On stabbing triangles by lines in 3-space

Boris Aronov; Jiří Matoušek

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae (1995)

  • Volume: 36, Issue: 1, page 109-113
  • ISSN: 0010-2628

Abstract

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We give an example of a set P of 3 n points in 3 such that, for any partition of P into triples, there exists a line stabbing Ω ( n ) of the triangles determined by the triples.

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Aronov, Boris, and Matoušek, Jiří. "On stabbing triangles by lines in 3-space." Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae 36.1 (1995): 109-113. <http://eudml.org/doc/247745>.

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