English

Bisecting three classes of lines

Computational Geometry 2019-09-11 v1

Abstract

We consider the following problem: Let L\mathcal{L} be an arrangement of nn lines in R3\mathbb{R}^3 colored red, green, and blue. Does there exist a vertical plane PP such that a line on PP simultaneously bisects all three classes of points in the cross-section LP\mathcal{L} \cap P? Recently, Schnider [SoCG 2019] used topological methods to prove that such a cross-section always exists. In this work, we give an alternative proof of this fact, using only methods from discrete geometry. With this combinatorial proof at hand, we devise an O(n2log2(n))O(n^2\log^2(n)) time algorithm to find such a plane and the bisector of the induced cross-section. We do this by providing a general framework, from which we expect that it can be applied to solve similar problems on cross-sections and kinetic points.

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@article{arxiv.1909.04419,
  title  = {Bisecting three classes of lines},
  author = {Alexander Pilz and Patrick Schnider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.04419},
  year   = {2019}
}
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