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OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 91 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 91: For a finite set $A\subset\mathbb{R}^2$, let $d(A)$ denote the number of distinct Euclidean distances between pairs of distinct points of $A$. For each positive integer $n$, define $m(n)$ to be the minimum value of $d(A)$ over all sets $A\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ with $|A|=n$. A set $A$ with $|A|=n$ and $d(A)=m(n)$ is called optimal (for $n$). Two finite sets $A,B\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ are called similar if there exists a dilation of the plane mapping $A$ onto $B$ (where a dilation is a composition of a scaling and an isometry). For each $n$, we say that $n$ has a unique minimizer if all optimal sets for $n$ are similar to one another. Determine whether, for all sufficiently large integers $n$, the number $n$ does not have a unique minimizer.

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Originating problem: Non-uniqueness of point sets minimizing distinct distances

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OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 91 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement.

A complete resolution must satisfy this condition: Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 91: For a finite set $A\subset\mathbb{R}^2$, let $d(A)$ denote the number of distinct Euclidean distances between pairs of distinct points of $A$. For each positive integer $n$, define $m(n)$ to be the minimum value of $d(A)$ over all sets $A\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ with $|A|=n$. A set $A$ with $|A|=n$ and $d(A)=m(n)$ is called optimal (for $n$). Two finite sets $A,B\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ are called similar if there exists a dilation of the plane mapping $A$ onto $B$ (where a dilation is a composition of a scaling and an isometry). For each $n$, we say that $n$ has a unique minimizer if all optimal sets for $n$ are similar to one another. Determine whether, for all sufficiently large integers $n$, the number $n$ does not have a unique minimizer.

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