Peter Alfeld, --- Department of Mathematics, --- College of Science --- University of Utah

Multivariate Splines and the 4 Color Map Problem

Notes

An "unavoidable set" means the same for multivariate splines as for the 4 color map problem.

It is true but not trivial statement that any triangulation can be built by adding one flap or fill at a time, and maintaining a triangulation at every step.

A corresponding statement is not true for three dimensional triangulations (i.e., tesselations of a three dimensional domain by tetrahedra). Click here for details.

[01-Nov-2023]