Repeated angles in the plane and related problems (Q1185877)

The main result of the paper is the following theorem: The maximum number of times that the same angle \(0<\alpha <\pi\) can occur among the ordered triples of \(n\) points in the plane is \(O(n^ 2\log n)\). There are infinitely many values \(\alpha\), for which there exists a constant \(c(\alpha)\) and \(n\)-element point sets with the property that at least \(c(\alpha)n^ 2\log n\) triples of them determine angle \(\alpha\). It is also proved that \(n\) points in the plane determine at most \(O(n^{7/3})\) triangles sharing a ``reasonable property''; where having the same perimeter, being isosceles, having a specific difference between two of the angles, having the same incircle radius, sharing a specific angle bisector, etc. all fall in the description of ``reasonable property''.