On the Erdős distinct distances problem in the plane
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Abstract: In this paper, we prove that a set of points in has at least distinct distances, thus obtaining the sharp exponent in a problem of Erd"os. We follow the set-up of Elekes and Sharir which, in the spirit of the Erlangen program, allows us to study the problem in the group of rigid motions of the plane. This converts the problem to one of point-line incidences in space. We introduce two new ideas in our proof. In order to control points where many lines are incident, we create a cell decompostion using the polynomial ham sandwich theorem. This creates a dichotomy: either most of the points are in the interiors of the cells, in which case we immediately get sharp results, or alternatively the points lie on the walls of the cells, in which case they are in the zero set of a polynomial of suprisingly low degree, and we may apply the algebraic method. In order to control points where only two lines are incident, we use the flecnode polynomial of the Rev. George Salmon to conclude that most of the lines lie on a ruled surface. Then we use the geometry of ruled surfaces to complete the proof.
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