Unbounded integral point sets over prime residue rings

For a prime pp, let I˙(Zp,2)\dot{\mathcal{I}}(\mathbb{Z}_p,2) denote the maximum cardinality of an integral point set in the plane over Zp\mathbb{Z}_p in general position. Unboundedness conjecture. For each positive integer ll there is a prime threshold pp' such that for all primes ppp\ge p',

I˙(Zp,2)l.\dot{\mathcal{I}}(\mathbb{Z}_p,2)\ge l.

The surrounding discussion notes that several non-isomorphic sets attain the upper bound and suggests only the weaker observation that the value is at least 77 for sufficiently large primes. Over the integers, the corresponding question for seven points is stated to remain unsolved.

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Sascha Kurz, “Integral point sets over finite fields”, arXiv:0804.1289 (2008).

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