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A379299 a(n) is the maximum number k such that every permutation of the integers mod n admits at least k collinear triples.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 5, 2, 5, 0, 6, 9, 6, 4, 8
Offset: 1

Author

Joshua Cooper, Dec 20 2024

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Three points (x_i,y_i), i=1,2,3, are collinear if x_1*(y_2-y_3) + x_2*(y_3-y_1) + x_3*(y_1-y_2) == 0 (mod n).
Exhaustive search in SageMath obtained the reported values from Cooper and Solymosi 2004, where the authors show that (n-1)/4 <= a(n) <= (n-1)/2 for every odd prime n. In Li 2008, the author shows that a(n) = (n-1)/2 for every odd prime n.

Examples

			a(5)=2 because the permutation (in one-line notation) 0,1,3,2,4 admits two collinear triples mod 5: {(0,0),(1,1),(4,4)} is on the line y=x and {(0,0),(3,2),(2,3)} is on the line y=4*x; and all other permutations admit at least 2 collinear triples.
		

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Formula

a(n) = (n-1)/2 for odd primes n.

A140468 Number of points at the n-th step of the following iteration, starting with four points in general position in the real projective plane: dualize the current pointset to a family of lines, take all intersections of those lines, repeat.

Original entry on oeis.org

4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 25, 97, 1741, 719725
Offset: 1

Author

Joshua Cooper (cooper(AT)math.sc.edu), Jun 28 2008

Keywords

Examples

			a(2)=6 because four points in general position define six lines.
		

Crossrefs

Related sequences: A244020-A244026.
Bisections A243707, A243708.