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Joseph O'Rourke

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Convex polyhedra that can be folded from convex polygons

answered Jun 24, 2021 at 17:32

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One-sided version of the curve-shortening flow

answered Jan 26, 2023 at 15:00

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Can a 3-regular non-1-planar graph be constructed?

answered Feb 22, 2023 at 12:03

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Box stacking problem

answered Apr 27, 2019 at 17:21

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Tricks for getting a creative idea

answered May 30, 2019 at 22:56

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Complete folds and one cut

answered Jun 20, 2019 at 0:36

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Applications of Generalized Geometry to Theoretical Physics

answered Dec 4, 2019 at 0:43

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Polygonal paths and polygons with prescribed set of vertices

answered Dec 6, 2019 at 16:37

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'Trapping' 3D regions with sheets of paper

answered Nov 30, 2019 at 13:35

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What is the probability of an empty convex $k$-gon among many given points?

answered Sep 12, 2019 at 18:02

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Prime factorization "demoted" leads to function whose fixed points are primes

answered Aug 28, 2019 at 0:45

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Polygon of convex arcs

answered Nov 2, 2018 at 23:58

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Coverage of balls on random points in Euclidean space

answered Aug 10, 2018 at 23:51

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Fitting one Polygon in another

answered Aug 27, 2018 at 1:01

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Find point covered by all given circles

answered Dec 26, 2020 at 13:48

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On some centers of convex regions based on partitions

answered Oct 21, 2020 at 0:00

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Can prolates overlap more easily than oblates?

answered Sep 5, 2020 at 13:05

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Is there the longest geodesic?

answered Dec 24, 2020 at 21:33

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Given an input point in $\mathbb{R}^n$, select (one of) the closest point(s) from a fixed large set of points given in advance

answered Feb 23, 2021 at 20:24

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Infinitely long rods that touch one another

answered Mar 13, 2021 at 0:59

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Projection of convex set onto a convex set

answered Aug 25, 2020 at 17:41

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Number of regions formed by $n$ points in general position

answered Feb 19, 2020 at 23:41

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Distance between two polyhedra that takes incidence structure into account

answered Mar 9, 2020 at 15:04

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Cone-Torus intersection in 3D

answered Aug 27, 2018 at 23:35

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What are examples of books which teach the practice of mathematics?

answered Sep 2, 2018 at 14:22

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Gaussian prime spirals

answered May 6, 2018 at 14:57

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Visual proof of convergence for Steiner's symmetrization

answered Aug 5, 2018 at 12:03

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The Disco Ball Problem

answered Sep 20, 2018 at 2:14

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Algorithm to compute the convex hull of a set of $m$ possibly intersecting convex polygons in the plane

answered Mar 21, 2019 at 23:41

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Intersection of hyperspheres

answered Nov 20, 2018 at 23:26

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