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Intersection Properties of Finite Disk Collections

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  • Jesús F. Espinoza

    (Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo 83000, Sonora, Mexico
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Cynthia G. Esquer-Pérez

    (Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo 83000, Sonora, Mexico
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

In this article, we study the intersection of a finite collection of disks in Euclidean space by examining spheres of various dimensions and their poles (extreme values with respect to canonical projections) contained within the intersection’s boundary. We derive explicit formulae for computing these extreme values and present two applications. The first application involves computing the smallest common rescaling factor for the radii of the disk system, which brings the system to a single point of intersection. This calculation allows us to compute the generalized Čech filtration, a crucial tool for the topological data analysis of weighted point clouds. The second application focuses on determining the minimal Axis-Aligned Bounding Box (AABB) for the intersection of a finite collection of disks in Euclidean space, addressing a significant problem in computational geometry. We consider that this work aims to contribute to the fields of topological data analysis and computational geometry by providing new tools for analyzing complex geometric structures.

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  • Jesús F. Espinoza & Cynthia G. Esquer-Pérez, 2024. "Intersection Properties of Finite Disk Collections," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:12:y:2024:i:4:p:547-:d:1337050
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