The rational density conjecture for iterated line intersections

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Let SS be a finite set of points in the plane with rational coordinates. Write T(S)\mathcal{T}(S) for the set of points that are intersections of two lines, each determined by a pair of distinct points of SS, and say that SS has finite order if Ti(S)=Ti+1(S)\mathcal{T}^{i}(S)=\mathcal{T}^{i+1}(S) for some i0i\geq 0. Rational density conjecture. If and only if SS has infinite order, then

i0Ti(S)=Q2.\bigcup\nolimits_{i \geq 0}{\mathcal{T}^{i} \left( S \right)} = \mathbb Q^2.

This conjecture asks for the exact analogue over the rational plane of the density theorem for finite point-sets: infinite order is expected to produce every rational point, rather than merely a dense subset of the real plane. The source describes this as a conjectural result; no resolution is supplied here.

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Christopher J. Hillar and Darren L. Rhea, “A Result About the Density of Iterated Line Intersections in the Plane”, arXiv:math/0507472 (2005).

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