The rational density conjecture for iterated line intersections
The rational density conjecture for iterated line intersections
Let be a finite set of points in the plane with rational coordinates. Write for the set of points that are intersections of two lines, each determined by a pair of distinct points of , and say that has finite order if for some . Rational density conjecture. If and only if has infinite order, then
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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Primary source
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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