Cutting triangular cycles of lines in space

Boris Aronov; Vladlen Koltun; Micha Sharir

doi:10.1007/s00454-004-1123-5

Cutting triangular cycles of lines in space

Boris Aronov^*, Vladlen Koltun, Micha Sharir

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School of Computer Science

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Abstract

We show that n lines in 3-space can be cut into O(n^2-1/69 log^16/69 n) pieces, such that all depth cycles defined by triples of lines are eliminated. This partially resolves a long-standing open problem in computational geometry, motivated by hidden-surface removal in computer graphics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	231-247
Number of pages	17
Journal	Discrete and Computational Geometry
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-004-1123-5
State	Published - Feb 2005

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