On the multiplicity of arrangements of congruent zones on the sphere

arXiv1705.02172MaRDI QIDQ6286324FDOQ6286324

Authors: A. Bezdek, Ferenc Fodor, Viktor Vígh, Tamás Zarnócz 

Publication date: 5 May 2017

Abstract: Consider an arrangement of $n$ congruent zones on the $d$-dimensional unit sphere $S^{d-1}$, where a zone is the intersection of an origin symmetric Euclidean plank with $S^{d-1}$. We prove that, for sufficiently large $n$, it is possible to arrange $n$ congruent zones of suitable width on $S^{d-1}$ such that no point belongs to more than a constant number of zones, where the constant depends only on the dimension and the width of the zones. Furthermore, we also show that it is possible to cover $S^{d-1}$ by $n$ congruent zones such that each point of $S^{d-1}$ belongs to at most $A_{d}lnn$ zones, where the $A_d$ is a constant that depends only on $d$. This extends the corresponding $3$-dimensional result of Frankl, Nagy and Nasz'odi (2016). Moreover, we also examine coverings of $S^{d-1}$ with congruent zones under the condition that each point of the sphere belongs to the interior of at most $d-1$ zones.

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