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On Polygons Excluding Point Sets

Combinatorics 2009-12-16 v1

Abstract

By a polygonization of a finite point set SS in the plane we understand a simple polygon having SS as the set of its vertices. Let BB and RR be sets of blue and red points, respectively, in the plane such that BRB\cup R is in general position, and the convex hull of BB contains kk interior blue points and ll interior red points. Hurtado et al. found sufficient conditions for the existence of a blue polygonization that encloses all red points. We consider the dual question of the existence of a blue polygonization that excludes all red points RR. We show that there is a minimal number K=K(l)K=K(l), which is polynomial in ll, such that one can always find a blue polygonization excluding all red points, whenever kKk\geq K. Some other related problems are also considered.

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@article{arxiv.0912.2914,
  title  = {On Polygons Excluding Point Sets},
  author = {Radoslav Fulek and Balázs Keszegh and Filip Morić and Igor Uljarević},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2914},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

14 pages, 15 figures

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