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In 2012 Driemel et al. \cite{DBLP:journals/dcg/DriemelHW12} introduced the concept of $c$-packed curves as a realistic input model. In the case when $c$ is a constant they gave a near linear time $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximation algorithm…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-09-18 Joachim Gudmundsson , Yuan Sha , Sampson Wong

Recent research on computing the diameter of geometric intersection graphs has made significant strides, primarily focusing on the 2D case where truly subquadratic-time algorithms were given for simple objects such as unit-disks and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Timothy M. Chan , Hsien-Chih Chang , Jie Gao , Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak , Hung Le , Da Wei Zheng

A roadmap for a semi-algebraic set $S$ is a curve which has a non-empty and connected intersection with all connected components of $S$. Hence, this kind of object, introduced by Canny, can be used to answer connectivity queries (with…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2016-10-28 Mohab Safey El Din , Eric Schost

Real world data often lie on low-dimensional Riemannian manifolds embedded in high-dimensional spaces. This motivates learning degenerate normalizing flows that map between the ambient space and a low-dimensional latent space. However, if…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Hanlin Yu , Søren Hauberg , Marcelo Hartmann , Arto Klami , Georgios Arvanitidis

In many areas of applied geometric/numeric computational mathematics, including geo-mapping, computer vision, computer graphics, finite element analysis, medical imaging, geometric design, and solid modeling, one has to compute incidences,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Alberto Paoluzzi , Vadim Shapiro , Antonio DiCarlo , Francesco Furiani , Giulio Martella , Giorgio Scorzelli

We introduce an arbitrary order, computationally efficient method to smooth corners on curves in the plane, as well as edges and vertices on surfaces in $\mathbb R^3$. The method is local, only modifying the original surface in a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-08 Charles L. Epstein , Michael O'Neil

Writing an uncomplicated, robust, and scalable three-dimensional convex hull algorithm is challenging and problematic. This includes, coplanar and collinear issues, numerical accuracy, performance, and complexity trade-offs. While there are…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Ben Kenwright

A new algorithm for computing a point on a polynomial or rational curve in B\'{e}zier form is proposed. The method has a geometric interpretation and uses only convex combinations of control points. The new algorithm's computational…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2019-06-20 Filip Chudy , Paweł Woźny

Analyzing and identifying the shortcomings of current subdivision methods for finding intersections of rays with fibers defined by the surface of a circular contour swept along a B\'ezier curve, we present a new algorithm that improves…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-11-09 Nikolaus Binder , Alexander Keller

We consider three variants of the problem of finding a maximum weight restricted $2$-matching in a subcubic graph $G$. (A $2$-matching is any subset of the edges such that each vertex is incident to at most two of its edges.) Depending on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-01 Katarzyna Paluch , Mateusz Wasylkiewicz

We present a computational approach for unfolding 3D shapes isometrically into the plane as a single patch without overlapping triangles. This is a hard, sometimes impossible, problem, which existing methods are forced to soften by allowing…

The multiway-cut problem is, given a weighted graph and k >= 2 terminal nodes, to find a minimum-weight set of edges whose removal separates all the terminals. The problem is NP-hard, and even NP-hard to approximate within 1+delta for some…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 David Karger , Phil Klein , Cliff Stein , Mikkel Thorup , Neal E. Young

We propose a hybrid image-space/object-space solution to the classical hidden surface removal problem: Given n disjoint triangles in Real^3 and p sample points (``pixels'') in the xy-plane, determine the first triangle directly behind each…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Jeff Erickson

A simple and efficient algorithm to numerically compute the genus of surfaces of three-dimensional objects using the Euler characteristic formula is presented. The algorithm applies to objects obtained by thresholding a scalar field in a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-05 Adrián Lozano-Durán , Guillem Borrell

We study smooth isotopy classes of complex curves in complex surfaces from the perspective of the theory of bridge trisections, with a special focus on curves in $\mathbb{CP}^2$ and $\mathbb{CP}^1\times\mathbb{CP}^1$. We are especially…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Peter Lambert-Cole , Jeffrey Meier

We describe a polynomial-time algorithm to compute a (tight) geodesic between two curves in the curve graph. As well as enabling us to compute the distance between a pair of curves, this has several applications to mapping classes. For…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-10-05 Mark C. Bell , Richard C. H. Webb

The need to compute the intersections between a line and a high-order curve or surface arises in a large number of finite element applications. Such intersection problems are easy to formulate but hard to solve robustly. We introduce a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-09 Xiao Xiao , Laurent Buse , Fehmi Cirak

We describe algorithms based on invariant theory to solve problems on the geometry of curves, mainly those of genus 2, 3 and 4. New theoretical results building on the first author's PhD thesis are also included.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Thomas Bouchet , Reynald Lercier , Jeroen Sijsling , Christophe Ritzenthaler

We investigate the problem of finding the visible pieces of a scene of objects from a specified viewpoint. In particular, we are interested in the design of an efficient hidden surface removal algorithm for a scene comprised of iso-oriented…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-09-05 Athanasios Tsakalidis , Kostas Tsichlas

Slow-fast dynamical systems have two time scales and an explicit parameter representing the ratio of these time scales. Locally invariant slow manifolds along which motion occurs on the slow time scale are a prominent feature of slow-fast…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-09-20 John Guckenheimer , Tomas Johnson , Philipp Meerkamp