Ambient cubic-container problem for visibility cliques

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Let A⊂R2A\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be a finite point set. A visibility patch is a subset W⊂Γ(R)W\subset\Gamma(\mathbb{R}) of a real cubic on which the relevant pairs of points are considered, and an ambient blocker for a pair from A∩WA\cap W is a point of A∖ΓA\setminus\Gamma lying in the open segment joining that pair. Ambient cubic-container problem. For every k,ℓk,\ell there are constants α>0\alpha>0 and β<1/(ℓ−1)\beta<1/(\ell-1) such that, if A⊂R2A\subset\mathbb{R}^2 has nn points, no kk collinear points, and no ℓ\ell mutually visible points, then there is a real cubic Γ\Gamma and a visibility patch W⊂Γ(R)W\subset\Gamma(\mathbb{R}) for which

∣A∩W∣≥αn|A\cap W|\ge \alpha n

and the number of ambient blockers in A∖ΓA\setminus\Gamma for pairs from A∩WA\cap W is at most

β∣A∩W∣.\beta |A\cap W|.

This is identified as the missing ambient container theorem that could combine with the paper's cubic-container result to prove the Big-Line–Big-Clique Conjecture. It is posed as an open problem.

References

Primary source

Sohail Sarkar, “Visibility cliques, cubic containers, and dense orchard cores”, arXiv:2605.00918 (2026).

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