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We show the optimal coherence of $2d$ lines in $\mathbb{C}^{d}$ is given by the Welch bound whenever a skew Hadamard of order $d+1$ exists. Our proof uses a variant of Hadamard doubling that converts any equiangular tight frame of size…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-12-18 Kean Fallon , Joseph W. Iverson

A classic theorem of Euclidean geometry asserts that any noncollinear set of $n$ points in the plane determines at least $n$ distinct lines. Chen and Chv\'atal conjectured that this holds for an arbitrary finite metric space, with a certain…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Pierre Aboulker , Xiaomin Chen , Guangda Huzhang , Rohan Kapadia , Cathryn Supko

We show that the maximal number of (real) lines in a (real) nonsingular spatial quartic surface is 64 (respectively, 56). We also give a complete projective classification of all quartics containing more than 52 lines: all such quartics are…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-06-20 Alex Degtyarev , Ilia Itenberg , Ali Sinan Sertöz

As a generalization of equiangular lines, equiangular subspaces were first systematically studied by Balla, Dr\"{a}xler, Keevash and Sudakov in 2017. In this paper, we extend their work to $s$-distance subspaces, i.e., to sets of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-13 LiXia Wang , Ke Ye

Large sets of equiangular lines are constructed from sets of mutually unbiased bases, over both the complex and the real numbers.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-23 Jonathan Jedwab , Amy Wiebe

We develop the theory of equiangular lines in Euclidean spaces. Our focus is on the question of when a Seidel matrix having precisely three distinct eigenvalues has a regular graph in its switching class. We make some progress towards an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-31 Gary R. W. Greaves

Let $\mathscr{S}_n(q)$ denote the set of symmetric bilinear forms over an $n$-dimensional $\mathbb{F}_q$-vector space. A subset $\mathcal{C}$ of $\mathscr{S}_n(q)$ is called a $d$-code if the rank of $A-B$ is larger than or equal to $d$ for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Wei Tang , Yue Zhou

In 1946 Erd\H os asked for the maximum number of unit distances, $u(n)$, among $n$ points in the plane. He showed that $u(n)> n^{1+c/\log\log n}$ and conjectured that this was the true magnitude. The best known upper bound is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-04-22 Ryan Schwartz , József Solymosi , Frank de Zeeuw

A new lower bound for the maximal length of a multivector is obtained. It is much closer to the best known upper bound than previously reported lower bound estimates. The maximal length appears to be unexpectedly large for $n$-vectors, with…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-04-12 Patrick Cassam-Chenaï

We report on a new computer study into the existence of d^2 equiangular lines in d complex dimensions. Such maximal complex projective codes are conjectured to exist in all finite dimensions and are the underlying mathematical objects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-29 A. J. Scott , M. Grassl

A {\it good drawing} of a graph $G$ is a drawing where the edges are non-self-intersecting and each two edges have at most one point in common, which is either a common end vertex or a crossing. The {\it crossing number} of a graph $G$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-24 Guoqing Wang , Haoli Wang , Yuansheng Yang , Xuezhi Yang , Wenping Zheng

We consider the distances between a line and a set of points in the plane defined by the L^p-norms of the vector consisting of the euclidian distance between the single points and the line. We determine lines with minimal geometric…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-09-22 Annett Puettmann

A finite set of real numbers is called convex if the differences between consecutive elements form a strictly increasing sequence. We show that, for any pair of convex sets $A, B\subset\mathbb R$, each of size $n^{1/2}$, the convex grid…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-04-28 Orit E. Raz , Micha Sharir , Ilya D. Shkredov

In 1962, Tutte provided a formula for the number of combinatorial triangulations, that is, maximal planar graphs with a fixed triangular face and $n$ additional vertices. In this note, we study how many ways a combinatorial triangulation…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Belén Cruces , Clemens Huemer , Dolores Lara

In this paper, we derive a formula to express the maximum number of non-intersecting diagonals of arbitrary length that can be drawn in n x n square arrays, where n is a multiple of l+1.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Marbarisha M. Kharkongor , Joseph Varghese Kureethara

A spherical two-distance set is a finite collection of unit vectors in $\reals^n$ such that the set of distances between any two distinct vectors has cardinality two. We use the semidefinite programming method to compute improved estimates…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-24 Alexander Barg , Wei-Hsuan Yu

Let $ex(n, P)$ be the maximum possible number of ones in any 0-1 matrix of dimensions $n \times n$ that avoids $P$. Matrix $P$ is called minimally non-linear if $ex(n, P) = \omega(n)$ but $ex(n, P') = O(n)$ for every strict subpattern $P'$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-01-04 P. A. CrowdMath

Fix an integer n>=1. Suppose that a simple polygon is the union of n triangles whose vertices along the common boundary are arranged cyclically. How many sides can such a union -- to be called regular -- have at most? This gives OEIS…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Giedrius Alkauskas

We study the maximum numbers of pseudo-triangulations and pointed pseudo-triangulations that can be embedded over a specific set of points in the plane or contained in a specific triangulation. We derive the bounds $O(5.45^N)$ and $\Omega…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2012-10-29 Moria Ben-Ner , André Schulz , Adam Sheffer

A triangle $T'$ is $\varepsilon$-similar to another triangle $T$ if their angles pairwise differ by at most $\varepsilon$. Given a triangle $T$, $\varepsilon>0$ and $n\in\mathbb{N}$, B\'ar\'any and F\"uredi asked to determine the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-03 József Balogh , Felix Christian Clemen , Bernard Lidický