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New bounds for the same-type lemma

Combinatorics 2023-09-20 v1

Abstract

Given finite sets X1,,XmX_1,\dotsc,X_m in Rd\mathbb{R}^d (with dd fixed), we prove that there are respective subsets Y1,,YmY_1,\dotsc,Y_m with Yi1poly(m)Xi|Y_i|\ge \frac{1}{\operatorname{poly}(m)}|X_i| such that, for y1Y1,,ymYmy_1\in Y_1,\dotsc,y_m\in Y_m, the orientations of the (d+1)(d+1)-tuples from y1,,ymy_1,\dotsc,y_m do not depend on the actual choices of points y1,,ymy_1,\dotsc,y_m. This generalizes previously known case when all the sets XiX_i are equal. Furthermore, we give a construction showing that polynomial dependence on mm is unavoidable, as well as an algorithm that approximates the best-possible constants in this result.

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@article{arxiv.2309.10731,
  title  = {New bounds for the same-type lemma},
  author = {Boris Bukh and Alexey Vasileuski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.10731},
  year   = {2023}
}

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9 pages

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