QUADRANGULAR REFINEMENTS OF CONVEX POLYGONS WITH AN APPLICATION TO FINITE-ELEMENT MESHES

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHIAS MÜLLER-HANNEMANN ◽  
KARSTEN WEIHE
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Convex Polygon ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Linear Time Algorithm ◽  
Convex Polygons ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Three Dimensional Space

We present a linear–time algorithm that decomposes a convex polygon conformally into a minimum number of strictly convex quadrilaterals. Moreover, we characterize the polygons that can be decomposed without additional vertices inside the polygon, and we present a linear–time algorithm for such decompositions, too. As an application, we consider the problem of constructing a minimum conformal refinement of a mesh in the three–dimensional space, which approximates the surface of a workpiece. We prove that this problem is strongly [Formula: see text] –hard, and we present a linear-time algorithm with a constant approximation ratio of four.

scholarly journals Embedding Sun Graphs in a Single Page

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Mahavir Banukumar
Keyword(s):  
Page Number ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Linear Ordering ◽  
Linear Time Algorithm ◽  
The Sun ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Book Embedding ◽  
Minimum Number

A book consists of a line in the 3-dimensional space, called the spine, and a number of pages, each a half-plane with the spine as boundary. A book embedding (p, r) of a graph consists of a linear ordering of p, of vertices, called the spine ordering, along the spine of a book and an assignment r, of edges to pages so that edges assigned to the same page can be drawn on that page without crossing. That is, we cannot find vertices u, v, x, y with p(u) < p(x) < p(v) < p(y), yet the edges uv and xy are assigned to the same page, that is r(uv) = r(xy). The book thickness or page number of a graph G is the minimum number of pages in required to embed G in a book. In this paper we consider the Sun Graph or the Trampoline graph and obtain the printing cycle for embedding the Sun Graph in a single page. We also give a linear time algorithm for such an embedding.

scholarly journals An Embedding Algorithm for a Specialcase of Extended Grids

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Mahavir Banukumar
Keyword(s):  
Half Plane ◽  
Page Number ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Linear Ordering ◽  
Linear Time Algorithm ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Book Embedding ◽  
Minimum Number

A book consists of a line in the 3-dimensional space, called the spine, and a number of pages, each a half-plane with the spine as boundary. A book embedding (π,ρ) of a graph consists of a linear ordering of π, of vertices, called the spine ordering, along the spine of a book and an assignment ρ, of edges to pages so that edges assigned to the same page can be drawn on that page without crossing. That is, we cannot find vertices u, v, x, y with π(u) < π(x) < π(v) < π(y), yet the edges uv and xy are assigned to the same page, that is ρ(uv) = ρ(xy). The book thickness or page number of a graph G is the minimum number of pages in required to embed G in a book. In this paper we consider the extended grid and prove that the 1xn extended grid can be embedded in two pages. We also give a linear time algorithm to embed the 1xn extended grid in two pages.

scholarly journals Minimum Cell Connection in Line Segment Arrangements

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (03) ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Helmut Alt ◽  
Sergio Cabello ◽  
Panos Giannopoulos ◽  
Christian Knauer
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Linear Time Algorithm ◽  
Constant Number ◽  
Line Segments ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Number Of Segments ◽  
Connection Problems

We study the complexity of the following cell connection problems in segment arrangements. Given a set of straight-line segments in the plane and two points [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in different cells of the induced arrangement: [(i)] compute the minimum number of segments one needs to remove so that there is a path connecting [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text] that does not intersect any of the remaining segments; [(ii)] compute the minimum number of segments one needs to remove so that the arrangement induced by the remaining segments has a single cell. We show that problems (i) and (ii) are NP-hard and discuss some special, tractable cases. Most notably, we provide a near-linear-time algorithm for a variant of problem (i) where the path connecting [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text] must stay inside a given polygon [Formula: see text] with a constant number of holes, the segments are contained in [Formula: see text], and the endpoints of the segments are on the boundary of [Formula: see text]. The approach for this latter result uses homotopy of paths to group the segments into clusters with the property that either all segments in a cluster or none participate in an optimal solution.

EDGE ADVANCING RULES FOR INTERSECTING SPHERICAL CONVEX POLYGONS

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 207-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
JONG-SUNG HA ◽  
SUNG-YONG SHIN
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Spherical Surface ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Linear Time Algorithm ◽  
Convex Polygons

In this paper, we propose new rules of advancing edges for computing the intersection of a pair of convex polygons in the plane. These rules have no ambiguities when extended into the spherical surface, differently from those of O'Rourke et al.4 Finally, we design a linear-time algorithm for computing the intersection of a pair of spherical convex polygons, and prove its correctness.

Search Numbers in Networks with Special Topologies

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 1940004
Author(s):  
BOTING YANG ◽  
RUNTAO ZHANG ◽  
YI CAO ◽  
FARONG ZHONG
Keyword(s):  
Approximation Algorithms ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Time Transformation ◽  
Linear Time Algorithm ◽  
Optimal Layout ◽  
Explicit Formulas ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Search Numbers

In this paper, we consider the problem of finding the minimum number of searchers to sweep networks/graphs with special topological structures. Such a number is called the search number. We first study graphs, which contain only one cycle, and present a linear time algorithm to compute the vertex separation and the optimal layout of such graphs; by a linear-time transformation, we can find the search number of this kind of graphs in linear time. We also investigate graphs, in which every vertex lies on at most one cycle and each cycle contains at most three vertices of degree more than two, and we propose a linear time algorithm to compute their search number and optimal search strategy. We prove explicit formulas for the search number of the graphs obtained from complete k-ary trees by replacing vertices by cycles. We also present some results on approximation algorithms.

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