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An Experimental Study of Forbidden Patterns in Geometric Permutations by Combinatorial Lifting

Computational Geometry 2019-03-08 v1

Abstract

We study the problem of deciding if a given triple of permutations can be realized as geometric permutations of disjoint convex sets in R3\mathbb{R}^3. We show that this question, which is equivalent to deciding the emptiness of certain semi-algebraic sets bounded by cubic polynomials, can be "lifted" to a purely combinatorial problem. We propose an effective algorithm for that problem, and use it to gain new insights into the structure of geometric permutations.

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@article{arxiv.1903.03014,
  title  = {An Experimental Study of Forbidden Patterns in Geometric Permutations by Combinatorial Lifting},
  author = {Xavier Goaoc and Andreas Holmsen and Cyril Nicaud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.03014},
  year   = {2019}
}
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