The Number of Triangulations on Planar Point Sets

@inproceedings{Welzl2006TheNO,
  title={The Number of Triangulations on Planar Point Sets},
  author={Emo Welzl},
  booktitle={Graph Drawing},
  year={2006}
}
  • E. Welzl
  • Published in Graph Drawing 18 September 2006
  • Mathematics
We give a brief account of results concerning the number of triangulations on finite point sets in the plane, both for arbitrary sets and for specific sets such as the n × n integer lattice. 
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