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In this article, we consider the problems of finding in $d+1$ dimensions a minimum-volume axis-parallel box, a minimum-volume arbitrarily-oriented box and a minimum-volume convex body into which a given set of $d$-dimensional unit-radius…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Helmut Alt , Sergio Cabello , Otfried Cheong , Ji-won Park , Nadja Seiferth

In this article we prove a conjecture of Bezdek, Brass, and Harborth concerning the maximum volume of the convex hull of any facet-to-facet connected system of n unit hypercubes in the d-dimensional Euclidean space. For d=2 we enumerate the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sascha Kurz

Let $d$ be a fixed positive integer and let $\epsilon>0$. It is shown that for every sufficiently large $n\geq n_0(d,\epsilon)$, the $d$-dimensional unit cube can be decomposed into exactly $n$ smaller cubes such that the ratio of the side…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-18 Peter Frankl , Amram Meir , Janos Pach

For a graph $G$, its \emph{cubicity} $cub(G)$ is the minimum dimension $k$ such that $G$ is representable as the intersection graph of (axis--parallel) cubes in $k$--dimensional space. Chandran, Mannino and Oriolo showed that for a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 L. Sunil Chandran , Naveen Sivadasan

Let us have in S^2, R^2 or H^2 a pair of convex bodies, for S^2 different from S^2, such that the intersections of any congruent copies of them are centrally symmetric. Then our bodies are congruent circles. If the intersections of any…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-03 Jesús Jerónimo-Castro , Endre Makai

Let M be a complete, finite-volume, orientable hyperbolic manifold having exactly one cusp. If we assume that pi_1(M) has no subgroup isomorphic to a genus-2 surface group, and that either (a) H_1(M;Z_p) has dimension at least 5 for some…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Marc Culler , Peter B. Shalen

In a given hypercube, draw grid lines parallel to the edges, and consider all hypercuboids (or hypercubes) whose edges are lying on the grid lines or the boundary. We find the limit of the value of the ratio of the arithmetic mean of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Takashi Hirotsu

In an Euclidean $d$-space, the container problem asks to pack $n$ equally sized spheres into a minimal dilate of a fixed container. If the container is a smooth convex body and $d\geq 2$ we show that solutions to the container problem can…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-20 Achill Schuermann

We revisit the following problem (along with its higher dimensional variant): Given a set $S$ of $n$ points inside an axis-parallel rectangle $U$ in the plane, find a maximum-area axis-parallel sub-rectangle that is contained in $U$ but…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-17 Adrian Dumitrescu , Minghui Jiang

We study the slices or sections of a convex polytope by affine hyperplanes. We present results on two key problems: First, we provide tight bounds on the maximum number of vertices attainable by a hyperplane slice of $d$-polytope (a sort of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Jesús A. De Loera , Gyivan Lopez-Campos , Antonio J. Torres

We consider the online search problem in which a server starting at the origin of a $d$-dimensional Euclidean space has to find an arbitrary hyperplane. The best-possible competitive ratio and the length of the shortest curve from which…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-09-10 Antonios Antoniadis , Ruben Hoeksma , Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak , Kevin Schewior

For a hyperplane $H$ supporting a convex body $C$ in the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^d$ we define the width of $C$ determined by $H$ as the distance between $H$ and a most distant ultraparallel hyperplane supporting $C$. The minimum width…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-07 Marek Lassak

Let $\mathcal{S}$ be a finite set of integer points in $\mathbb{R}^d$, which we assume has many symmetries, and let $P\in\mathbb{R}^d$ be a fixed point. We calculate the distances from $P$ to the points in $\mathcal{S}$ and compare the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Jack Anderson , Cristian Cobeli , Alexandru Zaharescu

Suppose we choose $N$ points uniformly randomly from a convex body in $d$ dimensions. How large must $N$ be, asymptotically with respect to $d$, so that the convex hull of the points is nearly as large as the convex body itself? It was…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-09-22 Alan Frieze , Wesley Pegden , Tomasz Tkocz

Rounding has proven to be a fundamental tool in theoretical computer science. By observing that rounding and partitioning of $\mathbb{R}^d$ are equivalent, we introduce the following natural partition problem which we call the {\em secluded…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Jason Vander Woude , Peter Dixon , A. Pavan , Jamie Radcliffe , N. V. Vinodchandran

We develop a new simple approach to prove upper bounds for generalizations of the Heilbronn's triangle problem in higher dimensions. Among other things, we show the following: for fixed $d \ge 1$, any subset of $[0, 1]^d$ of size $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-14 Dmitrii Zakharov

What is the largest constant $c\in [0,1]$ with the property that every finite collection $\mathcal{C}$ of axis-parallel squares in the plane admits a disjoint sub-collection $\mathcal{S}$ occupying at least a fraction $c$ of the area…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Gian Maria Dall'Ara , Adrian Dumitrescu

Consider two half-spaces $H_1^+$ and $H_2^+$ in $\mathbb{R}^{d+1}$ whose bounding hyperplanes $H_1$ and $H_2$ are orthogonal and pass through the origin. The intersection $\mathbb{S}_{2,+}^d:=\mathbb{S}^d\cap H_1^+\cap H_2^+$ is a spherical…

Denote by Q_d the d-dimensional hypercube. Addressing a recent question we estimate the number of ways the vertex set of Q_d can be partitioned into vertex disjoint smaller cubes. Among other results, we prove that the asymptotic order of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Noga Alon , Jozsef Balogh , Vladimir N. Potapov

A Hilbert cube of dimension $d$ is the set of integers \[ H(a_{0}; a_{1}, \ldots, a_{d})=a_{0}+\{0, a_{1}\}+\cdots+\{0, a_{d}\}=\left\{a_{0}+\sum_{i=1}^{d}\varepsilon_{i}a_{i}:\;\varepsilon_{i}\in\{0,1\}\right\}. \] Brown, Erd\H{o}s and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Andrew Bremner , Christian Elsholtz , Maciej Ulas