Common tangents to four unit balls in \(\mathbb{R}^3\)

zbMath0989.51013MaRDI QIDQ5939537

Macdonald, I. G., Thorsten Theobald, János Pach

Publication date: 3 September 2001

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

balls in 3-spacetangent lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20) Configuration theorems in linear incidence geometry (51A20)

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