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EXAMPLE
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For n = 5, a(5) >= 7 is witnessed by {(1,1,1), (1,1,2), (1,1,4), (1,2,5), (2,3,1), (4,4,5), (5,5,4)}. There are 4223 distinct (up to rotation and reflection) 7-point configurations without repeated distances, and none of them can be extended to 8 points, so a(5) = 7.
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