The three most common divot patterns – scattered, concentrated and linear – can be seen in the photo. A scattered divot pattern removes the most amount of turf because a full divot is removed with ...

Still, we most closely associate the linear geometric pattern with the Greeks and their mosaic floors, red and black pots, and masterfully carved marble friezes.

O. L. Mangasarian, Linear and Nonlinear Separation of Patterns by Linear Programming, Operations Research, Vol. 13, No. 3 (May - Jun., 1965), pp. 444-452 ...