Finite-plane Besicovitch set cardinality conjecture

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For an odd prime power qq, a Besicovitch set in Fq2{\mathbb{F}_q}^2 is a subset containing a line in every direction. Finite-plane Besicovitch set conjecture. The smallest Besicovitch set in Fq2{\mathbb{F}_q}^2 has cardinality

q(q+1)2+q−12.\frac{q(q+1)}{2}+\frac{q-1}{2}.

Every such set has cardinality at least q2/2q^2/2, while the source describes a construction attaining the displayed upper bound. The conjecture gives the exact minimum in the finite plane for odd prime powers.

References

Primary source

Joshua N. Cooper, “Collinear Triple Hypergraphs and the Finite Plane Kakeya Problem”, arXiv:math/0607734 (2006).

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