Which pairs of countries border exactly the same other countries?

Sep 24, 2013 14:05

Neutrondecay asks which pairs of countries border exactly the same other countries? When the set is non-empty? When the set is more than one other country? If you allow pairs that also border each other?

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borders, geography, countries

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drswirly September 24 2013, 15:19:08 UTC
Not really better, but perhaps another one for the earlier list? Nepal and Bhutan border only India and China, it seems. (They don't border each other, which your heading seems to want - but UAE and Yemen don't either.)

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cartesiandaemon September 24 2013, 16:06:59 UTC
Oops, thank you. Someone else pointed out UAE and Yemen and I put it in the wrong section.

Nepal and Bhutan is the only example I did already have for that section?

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drswirly September 24 2013, 16:09:24 UTC
Gosh, was that "non-trivial examples" section really there earlier? I didn't see it at all! Snoozy me.

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