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The Tight Spanning Ratio of the Rectangle Delaunay Triangulation

Computational Geometry 2025-03-24 v2

Abstract

Spanner construction is a well-studied problem and Delaunay triangulations are among the most popular spanners. Tight bounds are known if the Delaunay triangulation is constructed using an equilateral triangle, a square, or a regular hexagon. However, all other shapes have remained elusive. In this paper, we extend the restricted class of spanners for which tight bounds are known. We prove that Delaunay triangulations constructed using rectangles with aspect ratio AA have spanning ratio at most 21+A2+AA2+1\sqrt{2} \sqrt{1+A^2 + A \sqrt{A^2 + 1}}, which matches the known lower bound.

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@article{arxiv.2211.11987,
  title  = {The Tight Spanning Ratio of the Rectangle Delaunay Triangulation},
  author = {Andrè van Renssen and Yuan Sha and Yucheng Sun and Sampson Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.11987},
  year   = {2025}
}