TY - GEN
T1 - Subquadratic Algorithms for Some 3Sum-Hard Geometric Problems in the Algebraic Decision Tree Model
AU - Aronov, Boris
AU - de Berg, Mark
AU - Cardinal, Jean
AU - Ezra, Esther
AU - Iacono, John
AU - Sharir, Micha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Boris Aronov, Mark de Berg, Jean Cardinal, Esther Ezra, John Iacono, and Micha Sharir.
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - We present subquadratic algorithms in the algebraic decision-tree model for several 3Sum-hard geometric problems, all of which can be reduced to the following question: Given two sets A, B, each consisting of n pairwise disjoint segments in the plane, and a set C of n triangles in the plane, we want to count, for each triangle ∆ ∈ C, the number of intersection points between the segments of A and those of B that lie in ∆. The problems considered in this paper have been studied by Chan (2020), who gave algorithms that solve them, in the standard real-RAM model, in O((n2/log2 n) logO(1) log n) time. We present solutions in the algebraic decision-tree model whose cost is O(n60/31+ε), for any ε > 0. Our approach is based on a primal-dual range searching mechanism, which exploits the multi-level polynomial partitioning machinery recently developed by Agarwal, Aronov, Ezra, and Zahl (2020). A key step in the procedure is a variant of point location in arrangements, say of lines in the plane, which is based solely on the order type of the lines, a “handicap” that turns out to be beneficial for speeding up our algorithm.
AB - We present subquadratic algorithms in the algebraic decision-tree model for several 3Sum-hard geometric problems, all of which can be reduced to the following question: Given two sets A, B, each consisting of n pairwise disjoint segments in the plane, and a set C of n triangles in the plane, we want to count, for each triangle ∆ ∈ C, the number of intersection points between the segments of A and those of B that lie in ∆. The problems considered in this paper have been studied by Chan (2020), who gave algorithms that solve them, in the standard real-RAM model, in O((n2/log2 n) logO(1) log n) time. We present solutions in the algebraic decision-tree model whose cost is O(n60/31+ε), for any ε > 0. Our approach is based on a primal-dual range searching mechanism, which exploits the multi-level polynomial partitioning machinery recently developed by Agarwal, Aronov, Ezra, and Zahl (2020). A key step in the procedure is a variant of point location in arrangements, say of lines in the plane, which is based solely on the order type of the lines, a “handicap” that turns out to be beneficial for speeding up our algorithm.
KW - Algebraic decision-tree model
KW - Computational geometry
KW - Hierarchical partitions
KW - Order types
KW - Point location
KW - Polynomial partitioning
KW - Primal-dual range searching
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U2 - 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.3
DO - 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.3
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AN - SCOPUS:85122426490
T3 - Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
BT - 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2021
A2 - Ahn, Hee-Kap
A2 - Sadakane, Kunihiko
PB - Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
Y2 - 6 December 2021 through 8 December 2021
ER -