Problems related to a de Bruijn-Erdös theorem (Q943846)
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Problems related to a de Bruijn-Erdös theorem (English)
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10 September 2008
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The de Bruijn-Erdös theorem referred to in the title of this paper states that every set of \(n\) noncollinear points in the plane determines at least \(n\) lines. The authors investigate a generalization of this theorem in the framework of metric spaces, where lines have to be defined in a suitable way. This leads to some extremal combinatorial problems, and the authors provide partial results.
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combinatorial geometry
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metric space
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metric betweenness
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extremal combinatorial problem
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