Helly numbers of polyominoes

Jean Cardinal; Hiro Ito; Matias Korman; Stefan Langerman

Helly numbers of polyominoes

Jean Cardinal, Hiro Ito, Matias Korman, Stefan Langerman

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Abstract

We define the Helly number of a polyomino P as the smallest number h such that the h-Helly property holds for the family of symmetric and translated copies of P on the integer grid. We prove the following: (i) the only polyominoes with Helly number 2 are the rectangles, (ii) there does not exist any polyomino with Helly number 3, (iii) there exist polyminoes of Helly number k for any k ≠ 1, 3.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2011 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	23rd Annual Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, CCCG 2011 - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: 2011 Aug 10 → 2011 Aug 12

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Other	23rd Annual Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, CCCG 2011
Country	Canada
City	Toronto, ON
Period	11/8/10 → 11/8/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computational Mathematics
Geometry and Topology

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