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Theoretical Computer Science
Volume 296, Issue 1, 4 March 2003, Pages 3-13
 
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Towards compatible triangulations

Oswin AichholzerE-mail The Corresponding Author, a, 1, Franz AurenhammerCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, a, Ferran HurtadoE-mail The Corresponding Author, b, 2 and Hannes KrasserE-mail The Corresponding Author, a, 3

a Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Graz University of Technology, Innfeldgasse 16 B, 8010, Graz, Austria b Departament de Matemática Aplicada II, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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Abstract

We state the following conjecture: any two planar n-point sets that agree on the number of convex hull points can be triangulated in a compatible manner, i.e., such that the resulting two triangulations are topologically equivalent. We first describe a class of point sets which can be triangulated compatibly with any other set (that satisfies the obvious size and shape restrictions). The conjecture is then proved true for point sets with at most three interior points. Finally, we demonstrate that adding a small number of extraneous points (the number of interior points minus three) always allows for compatible triangulations. The linear bound extends to point sets of arbitrary size and shape.

Author Keywords: Computational geometry; Triangulation; Strong isomorphism; Steiner points


 
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