• DocumentCode
    3389947
  • Title

    Algebraic decomposition of non-convex polyhedra

  • Author

    Edelsbrunner, Herbert

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    23-25 Oct 1995
  • Firstpage
    248
  • Lastpage
    257
  • Abstract
    Any arbitrary polyhedron P⊆Rd can be written as algebraic sum of simple terms, each an integer multiple of the intersection of d or fewer half-spaces defined by facets of P. P can be non-convex and can have holes of any kind. Among the consequences of this result are a short boolean formula for P, a fast parallel algorithm for point classification, and a new proof of the Gram-Sommerville angle relation
  • Keywords
    computational geometry; parallel algorithms; Gram-Sommerville angle relation; algebraic decomposition; algebraic sum; arbitrary polyhedron; boolean formula; half-spaces; nonconvex polyhedra; parallel algorithm; point classification; Computational complexity; Computational geometry; Computer science; Data structures; Parallel algorithms; Piecewise linear approximation; Solid modeling; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Foundations of Computer Science, 1995. Proceedings., 36th Annual Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Milwaukee, WI
  • ISSN
    0272-5428
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-7183-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SFCS.1995.492480
  • Filename
    492480