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Triangulations and a discrete Brunn-Minkowski inequality in the plane

Authors :
Böröczky, Károly J.
Matolcsi, Máté
Ruzsa, Imre Z.
Santos, Francisco
Serra, Oriol
Source :
Discrete Comput. Geom. 64:2 (2020), 396-426
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

For a set $A$ of points in the plane, not all collinear, we denote by ${\rm tr}(A)$ the number of triangles in any triangulation of $A$; that is, ${\rm tr}(A) = 2i+b-2$ where $b$ and $i$ are the numbers of points of $A$ in the boundary and the interior of $[A]$ (we use $[A]$ to denote "convex hull of $A$"). We conjecture the following analogue of the Brunn-Minkowski inequality: for any two point sets $A,B \subset {\mathbb R}^2$ one has \[ {\rm tr}(A+B)^{\frac12}\geq {\rm tr}(A)^{\frac12}+{\rm tr}(B)^{\frac12}. \] We prove this conjecture in several cases: if $[A]=[B]$, if $B=A\cup\{b\}$, if $|B|=3$, or if none of $A$ or $B$ has interior points.<br />Comment: 30 pages

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Combinatorics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Discrete Comput. Geom. 64:2 (2020), 396-426
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1812.04117
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-019-00131-9