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Let P be a set of n points in the plane. A topological hypergraphG, on the set of points of P, is a collection of simple closed curves in the plane that avoid the points of P. Each of these curves is called an edge of G, and the points of P are called the vertices of G. We provide bounds on the number of edges of topological hypergraphs in terms of the number of their vertices under various restrictions assuming the set of edges is a family of pseudo-circles.
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We thank Eyal Ackerman, Kevin Buchin, and Christian Knauer for very helpful discussions We are grateful to Andrea Munaro for pointing out the correct formulation of Lemmma 3. Research by Sarit Buzaglo and Rom Pinchasi was supported by the Israeli Science Foundation (grant no. 938/06).
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Buzaglo, S., Pinchasi, R., Rote, G. (2013). Topological Hypergraphs. In: Pach, J. (eds) Thirty Essays on Geometric Graph Theory. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0110-0_6
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