2022/03/10 by William Verreault, Verreault, William · 1 citation
Computer Science · Mathematics · #52-02 (Primary) 52C07 #52C17 (Secondary) #Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation #FOS: Mathematics #Metric Geometry (math.MG) #Optimization and Variational Analysis #Point processes and geometric inequalities
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2203.05540
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Plank problems concern the covering of convex bodies by planks in Euclidean space and are related to famous open problems in convex geometry. In this survey, we introduce plank problems and present surprising applications of plank theorems in various areas of mathematics.