Questions tagged [computational-geometry]
Using computers to solve geometric problems. Questions with this tag should typically have at least one other tag indicating what sort of geometry is involved, such as ag.algebraic-geometry or mg.metric-geometry.
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If a polyhedron in $\mathbb{R}^3$ has local intersections, does it also have more global intersections?
Consider a simplicial complex $K$. A piecewise linear map $f: K \to \mathbb{R}^n$ is an almost-embedding if $f(\sigma) \cap f(\tau) = \emptyset$ for any two disjoint simplices $\sigma,\tau$ in $K$.
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Smallest trapeziums containing a given convex n-gon
Question: Given a planar convex $n$-gon $C$, to find the smallest area / smallest perimeter trapezium (trapezoid) - a convex quadrilateral with at least one pair of mutually parallel edges - that ...
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Cutting triangles into triangles with equal longest side
This post elaborates on a specific instance of Cutting convex polygons into triangles of same diameter .
Question: For any integer n, can any triangle be cut into n non-degenerate triangles all of ...
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Do there exist smaller simplicial models of barycentric subdivisions?
Let $S$ be a simplicial complex and let $Bary(S)$ denote its barycentric subdivision.
Of course, the geometric realizations of $S$ and $Bary(S)$ are homeomorphic.
However, one issue that arises in ...
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What is the most dense sample for which the Crust algorithm returns an incorrect polygonal reconstruction?
The Crust algorithm by Amenta, Bern, and Eppstein computes a polygonal reconstruction of a smooth curve $C$ without boundary from a discrete set of sample points $S$. It is known that if $S$ is an a $\...
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Are there any non-elementary functions that are computable?
Does a function $\mathit{f}:\mathbb{R}→\mathbb{R}$ being non-elementary (not expressible as a combination of finitely many elementary operations), imply that it is not computable?
The particular case ...
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Counting points above lines
Consider a set $P$ of $N$ points in the unit square and a set $L$ of $N$ non-vertical lines. Can we count the number of pairs $$\{(p,\ell)\in P\times L: p\; \text{lies above}\; \ell\}$$ in time $\...
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Computing sums with linear conditions quickly
Let $f:\{1,\dotsc,N\}\to \mathbb{C}$, $\beta:\{1,\dotsc,N\}\to [0,1]$ be given by tables (or, what is basically the same, assume their values can be computed in constant time). For $0\leq \gamma_0\leq ...
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Explicit form of boundary operators of topological cones
Let $\Omega$ be a regular, finite, $n$-dimensional CW complex with chain modules $\mathscr{C}_k$ and boundary operators $\partial_k$.
For many problems in computational geometry, a key operation is to ...
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Constrained morphing of polygons
This post continues 'Constrained morphing' of planar convex regions
If an $m$-gon $P_m$ is to be morphed (altered continuously) into an $n$-gon $P_n$ with same area and perimeter, can one ...
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'Constrained morphing' of planar convex regions
Morphing may be defined as a continuous transition of one shape to another. This post is about modifying planar regions continuously from one form to another under some constraints.
Qn: If $C_1$ and $...
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Computational hardness of a discrete generalized rectangle packing problem
I have a decision problem that is clearly in NP, but I cannot seem to prove that it is in P, nor can I prove its NP-hardness. I attribute this more to my inexperience than to the problem's difficulty (...
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Tarski-Seidenberg for strict inequalities and bounded quantification
This theorem says that quantifiers over real variables can be eliminated from classical first order formulae built from equations and inequalities between polynomials with rational coefficients, ie in ...
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Hemisphere containing the maximum number of points scattered on a sphere
Consider a set of points $x_1, \ldots,x_n$ on $\mathbb{S}^{k-1}$ (the unit sphere in $\mathbb{R}^k$). The goal is finding the hemisphere which contains the maximum number of $x_i$'s. Basically, we ...
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A quadratic $O(N)$ invariant equation for 4-index tensors
Consider an $O(N)$ invariant quadratic equation
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T_{ijkl}= T_{ijmn}T_{klmn}+ T_{ikmn}T_{jlmn}+ T_{ilmn}T_{jkmn},
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