Piercing Diametral Disks Induced by Edges of Maximum Spanning Trees

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    Abstract

    Let P be a set of points in the plane and let T be a maximum-weight spanning tree of P. For an edge (p, q), let be the diametral disk induced by (p, q), i.e., the disk having the segment as its diameter. Let be the set of the diametral disks induced by the edges of T. In this paper, we show that one point is sufficient to pierce all the disks in, thus, the set is Helly. Actually, we show that the center of the smallest enclosing circle of P is contained in all the disks of, and thus the piercing point can be computed in linear time.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationWALCOM
    Subtitle of host publicationAlgorithms and Computation - 17th International Conference and Workshops, WALCOM 2023, Proceedings
    EditorsChun-Cheng Lin, Bertrand M. Lin, Giuseppe Liotta
    PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
    Pages71-77
    Number of pages7
    ISBN (Print)9783031270505
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
    Event17th International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and Computation, WALCOM 2023 - Hsinchu, Taiwan, Province of China
    Duration: 22 Mar 202324 Mar 2023

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume13973 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference17th International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and Computation, WALCOM 2023
    Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
    CityHsinchu
    Period22/03/2324/03/23

    Keywords

    • Fingerhut’s conjecture
    • Helly’s theorem
    • Maximum spanning tree
    • Piercing set

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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