Paper by Erik D. Demaine
- Reference:
- Oswin Aichholzer, Erik D. Demaine, Jeff Erickson, Ferran Hurtado, Mark Overmars, Michael A. Soss, and Godfried T. Toussaint, “Reconfiguring Convex Polygons”, Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, volume 20, number 1–2, October 2001, pages 85–95. Special issue of selected papers from the 12th Annual Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 2000.
- Abstract:
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We prove that there is a motion from any convex polygon to any convex polygon
with the same counterclockwise sequence of edge lengths, that preserves the
lengths of the edges, and keeps the polygon convex at all times. Furthermore,
the motion is “direct” (avoiding any intermediate canonical
configuration like a subdivided triangle) in the sense that each angle changes
monotonically throughout the motion. In contrast, we show that it is
impossible to achieve such a result with each vertex-to-vertex distance
changing monotonically. We also demonstrate that there is a motion between
any two such polygons using three-dimensional moves known as pivots, although
the complexity of the motion cannot be bounded as a function of the number of
vertices in the polygon.
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- The paper is \copyright Elsevier Science B.V.
- Length:
- The paper is 13 pages.
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- Related papers:
- CCCG2000c (Reconfiguring Convex Polygons)
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- Carpenter's Rule Theorem
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