A note on the weak Dirac conjecture (Q521394)
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A note on the weak Dirac conjecture (English)
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10 April 2017
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Dirac conjectured that among any \(n\) non-collinear points in the plane, some point is incident to at least \(\lfloor n/2\rfloor \) lines determined by these points. As counterexamples have been found, the conjecture has been relaxed by an additive constant (Strong Dirac Conjecture) and by a multiplicative constant (Weak Dirac Conjecture). The paper shows that some point is incident to at least \(\lceil n/3\rceil +1 \) lines determined by these points, improving the previous lower bound by more than 8 times. The proof depends on results in algebraic geometry constraining line arrangements in the projective plane.
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configurations of points
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incident-line-numbers
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weak Dirac conjecture
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Hirzebruch-type inequalities
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