Diffuse reflection diameter in simple polygons

Gill Barequet, Sarah M. Cannon, Eli Fox-Epstein, Benjamin Hescott, Diane L. Souvaine, Csaba D. Tóth, Andrew Winslow

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Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Aanjaneya, Bishnu, and Pal that the minimum number of diffuse reflections sufficient to illuminate the interior of any simple polygon with n walls from any interior point light source is n/2-1. Light reflecting diffusely leaves a surface in all directions, rather than at an identical angle as with specular reflections.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-132
Number of pages10
JournalDiscrete Applied Mathematics
Volume210
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Sep 2016

Keywords

  • Art gallery
  • Illumination
  • Link distance

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Applied Mathematics

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