Helly-type theorem for hyperplane transversals to well-separated convex sets

Boris Aronov, Jacob E. Goodman, Richard Pollack, Rephael Wenger

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    Abstract

    Let S be a family of compact convex sets in Rd. Let D(S) be the largest diameter of any member of S. The family S is ε-separated if, for every 0<k<d, any k of the sets can be separated from any other d-k of the sets by a hyperplane more than ε/D(S) away from all d of the sets. We prove that if S is an ε-separated family of at least N(ε) compact convex sets in Rd and every 2d+2 members of S are met by a hyperplane, then there is a hyperplane meeting all the members of S. The number N(ε) depends both on the dimension d and on the separation parameter ε. This is the first Helly-type theorem known for hyperplane transversals to compact convex sets of arbitrary shape in dimension greater than one.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages57-63
    Number of pages7
    StatePublished - 2000
    Event16th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    Duration: Jun 12 2000Jun 14 2000

    Other

    Other16th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry
    CityHong Kong, Hong Kong
    Period6/12/006/14/00

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • Geometry and Topology
    • Computational Mathematics

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