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Sibson's formula for higher order Voronoi diagrams

Computational Geometry 2024-04-29 v1

Abstract

Let SS be a set of nn points in general position in Rd\mathbb{R}^d. The order-kk Voronoi diagram of SS, Vk(S)V_k(S), is a subdivision of Rd\mathbb{R}^d into cells whose points have the same kk nearest points of SS. Sibson, in his seminal paper from 1980 (A vector identity for the Dirichlet tessellation), gives a formula to express a point QQ of SS as a convex combination of other points of SS by using ratios of volumes of the intersection of cells of V2(S)V_2(S) and the cell of QQ in V1(S)V_1(S). The natural neighbour interpolation method is based on Sibson's formula. We generalize his result to express QQ as a convex combination of other points of SS by using ratios of volumes from Voronoi diagrams of any given order.

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@article{arxiv.2404.17422,
  title  = {Sibson's formula for higher order Voronoi diagrams},
  author = {Mercè Claverol and Andrea de las Heras-Parrilla and Clemens Huemer and Dolores Lara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.17422},
  year   = {2024}
}