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In this work we tried to prove the lonely runner conjecture also known as the view obstruction problem.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-12-15 Oleksiy Kurganskyy

The diameter of the graph of a $d$-dimensional lattice polytope $P \subseteq [0,k]^{n}$ is known to be at most $dk$ due to work by Kleinschmidt and Onn. However, it is an open question whether the monotone diameter, the shortest guaranteed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Alexander E. Black

Lonely Runner Conjecture, proposed by J\"{o}rg M. Wills and so nomenclatured by Luis Goddyn, has been an object of interest since it was first conceived in 1967 : Given positive integers $k$ and $n_1,n_2,\ldots,n_k$ there exists a positive…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Avinash Bhardwaj , Vishnu Narayanan , Hrishikesh Venkataraman

The covering radius is a fundamental property of linear codes that characterizes the trade-off between storage and access in linear data-query protocols. The generalized covering radius was recently defined by Elimelech and Schwartz for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Ben Langton , Netanel Raviv

The ropelength of a space curve is usually defined as the quotient of its length by its thickness: the radius of the largest embedded tube around the knot. This idea was extended to space polygons by Eric Rawdon, who gave a definition of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ted Ashton , Jason Cantarella

This paper is concerned with the minimum distance computation for higher dimensional toric codes defined by lattice polytopes. We show that the minimum distance is multiplicative with respect to taking the product of polytopes, and behaves…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Ivan Soprunov , Evgenia Soprunova

A detailed survey of the Lonely Runner Conjecture and its connection between Diophantine approximation and View-obstruction problems.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-11-13 Clayton Barnes

This paper develops an algorithm that guides a multi-robot system in an unknown environment in search of fixed targets. The area to be scanned contains an unknown number of convex obstacles of unknown size and shape. The algorithm covers…

Robotics · Computer Science 2012-02-13 Jonathan Rogge , Dirk Aeyels

Recent literature posed the problem of characterising the graph degree sequences with exactly one $3$-polytopal (i.e. planar, $3$-connected) realisation. This seems to be a difficult problem in full generality. In this paper, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Riccardo W. Maffucci

The minimum convex cover problem seeks to cover a polygon $P$ with the fewest convex polygons that lie within $P$. This problem is $\exists\mathbb R$-complete, and the best previously known algorithm, due to Eidenbenz and Widmayer (2001),…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Omrit Filtser , Tzalik Maimon , Ofir Yomtovyan

We describe an efficient algorithm to compute a pseudotriangulation of a finite planar family of pairwise disjoint convex bodies presented by its chirotope. The design of the algorithm relies on a deepening of the theory of visibility…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2012-08-14 Luc Habert , Michel Pocchiola

Line coverage is the task of servicing a given set of one-dimensional features in an environment. It is important for the inspection of linear infrastructure such as road networks, power lines, and oil and gas pipelines. This paper…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Saurav Agarwal , Srinivas Akella

The (combinatorial) diameter of a polytope $P \subseteq \mathbb R^d$ is the maximum value of a shortest path between a pair of vertices on the 1-skeleton of $P$, that is the graph where the nodes are given by the $0$-dimensional faces of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Laura Sanità

The goal of random sequential adsorption (RSA), a time-dependent packing method, is to create a regular or asymmetric covering of an empty space that can fit in the allocated space without overlapping. The density of coverage tends to reach…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-05-03 Aref Abbasi Moud

Sometimes, it is possible to represent a complicated polytope as a projection of a much simpler polytope. To quantify this phenomenon, the extension complexity of a polytope $P$ is defined to be the minimum number of facets of a (possibly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-24 Matthew Kwan , Lisa Sauermann , Yufei Zhao

The Lonely Runner Conjecture states that if $k+1$ runners start at the same point on a unit-length circular track and run with distinct constant speeds, then each runner is at some time at least $1/(k+1)$-distant from every other runner.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Alathea Jensen

In this paper, we present a low-diameter decomposition algorithm in the LOCAL model of distributed computing that succeeds with probability $1 - 1/poly(n)$. Specifically, we show how to compute an $\left(\epsilon, O\left(\frac{\log…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Yi-Jun Chang , Zeyong Li

We describe, for the first time, a completely rigorous homotopy (path--following) algorithm (in the Turing machine model) to find approximate zeros of systems of polynomial equations. If the coordinates of the input systems and the initial…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-31 Carlos Beltrán , Anton Leykin

A polyhedral norm is a norm N on R^n for which the set N(x)\leq 1 is a polytope. This covers the case of the L^1 and L^{\infty} norms. We consider here effective algorithms for determining the Voronoi polytope for such norms with a point…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-03 Michel Deza , Mathieu Dutour Sikirić

We introduce the property of convex normality of rational polytopes and give a dimensionally uniform lower bound for the edge lattice lengths, guaranteeing the property. As an application, we show that if every edge of a lattice d-polytope…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-12-14 Joseph Gubeladze