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Simplifying triangulations

Geometric Topology 2016-04-25 v2 Computational Geometry

Abstract

We give a new algorithm to simplify a given triangulation with respect to a given curve. The simplification uses flips together with powers of Dehn twists in order to complete in polynomial time in the bit-size of the curve.

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@article{arxiv.1604.04314,
  title  = {Simplifying triangulations},
  author = {Mark C. Bell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.04314},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

9 pages, 6 figures

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