On the generation of topological (nk)-configurations

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Abstract

An (nk)-configuration is a set of n points and n lines in the projective plane such that the point { line incidence graph is k-regular. The configuration is geometric, topological, or combinatorial depending on whether lines are considered to be straight lines, pseudolines or just combinatorial lines. We provide an algorithm for generating all combinatorial (n k)-configurations that admit a topological realization, for given n and k. This is done without enumerating first all combinatorial (n k)-configurations. Among other results, our algorithm enables us to con- firm, in just one hour with a Java code of the second author, a satisfiability result of Lars Schewe in [11], obtained after several months of CPU-time.

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd Annual Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, CCCG 2011 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: 10 Aug 201112 Aug 2011

Conference

Conference23rd Annual Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, CCCG 2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period10/08/1112/08/11

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