Pinning a line by balls or ovaloids in \(\mathbb R^{3}\)

DOI10.1007/s00454-010-9297-5zbMath1216.52005MaRDI QIDQ629845

Xavier Goaoc, Sylvain Petitjean, Stefan König

Publication date: 10 March 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-010-9297-5

zbMATH Keywords

line geometry; geometric transversals; Helly-type theorems; ovaloids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

52A15: Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces)

52A35: Helly-type theorems and geometric transversal theory

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