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Iosif Pinelis
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If $x_i=i/m$ for $i=1,\dots,m-1$, this is possible to do for $m=2,3,4$ but apparently not for $m=5$.

Indeed, it appears that for $m=5$ and for all natural $n$ $$d_{m,n}:=d(J_m^{(n)}, \{i/m\}_{i=1}^{m-1}) =\frac2{mn}. \tag{1}\label{1}$$

To illstrate this, below is the (connected) graph $\{(n,m\, n\, d_{m,n})\colon n=1,\dots,100\}$ for $m=5$:

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It should not be hard to prove \eqref{1} for $m=5$.

Iosif Pinelis
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