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Incidences between points and lines in three dimensions (English)
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12 June 2019
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\textit{L. Guth} and \textit{N. H. Katz} [Ann. Math. (2) 181, No. 1, 155--190 (2015; Zbl 1310.52019)] were the first to prove that for $m$ points and $n$ lines in $\mathbb{R}^3$, the number of incidences is at most \[ O(m^{1/2}n^{3/4}+m^{2/3}n^{1/3} s^{1/3} +m+n), \] if no plane contains more than $s$ lines. (The constant depends on the relation between $m$ and $n$.) This was the key step in their solution of the distinct distances problem of Erdős. The paper under review provides a new proof for this result, which is simpler, more elementary, and somewhat stronger. The method of the new proof is more likely applicable to further incidence problems than the original approach. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1411.52002].
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point-line incidences
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Szemerédi-Trotter theorem
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