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New bounds for the Heilbronn triangle problem

Number Theory 2026-05-07 v13

Abstract

Using ideas from the geometry of compression, we improve on the current upper and lower bounds of the Heilbronn triangle problem. In particular, let Δ(s)\Delta(s) denote the minimal area of the triangle induced by ss points on a unit disk. We have the upper bound Δ(s)1s32ϵ \Delta(s)\ll \frac{1}{s^{\frac{3}{2}-\epsilon}} for small ϵ:=ϵ(s)>0\epsilon:=\epsilon(s)>0 and the lower bound Δ(s)logsss. \Delta(s)\gg \frac{\log s}{s\sqrt{s}}.

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@article{arxiv.2006.05269,
  title  = {New bounds for the Heilbronn triangle problem},
  author = {Theophilus Agama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.05269},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

13 pages; ideas remained unchanged but the paper has been reformatted; arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1912.08075, arXiv:2002.00502

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