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Erd\H{o}s-Szekeres without induction
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Let $ES(n)$ be the minimal integer such that any set of $ES(n)$ points in the plane in general position contains $n$ points in convex position. The problem of estimating $ES(n)$ was first formulated by Erd\H{o}s and Szekeres, who proved that $ES(n) \leq \binom{2n-4}{n-2}+1$. The current best upper bound, $\lim\sup_{n \to \infty} \frac{ES(n)}{\binom{2n-5}{n-2}}\le \frac{29}{32}$, is due to Vlachos. We improve this to $$\lim\sup_{n \to \infty} \frac{ES(n)}{\binom{2n-5}{n-2}}\le \frac{7}{8}.$$
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