Cell complexes, oriented matroids and digital geometry

  • Authors:
  • Julian Webster

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computing, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, UK

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science - Topology in computer science
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Abstract cell complexes (ACCs) were introduced by Kovalevsky as a means of solving certain connectivity paradoxes in graph-theoretic digital topology, and to this extent provide an improved theoretical basis for image analysis. In this work we argue that ACCs are a very natural setting for digital geometry, to the extent that their use permits simple, almost trivial formulations of major convexity results, including Caratheodory's, Helly's and Radon's theorems. We also discuss the relevance of oriented matroids to digital geometry.