Reductions among Geometric
Problems
All Nearest Neighbors
Given a set of points in the
plane, report a nearest-
neighbor for each point
Closest Pair
Given a set of n points in
the plane, which two points
are the closest?
Euclidean MST
Given n points in the plane,
find the Minimum Spanning
Tree of the complete
(Euclidean) graph
Triangulation
Given n points in the plane,
find a triangulation of these
points
Sorting
Given a set of n numbers,
report the numbers in order
Element Uniqueness
Given a set of n numbers,
are the numbers all distinct?
This set of problems is from [Preparata
& Shamos]
CS409 - Spring 2000
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