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On kk-Gons and kk-Holes in Point Sets

Abstract

We consider a variation of the classical Erd\H{o}s-Szekeres problems on the existence and number of convex kk-gons and kk-holes (empty kk-gons) in a set of nn points in the plane. Allowing the kk-gons to be non-convex, we show bounds and structural results on maximizing and minimizing their numbers. Most noteworthy, for any kk and sufficiently large nn, we give a quadratic lower bound for the number of kk-holes, and show that this number is maximized by sets in convex position

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