How to realize a given number of tangents to four unit balls in ℝ 3

DOI10.1112/S0025579300014352MaRDI QIDQ4435529zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Thorsten Theobald

Publication date 16 November 2003

Published in Mathematika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces) (52A15) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

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• An Enumerative Geometry Framework for Algorithmic Line Problems in $\mathbb R^3$
• Galois groups of enumerative problems
• Line transversals of balls and smallest enclosing cylinders in three dimensions
• On the lines in space with equal distances to n given points

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