On sets defining few ordinary planes

Let S be a set of n points in real three-dimensional space, no three collinear and not all co-planar. We prove that if the number of planes incident with exactly three points of S is less than (Formula presented.) for some (Formula presented.) then, for n sufficiently large, all but at most O(K) poi...

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Autor: Ball, Simeon Michael|||0000-0003-4845-2084
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/111528
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/111528
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00454-017-9935-2
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Geometry, Algebraic.
Eight associated points theorem
Green–Tao
Ordinary planes
Sylvester–Gallai
Geometria
Classificació AMS::51 Geometry::51M Real and complex geometry
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Geometria::Geometria algebraica
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Resumo:Let S be a set of n points in real three-dimensional space, no three collinear and not all co-planar. We prove that if the number of planes incident with exactly three points of S is less than (Formula presented.) for some (Formula presented.) then, for n sufficiently large, all but at most O(K) points of S are contained in the intersection of two quadrics. Furthermore, we prove that there is a constant c such that if the number of planes incident with exactly three points of S is less than (Formula presented.) then, for n sufficiently large, S is either a regular prism, a regular anti-prism, a regular prism with a point removed or a regular anti-prism with a point removed. As a corollary to the main result, we deduce the following theorem. Let S be a set of n points in the real plane. If the number of circles incident with exactly three points of S is less than (Formula presented.) for some (Formula presented.) then, for n sufficiently large, all but at most O(K) points of S are contained in a curve of degree at most four.