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Let $P$ and $Q$ be two simple polygons in the plane of total complexity $n$, each of which can be decomposed into at most $k$ convex parts. We present an $(1-\varepsilon)$-approximation algorithm, for finding the translation of $Q$, which…
The least square solution of minimum norm of a rectangular linear system of equations can be found out iteratively by using matrix splittings. However, the convergence of such an iteration scheme arising out of a matrix splitting is…
The relaxed optimal $k$-thresholding pursuit (ROTP) is a recent algorithm for linear inverse problems. This algorithm is based on the optimal $k$-thresholding technique which performs vector thresholding and error metric reduction…
In the rectangle stabbing problem, we are given a set $\cR$ of axis-aligned rectangles in $\RR^2$, and the objective is to find a minimum-cardinality set of horizontal and/or vertical lines such that each rectangle is intersected by one of…
The Generalized Sliding-Tile Puzzle (GSTP), allowing many square tiles on a board to move in parallel while enforcing natural geometric collision constraints on the movement of neighboring tiles, provide a high-fidelity mathematical model…
Following the seminal work of Padberg on the Boolean quadric polytope $BQP$ and its LP relaxation $BQP_{LP}$, we consider a natural extension: $SATP$ and $SATP_{LP}$ polytopes, with $BQP_{LP}$ being projection of the $SATP_{LP}$ face (and…
Let $P$ be a set of $n$ points in an axis-parallel rectangle $B$ in the plane. We present an $O(n\alpha(n)\log^4 n)$-time algorithm to preprocess $P$ into a data structure of size $O(n\alpha(n)\log^3 n)$, such that, given a query point $q$,…
We propose a prototypical Split Inverse Problem (SIP) and a new variational problem, called the Split Variational Inequality Problem (SVIP), which is a SIP. It entails finding a solution of one inverse problem (e.g., a Variational…
We consider the random number partitioning problem (\texttt{NPP}): given a list $X\sim \mathcal{N}(0,I_n)$ of numbers, find a partition $\sigma\in\{-1,1\}^n$ with a small objective value $H(\sigma)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\left|\langle…
We present and discuss different algorithms for converting rectangular imagery into elliptical regions. We mainly focus on methods that use mathematical mappings with explicit and invertible equations. The key idea is to start with…
We consider vehicle-routing problems (VRPs) that incorporate the notion of {\em regret} of a client, which is a measure of the waiting time of a client relative to its shortest-path distance from the depot. Formally, we consider both the…
The (unweighted) point-separation problem asks, given a pair of points $s$ and $t$ in the plane, and a set of candidate geometric objects, for the minimum-size subset of objects whose union blocks all paths from $s$ to $t$. Recent work has…
Range closest-pair (RCP) search is a range-search variant of the classical closest-pair problem, which aims to store a given set $S$ of points into some space-efficient data structure such that when a query range $Q$ is specified, the…
This note uses the Total Least-Squares (TLS) line-fitting problem as a canvas to explore some modern optimization tools. The contribution is meant to be tutorial in nature. The TLS problem has a lot of mathematical similarities to important…
Given a graph and two fixed vertices $s$ and $t$, the Replacement Path Problem (RP) is to compute for every edge $e$, the distance between $s$ and $t$ when $e$ is removed. There are two natural extensions to RP: (1) Single Source…
Our RLibm project generates a single implementation for an elementary function that produces correctly rounded results for multiple rounding modes and representations with up to 32-bits. They are appealing for developing fast reference…
Quantum Signal Processing (QSP) and Quantum Singular Value Transformation (QSVT) currently stand as the most efficient techniques for implementing functions of block encoded matrices, a central task that lies at the heart of most prominent…
For a given polygonal region $P$, the Lawn Mowing Problem (LMP) asks for a shortest tour $T$ that gets within Euclidean distance 1/2 of every point in $P$; this is equivalent to computing a shortest tour for a unit-diameter cutter $C$ that…
We devise a polynomial-time algorithm for partitioning a simple polygon $P$ into a minimum number of star-shaped polygons. The question of whether such an algorithm exists has been open for more than four decades [Avis and Toussaint,…
We present new integer linear programming (ILP) models for NP-hard optimisation problems in instances of the Stable Marriage problem with Ties and Incomplete lists (SMTI) and its many-to-one generalisation, the Hospitals / Residents problem…