Robotics Research Technical Report: The Complexity of Many Cells in Arrangements of Planes and Related Problems (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Herbert Edelsbrunner

 
9781332115365: Robotics Research Technical Report: The Complexity of Many Cells in Arrangements of Planes and Related Problems (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Understand how complex shapes form when many planes intersect

Learn how researchers bound the number of faces in multi-plane arrangements and design efficient algorithms to compute them. This edition presents core ideas, from three-dimensional arrangements to higher dimensions, with accessible explanations of the techniques used to tame combinatorial complexity.

In this work, the authors analyze the complexity of many cells formed by n planes in 3D space and extend the results to higher dimensions. They introduce a constructive approach that combines divide-and-conquer with random sampling to split problems into smaller pieces, then recombine the results. The methods yield sharp upper bounds on the number of facets bounding cells and on incidences between points and planes, while also offering randomized algorithms that run efficiently in practice.

  • How to model and measure the complexity of cell boundaries in plane arrangements
  • Techniques for decomposing problems into smaller subproblems using random samples
  • Recurrence-driven analysis that leads to near-tight upper bounds in multiple dimensions
  • Output-sensitive algorithms for computing cells and incidences in arrangements

Ideal for readers of computational geometry, discrete mathematics, and advanced algorithm design who want a rigorous yet practical view of these classic problems.

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