{ "id": "1908.06390", "version": "v1", "published": "2019-08-18T07:51:13.000Z", "updated": "2019-08-18T07:51:13.000Z", "title": "On sets of $n$ points in general position that determine lines that can be pierced by $n$ points", "authors": [ "Chaya Keller", "Rom Pinchasi" ], "comment": "9 pages, 5 figures", "categories": [ "math.CO", "cs.CG" ], "abstract": "Let $P$ be a set of $n$ points in general position in the plane. Let $R$ be a set of $n$ points disjoint from $P$ such that for every $x,y \\in P$ the line through $x$ and $y$ contains a point in $R$ outside of the segment delimited by $x$ and $y$. We show that $P \\cup R$ must be contained in a cubic curve.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2019-08-18T07:51:13.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "05C10", "68R10" ], "keywords": [ "general position", "determine lines", "points disjoint", "cubic curve" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 9, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }