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A short proof of the first selection lemma and weak $\frac{1}{r}$-nets for moving points

Discrete Mathematics 2015-12-24 v1

Abstract

(i) We provide a short and simple proof of the first selection lemma. (ii) We also prove a selection lemma of a new type in d\Re^d. For example, when d=2d=2 assuming nn is large enough we prove that for any set PP of nn points in general position there are Ω(n4)\Omega(n^4) pairs of segments spanned by PP all of which intersect in some fixed triangle spanned by PP. (iii) Finally, we extend the weak 1r\frac{1}{r}-net theorem to a kinetic setting where the underlying set of points is moving polynomially with bounded description complexity. We establish that one can find a kinetic analog NN of a weak 1r\frac{1}{r}-net of cardinality O(rd(d+1)2logdr)O(r^{\frac{d(d+1)}{2}}\log^{d}r) whose points are moving with coordinates that are rational functions with bounded description complexity. Moreover, each member of NN has one polynomial coordinate.

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@article{arxiv.1512.07505,
  title  = {A short proof of the first selection lemma and weak $\frac{1}{r}$-nets for moving points},
  author = {Alexandre Rok and Shakhar Smorodinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.07505},
  year   = {2015}
}