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We prove that the number of incidences between $m$ points and $n$ bounded-degree curves with $k$ degrees of freedom in ${\mathbb R}^d$ is \[ I(m,n) =O\left(m^{\frac{k}{dk-d+1}+\varepsilon}n^{\frac{dk-d}{dk-d+1}}+ \sum_{j=2}^{d-1}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-29 Micha Sharir , Adam Sheffer , Noam Solomon

The point-line incidence problem has been widely studied in Euclidean spaces and vector spaces over finite fields, whereas the analogous problem has rarely been considered over finite $p$-adic rings. In this paper, we investigate incidences…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Yuhan Chu

We prove several bounds on the number of incidences between two sets of multivariate polynomials of bounded degree over finite fields. From these results, we deduce bounds on incidences between points and multivariate polynomials, extending…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Chong Shangguan , Yulin Yang , Tao Zhang

We show that the number of incidences between $m$ distinct points and $n$ distinct lines in ${\mathbb R}^4$ is $O\left(2^{c\sqrt{\log m}} (m^{2/5}n^{4/5}+m) + m^{1/2}n^{1/2}q^{1/4} + m^{2/3}n^{1/3}s^{1/3} + n\right)$, for a suitable…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-26 Micha Sharir , Noam Solomon

The celebrated Szemer\'edi--Trotter theorem states that the maximum number of incidences between $n$ points and $n$ lines in the plane is $O(n^{4/3})$, which is asymptotically tight. Solymosi (2005) conjectured that for any set of points…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Martin Balko , Nóra Frankl

This paper focuses on incidences over finite fields, extending to higher degrees a result by Vinh \cite{VINH20111177} on the number of point-line incidences in the plane $\mathbb{F}^2$, where $\mathbb{F}$ is a finite field. Specifically, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Itzhak Tamo

Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be an arbitrary finite field, and $\mathcal{E}$ be a set of points in $\mathbb{F}_q^d$. Let $\Delta(\mathcal{E})$ be the set of distances determined by pairs of points in $\mathcal{E}$. By using the Kloosterman sums,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-31 Thang Pham , Le Anh Vinh

A classical result by Erd\H{o}s, and later on by Bondy and Simonivits, states that every $n$-vertex graph with no cycle of length $2k$ has at most $O(n^{1+1 /k})$ edges. This bound is known to be tight when $k \in \{2,3,5\},$ but it is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-27 Mozhgan Mirzaei , Andrew Suk , Jacques Verstraëte

An ordinary plane of a finite set of points in real 3-space with no three collinear is a plane intersecting the set in exactly three points. We prove a structure theorem for sets of points spanning few ordinary planes. Our proof relies on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-25 Aaron Lin , Konrad Swanepoel

The first purpose of this paper is to solve completely the finite field cone restriction conjecture in four dimensions with $-1$ non-square. The second is to introduce a new approach to study incidence problems via restriction theory. More…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-07-15 Doowon Koh , Sujin Lee , Thang Pham

We survey recent (and not so recent) results concerning arrangements of lines, points and other geometric objects and the applications these results have in theoretical computer science and combinatorics. The three main types of problems we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Zeev Dvir

We prove an incidence theorem for points and curves in the complex plane. Given a set of $m$ points in ${\mathbb R}^2$ and a set of $n$ curves with $k$ degrees of freedom, Pach and Sharir proved that the number of point-curve incidences is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-18 Adam Sheffer , Endre Szabó , Joshua Zahl

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

We consider the structure of the plane-line incidence matrix of the projective space $\mathrm{PG}(3,q)$ with respect to the orbits of planes and lines under the stabilizer group of the twisted cubic. Structures of submatrices with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-29 Alexander A. Davydov , Stefano Marcugini , Fernanda Pambianco

We consider configurations of lines in 3-space with incidences prescribed by a graph. This defines a subvariety in a product of Grassmannians. Leveraging a connection with rigidity theory in the plane, for any graph, we determine the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Benjamin Hollering , Elia Mazzucchelli , Matteo Parisi , Bernd Sturmfels

We derive a general upper bound for the number of incidences with $k$-dimensional varieties in ${\mathbb R}^d$. The leading term of this new bound generalizes previous bounds for the special cases of $k=1, k=d-1,$ and $k= d/2$, to every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-13 Thao Do , Adam Sheffer

We generalize the Guth--Katz joints theorem from lines to varieties. A special case says that $N$ planes (2-flats) in 6 dimensions (over any field) have $O(N^{3/2})$ joints, where a joint is a point contained in a triple of these planes not…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-03 Jonathan Tidor , Hung-Hsun Hans Yu , Yufei Zhao

Given two points $p,q$ in the real plane, the signed area of the rectangle with the diagonal $[pq]$ equals the square of the Minkowski distance between the points $p,q$. We prove that $N>1$ points in the Minkowski plane $\R^{1,1}$ generate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-03-18 Oliver Roche-Newton , Misha Rudnev

Let $p$ be an odd prime and let $E\subset \mathbb{F}_p^2$ with $|E|=p^a$, where $0<a\le 1$. For a direction $V$ (a $1$-dimensional subspace of $\mathbb{F}_p^2$), let $\pi^V:\mathbb{F}_p^2\to \mathbb{F}_p^2/V$ denote the quotient map. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Ben Lund , Thang Pham , Le Anh Vinh

We develop the methods used by Rudnev and Wheeler to prove an incidence theorem between arbitrary sets of M\"{o}bius transformations and point sets in $\mathbb F_p^2$. We also note some asymmetric incidence results, and give applications of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-18 Audie Warren , James Wheeler