# Arrangements of Stars on the American Flag

• Published in 2012
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In this article, we examine the existence of nice arrangements of stars on the American flag. We show that despite the existence of such arrangements for any number of stars from 1 to 100, with the exception of 29, 69 and 87, they are rare as the number of stars increases.

### BibTeX entry

@article{ArrangementsOfStarsOnTheAmericanFlag,
title = {Arrangements of Stars on the American Flag},
author = {Dimitris Koukoulopoulos and Johann Thiel},
url = {http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/pubs/monthly{\_}june12-stars.pdf},
urldate = {2017-06-12},
abstract = {In this article, we examine the existence of nice arrangements of stars on the American flag. We show that despite the existence of such arrangements for any number of stars from 1 to 100, with the exception of 29, 69 and 87, they are rare as the number of stars increases.},
comment = {},
year = 2012,
collections = {Art,Easily explained,Geometry}
}