The Hadwiger number of Jordan regions is unbounded

DOI10.1007/S00454-007-1346-3zbMATH Open1126.52018arXivcs/0702079OpenAlexW2057514951WikidataQ126264915 ScholiaQ126264915MaRDI QIDQ2369936FDOQ2369936

Authors: Mira Lee, Otfried Cheong 

Publication date: 21 June 2007

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that for every n > 0 there is a planar topological disk A_0 and n translates A_1, A_2, ..., A_n of A_0 such that the interiors of A_0, ... A_n are pairwise disjoint, but with each A_i touching A_0 for 1 <= i <= n.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0702079

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zbMATH Keywords

Jordan regionHadwiger number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Discrete geometry (52C99) Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15) Nonconvex bodies (11H16)

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