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

DOI10.1112/S0025579300014352zbMATH Open1039.51010MaRDI QIDQ4435529FDOQ4435529

Authors: Thorsten Theobald 

Publication date: 16 November 2003

Published in: Mathematika (Search for Journal in Brave)

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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)

Cites Work

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

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