The $18\cdot 2^t+1$ Triangle-Maximal Series of Straight Lines
Abstract
Given lines in general position in the plane, how many bounded triangular faces can the arrangement have? We construct a straight-line affine arrangement of lines satisfying the conditions of the iterative construction by Bartholdi, Blanc, and Loisel, thereby obtaining an infinite series of straight-line arrangements attaining the maximum number of bounded triangles for every . The conditions are verified by computer-assisted interval and combinatorial checks. A computational search over , , lines provides strong evidence against the existence of further base configurations compatible with the known iterative constructions, but reveals arrangements allowing a single iterative step that yield arrangements of and lines with and bounded triangles, respectively, each matching the upper bound.
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@article{arxiv.2604.22035,
title = {The $18\cdot 2^t+1$ Triangle-Maximal Series of Straight Lines},
author = {Roman Parpalak and Denis Utkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.22035},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
19 pages, 9 figures. Verification scripts and data: https://github.com/parpalak/triangle-maximal-18-series