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The number of unit distances is almost linear for most norms

Combinatorics 2010-07-08 v1

Abstract

We prove that there exists a norm in the plane under which no n-point set determines more than O(n log n log log n) unit distances. Actually, most norms have this property, in the sense that their complement is a meager set in the metric space of all norms (with the metric given by the Hausdorff distance of the unit balls).

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@article{arxiv.1007.1095,
  title  = {The number of unit distances is almost linear for most norms},
  author = {Jiří Matoušek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.1095},
  year   = {2010}
}