Does the separating boundary of a given set of points *have* to be a straight line (or a flat hyperplane)? The image below seems to be clearly linearly separable. [![enter image description here][1]][1] The other one here (the classic XOR) is certainly non-linearly separable. [![enter image description here][2]][2] But how about these two? [![enter image description here][3]][3] [![enter image description here][4]][4] Both of them seems to be separable by a single line, though not straight. Are they linearly separable? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/fFaAp.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/Pg2VH.jpg [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/gucSB.png [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/dE34A.png