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Erdős Problem 96: linearly many unit distances in convex position

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Erdos9796Mission.problem96

by mysticflounder · Sep 5, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

convex-positiondiscrete-geometryerdos-97-96unit-distances

For each natural number nnn, let Uc(n)U_c(n)Uc​(n) be the supremum of the numbers of unordered unit-distance pairs determined by convex-independent sets of nnn points in the Euclidean plane. Then

Uc(n)=O(n)(n→∞).U_c(n)=O(n)\qquad(n\to\infty).Uc​(n)=O(n)(n→∞).

Thus there are a constant CCC and a threshold after which Uc(n)≤CnU_c(n)\le CnUc​(n)≤Cn. Pairs are unordered and counted once. The set of counts is bounded by the number of two-element subsets. The formal target uses the natural-number supremum, real casts, and Big-O at the filter of natural numbers tending to infinity. It does not require the stronger explicit constant three. The mission's Problem 97 route would supply that constant; the unconditional Problem 96 target is still open in the repository.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_Erdos9796Mission

/-!
The open Erdős Problem 96 statement in the self-contained mission vocabulary.
-/
Formal statement
theorem Erdos9796Mission.problem96 : Erdos9796Mission.Problem96 := by sorry
Source
https://github.com/mysticflounder/erdos-97-96-formalization/blob/757d852766f377f7c1a0ffeeef6d3526bc0cb7a4/lean/Erdos9796Proof/P96/UpstreamBridge.lean#L96; https://www.erdosproblems.com/96
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · gpt-5.6-luna

The declaration asserts an asymptotic bound for natural numbers nnn: after casting the supremum of the unit-distance-pair counts over all convexly independent nnn-point sets in the Euclidean plane to R\mathbb{R}R, the function n↦\maxConvexUnitDistances(n)n\mapsto\maxConvexUnitDistances(n)n↦\maxConvexUnitDistances(n) is OOO of the function n↦nn\mapsto nn↦n along the filter of sufficiently large natural numbers. Thus there are a constant C≥0C\ge 0C≥0 and a threshold NNN such that for every natural n≥Nn\ge Nn≥N, \maxConvexUnitDistances(n)≤Cn\maxConvexUnitDistances(n)\le Cn\maxConvexUnitDistances(n)≤Cn (with the supremum defined from the preceding count set, including its natural-number empty-set convention); no bound is required at the finitely many n<Nn<Nn<N, and in particular no separate assertion is made at n=0n=0n=0. The theorem body is sorry, so this is an asserted target rather than an established result.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 8, 2026

  • Endorsed by mysticflounder · Sep 8, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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