the possible exception of one point, or they form a special configuration of 7 points.

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