Questions tagged [triangulations]
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Dehn-Sommerville relations for $\Delta$-complexes
Let $M$ be a closed, triangulated manifold of dimension $m$ and $K(M)$ be its triangulation. Let $f_i$ denote the number of $i$-simplices of $K(M)$. As proved by Klee the face numbers satisfy the ...
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Triangulations of translation surfaces whose edges are shorter than the diameter
Let $S$ be a compact translation surface (i.e. a surface endowed with a singular flat metric such that singular points are locally isometric to a cone of angle an integer multiple of $2\pi$, and that ...
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How many maximal triangulations of a rectangle?
I posted the following question on MathStackExchange, but I didn't any answer. So please let me post it on MathOverflow.
Let $L_{m,n}\subset\mathbb R^2$ be a rectangle given by $[0,m]×[0,n]$ with $m,...
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Dropping altitudes to achieve nonobtuse planar triangulations: finite or infinite?
Given a planar triangulation of (say) a convex region,
imagine the following process to convert it to a triangulation with
no obtuse angles:
Pick an arbitrary obtuse angle at vertex $a$ of $\triangle ...
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Finite union of closed convex sets is triangulable?
I posted this question on math.stackexchange.com, but didn't get an answer.
Let $A_1, \ldots, A_k \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be closed convex sets. Is the union $\bigcup_{i=1}^k A_i$ triangulable, that ...
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mean length of the non-crossing graphs on n points
My original question is rather vague so I'll start with a precise example and then indicate possible generalisations.
Given a n-tuple $x=(x_1,\dots,x_n)$ in, say, a square with side-length $1$ in the ...
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Simplex in convex polytope, pulling triangulation
Let $P$ be a convex $d$-dimensional polytope.
I have two questions, related to triangulations of $P$.
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Let $p$ be in the interior of $P$. Can I always find a triangulation of $P$,
such ...
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Most regular way to triangulate $\mathbb{R}^3$?
By "regular", I'm going by a property of Delaunay Triangulation, which is to maximize the minimum angle. In $\mathbb{R}^2$, tiling with equilateral triangles gives you a minimum angle of 60 degrees. ...
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How can gauge theory techniques be useful to study when topological manifolds can be triangulated?
I was reading a review article arXiv:1310.7644 and it was explained there that in the last few years it was proven that there are topological manifolds of dimension greater than four that cannot be ...
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Hamiltonian circuit
Let us consider a disk with one labelled point on the boundary and $n$ labelled points in the interior.
Let T be a triangulation of the whole disk with vertices on the labelled points such that T ...
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(∞,n)-category of triangulated cobordisms
What is an accepted definition of a (∞,n)-category of triangulated cobordisms?
Is there one that has a forgetful functor to (Rezk - Hopkins -) Lurie's smooth cobordisms? Does it shed light on how ...
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Homotoping a 2-plane field on a closed orientable 3-manifold to a contact structure
I am a beginner in Contact Geometry.
To prove that the inclusion $\text{Cont}(M)\hookrightarrow \text{Dist}(M)$ induces surjection at $\pi_0$ level, the closest I got was based on Ko Honda's notes.
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Comparing different layered structures for fibered 3-manifolds: example request.
Let's consider a fibering hyperbolic 3-manifold obtained as a mapping torus over some hyperbolic surface with pseudo-Anosov monodromy, and let's suppose that the surface is punctured at the singular ...
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What are some triangulations of Grassmannians?
A while ago I heard that there was no known triangulation of the Grassmannian of 3-planes in 6-space.
To believe a statement like that, you have to be a little bit ungenerous about what you mean by "...
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What properties does generalized Delaunay triangulation have?
Suppose that instead of the usual circle, we pick some other convex set D and make the Delaunay triangulation of a finite planar point set with respect to this set, i.e. connect two points if there is ...
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Characterizing Convex Configurations of Quadrupels of Coplanar Points via Linear (In-)equalities between Distance Sums or Differences
Given 4 points $A$, $B$, $C$ and $D$ in general position in the euclidean plane, is it possible to determine from the 6 distances $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, $AD$, $AC$ and, $BD$ alone, whether every point is a ...
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Smoothing of piecewise Euclidean Riemannian metrics
Let $M$ be a smooth closed manifold and $T$ be a triangulation of $M$. Endow each simplex of $T$ with the Euclidean metric making it a regular simplex; this gives a piecewise Euclidean metric $g_0$ on ...
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coincidence between minimal triangulation numbers and chromatic numbers
A friend and I were reading up on the classification of compact surfaces when we realized that the minimal number of triangles in a triangulation of the sphere, torus, and projective plane are 4 (...
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Comparing layered triangulations of 3-manifolds which fiber over the circle.
I am sorry but I am reposting this question because I wasn't logged in when I first asked it.
Ian Agol has produced a method to build an ideal layered triangulation of a hyperbolic 3-manifold which ...
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Euclidean triangulation of the plane with degree 7 at each vertex.
Hyperbolic plane has a beautiful triangulation by congruent hyperbolic triangles where all the vertices of the triangulation have degree 7, this is of course not possible in the euclidean plane, even ...
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Mean number of $n$-simplices per $(n-2)$-simplex in a triangulated $n$-manifold
Work by Tamura (extending results by Luo and Stong) shows the following.
Theorem: For any closed 3-manifold $M$ and any rational number $4.5 < r < 6$ there is a triangulation $T$ of $M$ for ...
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dissections and vertices of non-convex polytopes
Let us call a finite union $P$ of $n$-dimensional compact convex polytopes in $\mathbb{R}^n$ a non-convex polytope. Recall that a dissection of $P$ is a finite collection $T$ of $n$-dimensional ...
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What is known about the distribution of average edge-degrees for 3-manifold triangulations (with the number of 3-simplices less than a fixed constant)
This is my first question on mathoverflow! It relates to a project I'm undertaking with a student.
Work by Tamura (extending results by Luo and Stong) shows that for any closed 3-manifold $M$ and any ...
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High-Dimensional Analogs of Polygon Spaces
[Edit: I had a mistake in the numerology (took d=6,5 instead of d=5,4). Edit: I mistakenly identified my mistake, it is 6,5 but I got the indices shifted by one.]
Background: Polygon spaces
Given a ...
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practical algorithm for constrained triangulation in two dimensions?
I'm looking for an algorithm that is easy to implement in practice (resulting in small amount of code), preferably incremental. As far as I know, the biggest problem with incremental constrained ...
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Efficient topological triangulations of non-convex polyhedra
Does every polyhedron in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with $n$ triangular facets have a topological triangulation with complexity $O(n)$?
Suppose $P$ is a non-convex polyhedron in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with $n$ ...
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Proving the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for embedded surfaces using triangulations
I heard this really neat elementary proof of the "Gauss-Bonnet Theorem" :
Let $S$ be a surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Now take a triangulation of that surface, and approximate the surface with a ...
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Triangulation of Surfaces without Jordan-Schoenflies
Does anyone know of a proof of the fact that any 2-manifold can be triangulated that does not use the Jordan-Curve Theorem or the Jordan-Schoenflies Theorem? Thanks for your help
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3D Delaunay Triangulation -> Euclidean Minimum Spanning Tree
I read that the Euclidean Minimum Spanning Tree (EMST) of a set of points is a subgraph of any Delaunay triangulation. Apparently the easiest/fastest way to obtain the EMST is to find the Deluanay ...
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