Shallow packings, semialgebraic set systems, macbeath regions, and polynomial partitioning

Kunal Dutta, Arijit Ghosh, Bruno Jartoux, Nabil H. Mustafa

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Abstract

The packing lemma of Haussler states that given a set system (X, R) with bounded VC dimension, if every pair of sets in R have large symmetric difference, then R cannot contain too many sets. Recently it was generalized to the shallow packing lemma, applying to set systems as a function of their shallow-cell complexity. In this paper we present several new results and applications related to packings: 1. an optimal lower bound for shallow packings, 2. improved bounds on Mnets, providing a combinatorial analogue to Macbeath regions in convex geometry, 3. we observe that Mnets provide a general, more powerful framework from which the state-of-the-art unweighted e-net results follow immediately, and 4. simplifying and generalizing one of the main technical tools in Fox et al. (J. of the EMS, to appear).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication33rd International Symposium on Computational Geometry, SoCG 2017
EditorsMatthew J. Katz, Boris Aronov
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
Pages38:1-38:15
Number of pages3435
Volume77
ISBN (Electronic)9783959770385
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event33rd International Symposium on Computational Geometry, SoCG 2017 - Brisbane, Australia
Duration: 4 Jul 20177 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume77
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference33rd International Symposium on Computational Geometry, SoCG 2017
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period4/07/177/07/17

Keywords

  • Epsilon-nets
  • Haussler's packing lemma
  • Mnets
  • Shallow packing lemma
  • Shallow-cell complexity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software

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