Transversals to line segments in three-dimensional space (Q2572590)

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Transversals to line segments in three-dimensional space
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    Transversals to line segments in three-dimensional space (English)
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    10 November 2005
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    Two line transversals to a family of line segments in \(E^ 3\) are called to be in the same connected component provided one of the transversals can be continuously moved into the other while remaining a transversal to the family. The authors describe the structure of the connected components to arbitrary family of \(n\) line segments in \(E^ 3\). They show that every family of \(n \geq 3\) line segments in \(E^ 3\) admits at most \(n\) connected components of line transversals. This bound is achieved for some families of line segments.
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    transversal
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    segment
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    connected component
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