Illuminating polygons with vertex π-floodlights
Find how many half-plane floodlights placed at vertices always suffice to light a polygon with n vertices; the answer lies between 9n/14 and 2n/3.
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Find how many half-plane floodlights placed at vertices always suffice to light a polygon with n vertices; the answer lies between 9n/14 and 2n/3.
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Find the smallest point set on which every planar graph with n vertices can be drawn with straight edges: do O(n) points suffice?
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Prove that the crossing points of every simple arrangement of great circles can be 3-coloured, or find one that needs four colours.
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Find the maximum number of k-sets and halving lines of n points in the plane; the known bounds are barely superlinear and O(n^4/3).
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Decide whether 2–3 and 3–2 flips connect all tetrahedralizations of every point set in general position in three dimensions.
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Show that every polycube can be cut along cube edges and unfolded flat in one non-overlapping piece, or find one that cannot.
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Prove that every convex polyhedron can be cut along its edges and unfolded flat in one piece without overlap, or find one that cannot.
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