Chvátal theorem
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Chvátal watchman theorem
The following question was posed by V. Klee: How many guards are necessary (and sufficient) to guard (visually cover) a polygonal room (an art gallery) of 
vertices?
The question was answered by V. Chvátal [a1]. He proved that 
guards are sometimes necessary and always sufficient to guard a polygonal room of 
vertices.
A concise proof was later found by S. Fisk [a2]. See also Art gallery theorems.
References
| [a1] | V. Chvátal, "A combinatorial theorem in plane geometry" J. Combin. Th. B , 18 (1975) pp. 39–41 |
| [a2] | S. Fisk, "A short proof of Chvátal's watchman theorem" J. Combin. Th. B , 24 (1978) pp. 374 |
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Chvátal theorem. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Chv%C3%A1tal_theorem&oldid=22295
Chvátal theorem. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Chv%C3%A1tal_theorem&oldid=22295
This article was adapted from an original article by J. O'Rourke (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article