On the existence of a point subset with 3 or 6 interior points (Q2014748)

Summary: For any finite planar point set \(P\) in general position, an interior point of the set \(P\) is a point of the set \(P\) such that it is not on the boundary of the convex hull of the set \(P\). For any positive integer \(k\geq 3\), let \(h(k)\) be the smallest integer such that every finite planar point set \(P\) with no three collinear points and with at least \(h(k)\) interior points has a subset \(Q\) for which the interior of the convex hull of the set \(Q\) contains exactly \(k\) or \(k+3\) interior points of the set \(P\). In this paper, we prove that \(h(3)=8\).