The positive-density large-triangle conjecture

Let AR2A\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be a set of positive upper density, and let u,v,wR2u,v,w\in\mathbb{R}^2 be non-collinear points. A configuration congruent to a finite set means an image of that set under a Euclidean isometry. Large-triangle conjecture. There exists l0>0l_0>0 such that, for every ll0l\geq l_0, the set AA contains a configuration congruent to

{lu,lv,lw}.\{lu,lv,lw\}.

This is the simplest case of the paper's proposed extension of positive-density configuration results from non-degenerate configurations with at most dd points to configurations containing d+1d+1 points. The source describes it as an obvious question left open by earlier results, and no resolution is supplied.

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Davi Castro-Silva, “Geometrical sets with forbidden configurations”, arXiv:2102.10018 (2023).

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