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Find maximal value of N

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September 2, 2010
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Problem Statement

The colonizers of a spherical planet have decided to build NN towns, each having area 1/10001/1000 of the total area of the planet. They also decided that any two points belonging to different towns will have different latitude and different longitude. What is the maximal value of NN?