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Erdős Unit Distance: Lower Bound

How many unit distances can a planar n-point set be forced to realize? The best constructions still sit only slightly above linear, far from the O(n^{4/3}) upper bound.

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  1. Validated increment

    Best constructions remain near-linear with slow-growing factors

    The public best lower bounds are of the form Ω(n^{1 + c / log log n}) from lattice-based and number-theoretic constructions. Closing more of the gap toward n^{4/3} is the constructive half of Erdős's problem.

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    Ω(n^{1 + c / log log n}) class constructions

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    Same class: no certified asymptotic jump yet

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