An affine subspace L ⊆ ℝ² is a line iff its direction has dimension 1.
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The number of points of the finite set E ⊂ ℝ² lying on the line L.
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The set of lines determined by E: lines that contain at least two points of E.
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The set of lines through x ∈ ℝ² which are determined by E, i.e. pass through
x and at least one other point of E.
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Beck's theorem (1982). There exists c > 0 such that for every finite point
set E ⊂ ℝ², either some line contains at least |E|/100 points of E, or E
determines at least c · |E|² distinct lines.
Per-point uniformization of the Szemerédi–Trotter consequence of Beck: if no
line contains more than |E|/2 points and E determines ≥ c |E|² lines, then
through every point of E there pass ≳ |E| determined lines.
If no line contains more than |E|/2 points yet some line L contains at least
|E|/100 points, then every x ∈ E has at least |E|/100 lines through it
determined by E (using the rich line L to construct many such lines through x).
Beck's theorem, per-point form. There is c > 0 such that for any finite
E ⊂ ℝ² with no line containing more than |E|/2 points, every point x ∈ E has
at least c · |E| lines through it that are determined by E (i.e. pass through x
and another point of E).