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Keywords:
combinatorial geometry; computational geometry; crossing number
Summary:
We give an example of a set $P$ of $3n$ points in $\Bbb R 3$ such that, for any partition of $P$ into triples, there exists a line stabbing $\Omega(\sqrt n)$ of the triangles determined by the triples.
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