355 research outputs found
Compatible 4-Holes in Point Sets
Counting interior-disjoint empty convex polygons in a point set is a typical
Erd\H{o}s-Szekeres-type problem. We study this problem for 4-gons. Let be a
set of points in the plane and in general position. A subset of ,
with four points, is called a -hole in if is in convex position and
its convex hull does not contain any point of in its interior. Two 4-holes
in are compatible if their interiors are disjoint. We show that
contains at least pairwise compatible 4-holes.
This improves the lower bound of which is implied by a
result of Sakai and Urrutia (2007).Comment: 17 page
Natural Law as Integrative Framework for Data Analytics Education
Teaching the multidisciplinary field of Data Analytics requires comfort with multiple domains of knowledge, each with its own assumptions, concepts, and skills. Ideally, such teaching will use an overarching framework that transcends and subsumes all the reference fields. Natural law provides such an unchanging framework and a stress-free and sustainable path to continued learning. Teaching from Natural Law helps enhance the student’s capacity for comprehension and integration of diverse knowledge and skills. This paper presents seven key Natural Law principles, along with examples of their applications in teaching data analytics
Higher-Order Triangular-Distance Delaunay Graphs: Graph-Theoretical Properties
We consider an extension of the triangular-distance Delaunay graphs
(TD-Delaunay) on a set of points in the plane. In TD-Delaunay, the convex
distance is defined by a fixed-oriented equilateral triangle ,
and there is an edge between two points in if and only if there is an empty
homothet of having the two points on its boundary. We consider
higher-order triangular-distance Delaunay graphs, namely -TD, which contains
an edge between two points if the interior of the homothet of
having the two points on its boundary contains at most points of . We
consider the connectivity, Hamiltonicity and perfect-matching admissibility of
-TD. Finally we consider the problem of blocking the edges of -TD.Comment: 20 page
Analysis of Farthest Point Sampling for Approximating Geodesics in a Graph
A standard way to approximate the distance between any two vertices and
on a mesh is to compute, in the associated graph, a shortest path from
to that goes through one of sources, which are well-chosen vertices.
Precomputing the distance between each of the sources to all vertices of
the graph yields an efficient computation of approximate distances between any
two vertices. One standard method for choosing sources, which has been used
extensively and successfully for isometry-invariant surface processing, is the
so-called Farthest Point Sampling (FPS), which starts with a random vertex as
the first source, and iteratively selects the farthest vertex from the already
selected sources.
In this paper, we analyze the stretch factor of
approximate geodesics computed using FPS, which is the maximum, over all pairs
of distinct vertices, of their approximated distance over their geodesic
distance in the graph. We show that can be bounded in terms
of the minimal value of the stretch factor obtained using an
optimal placement of sources as , where is the ratio of the lengths of
the longest and the shortest edges of the graph. This provides some evidence
explaining why farthest point sampling has been used successfully for
isometry-invariant shape processing. Furthermore, we show that it is
NP-complete to find sources that minimize the stretch factor.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
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