Illumination of polygons by 45°-floodlights

  • Authors:
  • Csaba D. Tóth

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, ETH Zürich, IFW, CH-8092, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

What is the minimal number of floodlights that can illuminate the interior of any polygon with n vertices, provided that every floodlight has an α, α ∈ (0°, 360°], range of illumination? This question is answered in this paper for α ∈ [45°, 60°), stating that this number is n - 1, if n is odd, and n - 2, if n is even. We show also that every simple polygon with 2l + 2 vertices can be partitioned into l quadrilaterals using at most l - 1 Steiner points.