Title
On reconstructing n-point configurations from the distribution of distances or areas
Abstract
One way to characterize configurations of points up to congruence is by considering the distribution of all mutual distances between points. This paper deals with the question if point configurations are uniquely determined by this distribution. After giving some counterexamples, we prove that this is the case for the vast majority of configurations. In the second part of the paper, the distribution of areas of sub-triangles is used for characterizing point configurations. Again it turns out that most configurations are reconstructible from the distribution of areas, though there are counterexamples.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1016/S0196-8858(03)00101-5
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
vast majority,mutual distance,paper deal,n-point configuration,point configuration
Combinatorics,Counterexample,Distribution function,Congruence (geometry),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
32
4
0196-8858
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
28
2.05
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mireille Boutin116022.68
Gregor Kemper27011.53