The Szemerédi–Trotter theorem is a fundamental result in combinatorial geometry that provides bounds on the incidences between points and lines in the plane. Specifically, it addresses how many points lie on a set of lines, providing a relationship between three parameters: the number of points, the number of lines, and the number of incidences (that is, points that lie on those lines).

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Szemerédi–Trotter theorem by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-06
For lines and points in the real plane, the number of point-line incidences is
Connecting consecutive incidence points on each line and applying the Crossing lemma proves the bound.