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Rahul Gangopadhyay

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arXiv2026

Sweeping Arrangements of Non-Piercing Curves in Plane

Let $Γ$ be an arrangement of Jordan curves in the plane, i.e., simple closed curves in the plane. For any curve $γ\in Γ$, we denote the bounded region enclosed by $γ$ as $\tildeγ$. We say that $Γ$ is non-piercing if for any two curves $α, β\in Γ$, $\tildeα \,\setminus\, \tildeβ$ is connected. A non-piercing arrangement of curves generalizes a set of $2$-intersecting curves in which each pair of curves intersect in at most two points. Snoeyink and Hershberger (``Sweeping Arrangements of Curves'', SoCG '89) proved that if we are given an arrangement $Γ$ of $2$-intersecting curves and a {\em sweep} curve $γ\inΓ$, then the arrangement can be \emph{swept} by $γ$ while always maintaining the $2$-intersecting property of the curves in $Γ$. We generalize the result of Snoeyink and Hershberger to the setting of non-piercing arrangements. Given an arrangement $Γ$ of non-piercing curves, a sweep curve $γ\in Γ$, and a point $P$ in $\tildeγ$, we show that we can continuously shrink $γ$ to $P$ so that throughout the process, the arrangement remains non-piercing (except at a finite set of points in time where $γ$ crosses other curves), and $P$ lies in $\tildeγ$. We show that our arguments can be modified if $P$ lies outside $\tildeγ$, and we want to sweep $γ$ \emph{outwards} so that $P$ lies outside $\tildeγ$, and the arrangement remains non-piercing. As a second contribution, we give an alternate proof of the result of Snoeyink and Hershberger, and give several applications of our results to combinatorial and algorithmic questions including to the \emph{multi-hitting set} problem involving points and non-piercing regions.

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arXiv2025

New Helly-type results for discrete boxes: Quantitative colorful and $(p,q)$-variants

In 2008, Halman showed that for any finite set $P\subset \mathbb R^d$ and any finite family $\mathcal{B}$ of axis-parallel boxes in $\mathbb{R}^d$, if the intersection of $P$ and any subfamily $\mathcal{B}' \subseteq\mathcal{B}$ of size at most $2d$ is non-empty, then the intersection of $P$ and $\mathcal{B}$ is also non-empty. Very recently Edwards and Soberón initiated the study of quantitative colorful version for $2d$ families, $(p,q)$-type variation for $p\geq q\geq d+1$, and other extensions of this Helly-type result by Halman. In this paper, we study the quantitative colorful Halman problem for $2d-1$ families as well its $(p,q)$-type variation for $p\geq q\geq 2$. Specifically, our main result asserts that for any finite set $P$ and finite families of boxes $\mathcal{B}_1,\dots,\mathcal{B}_{2d-1}$ in $\mathbb R^d$, where $d\geq 2$, if every transversal $\mathcal{B}$ for the families has an intersection $\bigcap \mathcal{B}$ containing at least $n$ points of $P$, then there exist $j\in[2d-1]$ and a subset of $P$ of size at most \[ 2n+\Big\lfloor \frac{n-1}{d \cdot 2^{d-1}} \Big\rfloor, \] such that each box of $\mathcal{B}_j$ contains at least $n$ points of this subset.

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arXiv2023

Maximum Rectilinear Crossing Number of Uniform Hypergraphs

We improve the lower bound on the $d$-dimensional rectilinear crossing number of the complete $d$-uniform hypergraph having $2d$ vertices to $Ω\left(\dfrac{(4\sqrt{2}/3^{3/4})^d}{d}\right)$ from $Ω(2^d \sqrt{d})$. We also establish that the $3$-dimensional rectilinear crossing number of a complete $3$-uniform hypergraph having $n \geq 9$ vertices is at least $\dfrac{43}{42}\dbinom{n}{6}$. We prove that the maximum number of crossing pairs of hyperedges in a $4$-dimensional rectilinear drawing of the complete $4$-uniform hypergraph having $n$ vertices is $13\dbinom{n}{8}$. We also prove that among all $4$-dimensional rectilinear drawings of a complete $4$-uniform hypergraph having $n$ vertices, the number of crossing pairs of hyperedges is maximized if all its vertices are placed at the vertices of a $4$-dimensional neighborly polytope. Our result proves the conjecture by Anshu et al. [Anshu, Gangopadhyay, Shannigrahi, and Vusirikala, 2017] for $d=4$. We prove that the maximum $d$-dimensional rectilinear crossing number of a complete $d$-partite $d$-uniform balanced hypergraph is $(2^{d-1}-1){\dbinom{n}{2}}^d$. We then prove that finding the maximum $d$-dimensional rectilinear crossing number of an arbitrary $d$-uniform hypergraph is NP-hard. We give a randomized scheme to create a $d$-dimensional rectilinear drawing of a $d$-uniform hypergraph $H$ such that, in expectation the total number of crossing pairs of hyperedges is a constant fraction of the maximum $d$-dimensional rectilinear crossing number of $H$.

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arXiv2021

Morphing tree drawings in a small 3D grid

We study crossing-free grid morphs for planar tree drawings using 3D. A morph consists of morphing steps, where vertices move simultaneously along straight-line trajectories at constant speeds. A crossing-free morph is known between two drawings of an $n$-vertex planar graph $G$ with $\mathcal{O}(n)$ morphing steps and using the third dimension it can be reduced to $\mathcal{O}(\log n)$ for an $n$-vertex tree [Arseneva et al.\ 2019]. However, these morphs do not bound one practical parameter, the resolution. Can the number of steps be reduced substantially by using the third dimension while keeping the resolution bounded throughout the morph? We answer this question in an affirmative and present a 3D non-crossing morph between two planar grid drawings of an $n$-vertex tree in $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{n} \log n)$ morphing steps. Each intermediate drawing lies in a $3D$ grid of polynomial volume.

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arXiv2019

Rectilinear Crossings in Complete Balanced d-Partite d-Uniform Hypergraphs

In this paper, we study the embedding of a complete balanced $d$-partite $d$-uniform hypergraph with all its $nd$ vertices represented as points in general position in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and each hyperedge drawn as a convex hull of $d$ corresponding vertices. We assume that the set of vertices is partitioned into $d$ disjoint sets, each of size $n$, such that each of the vertices in a hyperedge is from a different set. Two hyperedges are said to be crossing if they are vertex disjoint and contain a common point in their relative interiors. Using the Generalized Colored Tverberg Theorem, we observe that such an embedding of a complete balanced $d$-partite $d$-uniform hypergraph with $nd$ vertices contains $Ω\left((8/3)^{d/2}\right){\left({n/2}\right)^d{\left((n-1)/2\right)}^d}$ crossing pairs of hyperedges for sufficiently large $n$ and $d$. Using the Gale Transform and the Ham-Sandwich Theorem, we improve this lower bound to $ Ω\left(2^{d}\right){\left({n/2}\right)^d{\left((n-1)/2\right)}^d}$ for sufficiently large $n$ and $d$.

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arXiv2019

$k$-Sets and Rectilinear Crossings in Complete Uniform Hypergraphs

In this paper, we study the $d$-dimensional rectilinear drawings of the complete $d$-uniform hypergraph $K_{2d}^d$. Anshu et al. [Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, 2017] used Gale transform and Ham-Sandwich theorem to prove that there exist $Ω\left(2^d\right)$ crossing pairs of hyperedges in such a drawing of $K_{2d}^d$. We improve this lower bound by showing that there exist $Ω\left(2^d \sqrt{ d}\right)$ crossing pairs of hyperedges in a $d$-dimensional rectilinear drawing of $K_{2d}^d$. We also prove the following results. 1. There are $Ω\left(2^d {d^{3/2}}\right)$ crossing pairs of hyperedges in a $d$-dimensional rectilinear drawing of $K_{2d}^d$ when its $2d$ vertices are either not in convex position in $\mathbb{R}^d$ or form the vertices of a $d$-dimensional convex polytope that is $t$-neighborly but not $(t+1)$-neighborly for some constant $t\geq1$ independent of $d$. 2. There are $Ω\left(2^d {d^{5/2}}\right)$ crossing pairs of hyperedges in a $d$-dimensional rectilinear drawing of $K_{2d}^d$ when its $2d$ vertices form the vertices of a $d$-dimensional convex polytope that is $(\lfloor{d/2}\rfloor-t')$-neighborly for some constant $t' \geq 0$ independent of $d$.

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arXiv2016

On the Rectilinear Crossing Number of Complete Uniform Hypergraphs

In this paper, we consider a generalized version of the rectilinear crossing number problem of drawing complete graphs on a plane. The minimum number of crossing pairs of hyperedges in the $d$-dimensional rectilinear drawing of a $d$-uniform hypergraph is known as the $d$-dimensional rectilinear crossing number of the hypergraph. The currently best-known lower bound on the $d$-dimensional rectilinear crossing number of a complete $d$-uniform hypergraph with $n$ vertices in general position in $\mathbb{R}^d$ is $Ω(\frac{2^d}{\sqrt{d}} \log d) {n \choose 2d}$. In this paper, we improve this lower bound to $Ω(2^d) {n \choose 2d}$. We also consider the special case when all the vertices of a $d$-uniform hypergraph are placed on the $d$-dimensional moment curve. For such complete $d$-uniform hypergraphs with $n$ vertices, we show that the number of pairwise crossing hyperedges is $Θ(\frac{4^d}{\sqrt{d}}) {n \choose 2d}$.

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