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Let $\alpha(n)$ be such that every set of $n$ points in the unit disk contains three points which determine a triangle of area at most $\alpha(n)$. Estimate $\alpha(n)$.
Heilbronn's triangle problem. It is trivial that $\alpha(n) \ll 1/n$. Erdős observed that $\alpha(n)\gg 1/n^2$. The current best bounds are
\[\frac{\log n}{n^2}\ll \alpha(n) \ll \frac{1}{n^{8/7+1/2000}}.\]
The lower bound is due to Komlós, Pintz, and Szemerédi
[KPS82]. The upper bound is due to Cohen, Pohoata, and Zakharov
[CPZ23] (improving on an exponent of $8/7$ due to Komlós, Pintz, and Szemerédi
[KPS81]).
