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A new upper bound for the Heilbronn triangle problem
Cosmin Pohoata (Emory)
Location: Hill 705
Date & time: Monday, 09 October 2023 at 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Abstract: We discuss a new upper bound for the Heilbronn triangle problem, showing that for sufficiently large $n$ in every configuration of $n$ points chosen inside a unit square there exists a triangle of area less than $n^{-8/7-1/2000}$. This is joint work with Alex Cohen and Dmitrii Zakharov.