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- From: lambert@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Tim Lambert)
- Subject: Re: polyhedron/polyhedron intersection
- In-Reply-To: orourke@sophia.smith.edu's message of Fri, 13 Nov 1992 02:35:48 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov12.011952.1154@cis.uab.edu> <1992Nov12.091352.5323@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:19:04 GMT
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- >>>>> On Fri, 13 Nov 1992 02:35:48 GMT, orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke) said:
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- >>|> In article <1992Nov12.011952.1154@cis.uab.edu>, sloan@cis.uab.edu (Kenneth Sloan) writes:
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- >>|> |> GIVEN an arbitrary, simple polyhedron, P.
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- >>|> |> FIND the largest (greatest volume) convex polyhedron completely
- >>|> |> contained in P.
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- > Call a
- > largest inscribed convex polyhedron Q. Is there a P with a unique Q
- > such that a face of Q intersects the surface of P in an edge of P only?
- > In other words, might a face of Q pivot on a reflex (=concave) edge
- > of P, being neither flush with a face of P nor touching at three
- > points forming a triangle? My guess is yes.
-
- I think your guess is correct.
-
- Let P be:
- D(-1,2) B(1,2)
- /\ /\
- / \ / \
- / \ / \
- H(-2,1)/......\/......\G(2,1)
- /. C(0,1) . \
- / . . . . \
- / . . . . \
- /______________________\
- E(-3,0) F(-1,0) A(3,0)
-
- Each of the 7 triangles I have divided P into has an area of 1.
- ABF has an area of 4, but the largest inscribed polygon is AGHE with
- an area of 5.
-
- Now put liitle concavities between A and G and between E and H. The
- top edge of the largest inscribed polygon touches P at a single point.
- Rotate everything about the y axis. The top face of the largest
- inscribed polyhedron touches P at a single point.
-
- Tim
-