On the Complexity of Closest Pair via Polar-Pair of Point-Sets

Roee David, C. S. Karthik, Bundit Laekhanukit

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Abstract

Every graph G can be represented by a collection of equi-radii spheres in a d-dimensional metric Delta such that there is an edge uv in G if and only if the spheres corresponding to u and v intersect. The smallest integer d such that G can be represented by a collection of spheres (all of the same radius) in Delta is called the sphericity of G, and if the collection of spheres are nonoverlapping, then the value d is called the contact-dimension of G. In this paper, we study the sphericity and contact-dimension of the complete bipartite graph K-n,K- n in various L-p-metrics and consequently connect the complexity of the monochromatic closest pair and bichromatic closest pair problems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)509-527
Number of pages19
JournalSIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

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