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In the plane a point $O$ and a sequence of points $ P_1 , P_2 , P_3 , ... $ are given. The distances $ OP_1 , OP_2 , OP_3 , ...$ are $ r_1 , r_2 , r_3 , ....$ , where $ r_1 ≤ r_2 ≤ r_3 ≤ $ ... . Let $ α$ satisfy $ 0 < α < 1$ . Suppose that for every $n$ the distance from the point $P_n$ to another point of the sequence is greater than or equal to $r_n ^α $ . Then does there exist an exponent $β$ , such that for some $C$ independent of $n$ ,

$ r_n $$ C$ $ n^β $ , for all $n$ = $ 1 , 2 , $ ...

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    @ Gerry: This was one of the longlisted problems of IMO 1967 , I found it in a problem book , where it is said to be non-elementary and not even any hint to the solution is given .2012-11-09

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