Optimizing the Quality of Electric Lighting with the Use of 
Minkowski’s Geometric Difference 
Mashrabjon Mamatov
a
 and Jalolxon Nuritdinov
b
  
Department of Geometry and Topology, National University of Uzbekistan, 4 Universitet street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 
Keywords:  Geometric Difference of Minkowski, Lighting Set, Euclidean Plane, Methods, Theorem. 
Abstract:  In the paper, using the geometric difference of Minkowski, which are often used in the theory of differential 
games, the geometric data of the set of a certain lighting instrument are obtained. Found a way to build the 
set that needs to be installed in the lighting set to provide the lighting level corresponding to the requirement. 
In this  work, conditions are obtained for the sufficiency and necessity of given triangles on the Euclidean 
plane, i.e. it is shown that if the place of illumination is a triangle of sufficiently large size and the illuminated 
place of the lighting set is also a triangle, then the place of installation of the set will have a triangular shape. 
Methods for finding the Minkowski difference of some groups of triangles by vectors corresponding to their 
sides  are  also  shown  and  proved.  At  the  end  of  the  article  is  a  theorem  on  the  Minkowski  difference  of 
triangles. The theorem on the difference of Minkowski triangles is proved. The results obtained can be applied 
in the implementation of the installation of lighting devices for residential buildings, offices and enterprises. 
1  INTRODUCTION 
The  effect  of  light  and  light  pollution  on  nature, 
including  humans,  requires  additional  research.  For 
example,  in  part  when  solving  safety  problems  on 
highways,  it  is  advisable  to  solve  problems  in  an 
integrated  manner,  while  simultaneously  increasing 
the  quality  of lighting and  the  characteristics of  the 
road  surface.  The  last  factor  is  essential  for 
compliance with the  requirements for  standardizing 
brightness (Bowers, 1998). 
Many works have been devoted to optimizing the 
qualities  of  electric  lighting  (Bommel',  2009).  But 
these works do not consider the geometric data of the 
illuminated  areas  and  the  capabilities  of  the 
illuminating tool. 
In  the article,  using  the  geometric  difference  of 
Minkowski  (Bekker,  Brink,  2004)  -  (Pontryagin, 
1981), which are often used, the geometric data of the 
set  of  a  certain  lighting  instrument  are  obtained 
(Mamatov, 2009) -( Tukhtasinov, 2009).   
Definition 1. The sum of the two sets 
1
P
 and  
2
P
given in the 
n
-dimensional 
n
 space is defined as: 
 
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12 12112 2
{| ,,}.
n
PPP x xx xx Px P+∈=+∈∈
(1) 
Equation  (1)  can  also  be  expressed  by  the 
operation of union of sets        
11
12 12
().
xP
PP x P
∈
++
     (2) 
Definition 2.  The  Minkowski  difference of  two 
sets is defined as follows:  
{}
12 2 1
|;
n
QPP x xP P
∗
∈+⊂
  
(3) 
If the set is 
1
P
 the area that is being sanctified, 
2
P
 
is the possibility of the illuminating instrument, then 
Q
 is  the  set  that  must  be  set  for  the  illuminating 
instrument.  The  purpose  of  the  work  is  using  the 
geometric Minkowski differences, to obtain geometric 
data for the location of a certain lighting set. 
2  METHODS 
It is necessary and sufficient for the condition 
12
rr≥
 
to exist for the Minkowski difference of closed circles 
1
1
()
r
Bx
, 
2
1
()
r
By
with  radius 
12
,rr
in  the  plane 
2
( 
Satimov, 1973) 
Zs Geometric Difference.