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Combinatorial distance geometry in normed spaces

Metric Geometry 2019-01-21 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We survey problems and results from combinatorial geometry in normed spaces, concentrating on problems that involve distances. These include various properties of unit-distance graphs, minimum-distance graphs, diameter graphs, as well as minimum spanning trees and Steiner minimum trees. In particular, we discuss translative kissing (or Hadwiger) numbers, equilateral sets, and the Borsuk problem in normed spaces. We show how to use the angular measure of Peter Brass to prove various statements about Hadwiger and blocking numbers of convex bodies in the plane, including some new results. We also include some new results on thin cones and their application to distinct distances and other combinatorial problems for normed spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1702.00066,
  title  = {Combinatorial distance geometry in normed spaces},
  author = {Konrad J. Swanepoel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.00066},
  year   = {2019}
}

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43 pages, 4 figures, New Trends in Intuitive Geometry, Springer, to appear

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