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We obtain a new bound on the number of two-rich points spanned by an arrangement of low degree algebraic curves in $\mathbb{R}^4$. Specifically, we show that an arrangement of $n$ algebraic curves determines at most $C_\epsilon…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-19 Larry Guth , Joshua Zahl

Unitary t-designs are distributions on the unitary group whose first t moments appear maximally random. Previous work has established several upper bounds on the depths at which certain specific random quantum circuit ensembles approximate…

We extend (and somewhat simplify) the algebraic proof technique of Guth and Katz \cite{GK}, to obtain several sharp bounds on the number of incidences between lines and points in three dimensions. Specifically, we show: (i) The maximum…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2009-05-12 György Elekes , Haim Kaplan , Micha Sharir

We prove an upper bound for the number of rational points of bounded height on irreducible affine hypersurfaces. More precisely, given an irreducible polynomial $f \in \mathbb{Z}[X_1, \dots, X_n]$, we prove an upper bound on the number of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Anders Mah

The Szemer\'edi-Trotter theorem gives a bound on the maximum number of incidences between points and lines on the Euclidean plane. In particular it says that $n$ lines and $n$ points determine $O(n^{4/3})$ incidences. Let us suppose that an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jozsef Solymosi

We show that large subsets of vector spaces over finite fields determine certain point configurations with prescribed distance structure. More specifically, we consider the complete graph with vertices as the points of $A \subseteq…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-02-20 Alex Iosevich , Hans Parshall

We give a fairly elementary and simple proof that shows that the number of incidences between $m$ points and $n$ lines in ${\mathbb R}^3$, so that no plane contains more than $s$ lines, is $$ O\left(m^{1/2}n^{3/4}+ m^{2/3}n^{1/3}s^{1/3} + m…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Micha Sharir , Noam Solomon

We prove almost tight bounds on incidences between points and $k$-dimensional varieties of bounded degree in $\R^d$. Our main tools are the Polynomial Ham Sandwich Theorem and induction on both the dimension and the number of points.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-17 Jozsef Solymosi , Terence Tao

We introduce remarkable upper bounds for the interpolation error constants on triangles, which are sharp and given by simple formulas. These constants are crucial in analyzing interpolation errors, particularly those associated with the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Kenta Kobayashi

Let $\mathcal D=(\Omega, \mathcal B)$ be a pair of $v$ point set $\Omega$ and a set $\mathcal B$ consists of $k$ point subsets of $\Omega$ which are called blocks. Let $d$ be the maximal cardinality of the intersections between the distinct…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Etsuko Bannai , Ryuzaburo Noda

We improve the range of exponents for the restriction problem for the 3-d paraboloid over finite fields. The key new ingredient is a variant of the Bourgain-Katz-Tao finite field incidence theorem derived from sum-product estimates. In…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-06-01 Mark Lewko

In this paper, we prove a new point-sphere incidence bound in vector spaces over finite fields. More precisely, let $P$ be a set of points and $S$ be a set of spheres in $\mathbb{F}_q^d$. Suppose that $|P|, |S|\le N$, we prove that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-20 Doowon Koh , Thang Pham

We consider a statistical problem to estimate variables (effects) that are associated with the edges of a complete bipartite graph $K_{v_1, v_2}=(V_1, V_2 \, ; E)$. Each data is obtained as a sum of selected effects, a subset of $E$. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-01 Shoko Chisaki , Ryoh Fuji-Hara , Nobuko Miyamoto

The first goal of this paper is to prove a sharp condition to guarantee of having a positive proportion of all congruence classes of triangles in given sets in $\mathbb{F}_q^2$. More precisely, for $A, B, C\subset \mathbb{F}_q^2$, if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Thang Pham

Combinatorial $t$-designs have nice applications in coding theory, finite geometries and several engineering areas. The objective of this paper is to study how to obtain $3$-designs with $2$-transitive permutation groups. The incidence…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Chunming Tang

This is an expository survey on recent sum-product results in finite fields. We present a number of sum-product or "expander" results that say that if $|A| > p^{2/3}$ then some set determined by sums and product of elements of $A$ is nearly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-01-09 Brendan Murphy , Giorgis Petridis

In this paper we study the number of incidences between $m$ points and $n$ varieties in $\mathbb{F}^d$, where $\mathbb{F}$ is an arbitrary field, assuming the incidence graph contains no copy of $K_{s,s}$. We also consider the analogous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-14 Aleksa Milojević , Benny Sudakov , István Tomon

The paper explores the correspondence between balanced incomplete block designs (BIBD) and certain linear CNF formulas by identifying the points of a block design with the clauses of the Boolean formula and blocks with Boolean variables.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-10-08 Bernd. R. Schuh

We establish new bounds on the number of tangencies and orthogonal intersections determined by an arrangement of curves. First, given a set of $n$ algebraic plane curves, we show that there are $O(n^{3/2})$ points where two or more curves…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-10 Jordan S. Ellenberg , Jozsef Solymosi , Joshua Zahl

We improve the well-known Szemer\'edi-Trotter incidence bound for proper 3--dimensional point sets (defined appropriately)

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-09-06 György Elekes