COUNTING FACETS AND INCIDENCES

被引:16
作者
AGARWAL, PK [1 ]
ARONOV, B [1 ]
机构
[1] POLYTECH INST NEW YORK,DEPT COMP SCI,BROOKLYN,NY 11201
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10.1007/BF02187848
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TP301 [理论、方法];
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081202 ;
摘要
We show that m distinct cells in an arrangement of n planes in R3 are bounded by O(m2/3n + n2) faces, which in turn yields a tight bound on the maximum number of facets bounding m cells in an arrangement of n hyperplanes in R(d), for every d greater-than-or-equal-to 3. In addition, the method is extended to obtain tight bounds on the maximum number of faces on the boundary of all nonconvex cells in an arrangement of triangles in R3. We also present a simpler proof of the O(m2/3n(d/3) + n(d-1)) bound on the number of incidences between n hyperplanes in R(d) and m vertices of their arrangement.
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页码:359 / 369
页数:11
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