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The Hadwiger Number of Jordan Regions is Unbounded

Computational Geometry 2010-08-26 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We show that for every n > 0 there is a planar topological disk A_0 and n translates A_1, A_2, ..., A_n of A_0 such that the interiors of A_0, ... A_n are pairwise disjoint, but with each A_i touching A_0 for 1 <= i <= n.

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@article{arxiv.cs/0702079,
  title  = {The Hadwiger Number of Jordan Regions is Unbounded},
  author = {Otfried Cheong and Mira Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0702079},
  year   = {2010}
}