The self-similarity conjecture for extremal angle configurations

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A point configuration P\mathcal P is self-similar if there is a point A∈PA\in\mathcal P such that every angle formed by three points of P\mathcal P can also be formed with AA as one of the points: for all B,C,D∈PB,C,D\in\mathcal P, there exist E,F∈PE,F\in\mathcal P such that ∠BCD=∠AEF\angle BCD=\angle AEF or ∠BCD=∠EAF\angle BCD=\angle EAF. Self-similarity conjecture. For nn sufficiently large, a configuration of nn points in general position with the smallest possible number of distinct angles exhibits self-similarity. The paper notes that self-similar configurations have at most 3(n−12)=O(n2)3\binom{n-1}{2}=O(n^2) distinct angles and presents constructions with this property, but does not establish that every extremal configuration has it.

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Ruben Ascoli, Livia Betti, Jacob Lehmann Duke, Xuyan Liu, Wyatt Milgrim, Steven J. Miller, Eyvindur A. Palsson, Francisco Romero Acosta and Santiago Velazquez Iannuzzelli, “Distinct Angles and Angle Chains in Three Dimensions”, arXiv:2208.13284 (2023).

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