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Numerous approximation algorithms for problems on unit disk graphs have been proposed in the literature, exhibiting a sharp trade-off between running times and approximation ratios. We introduce a variation of the known shifting strategy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-08 Guilherme D. da Fonseca , Vinícius G. Pereira de Sá , Celina M. H. de Figueiredo

A fast algorithm for counting intersections of two normal curves on a triangulated surface is proposed. It yields a convenient way for treating mapping class groups of punctured surfaces by presenting mapping classes by matrices, and the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Ivan Dynnikov

In this letter, a fast Fourier transform (FFT)-enhanced low-complexity super-resolution sensing algorithm for near-field source localization with both angle and range estimation is proposed. Most traditional near-field source localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Yuxiao Wu , Huizhi Wang , Yong Zeng

The boundary integral method is an efficient approach for solving time-harmonic acoustic obstacle scattering problems. The main computational task is the evaluation of an oscillatory boundary integral at each discretization point of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-17 Lexing Ying

We propose a linear time and constant space algorithm for computing Euclidean projections onto sets on which a normalized sparseness measure attains a constant value. These non-convex target sets can be characterized as intersections of a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-03-22 Markus Thom , Günther Palm

Computing the diameter of the intersection graphs of objects is a basic problem in computational geometry. Previous works showed that the complexity of computing the diameter mainly depends on the object types: for unit disks and squares in…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Timothy M. Chan , Hsien-Chih Chang , Jie Gao , Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak , Hung Le , Da Wei Zheng

An efficient technique to solve precision problems consists in using exact computations. For geometric predicates, using systematically expensive exact computations can be avoided by the use of filters. The predicate is first evaluated…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Olivier Devillers , Franco P. Preparata

We present an algorithm for evaluating a linear ``intersection transform'' of a function defined on the lattice of subsets of an $n$-element set. In particular, the algorithm constructs an arithmetic circuit for evaluating the transform in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-09-16 Andreas Björklund , Thore Husfeldt , Petteri Kaski , Mikko Koivisto

This paper describes a 2-D graphics algorithm that uses shifts and adds to precisely plot a series of points on an ellipse of any shape and orientation. The algorithm can also plot an elliptic arc that starts and ends at arbitrary angles.…

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We present a robust and fast algorithm for performing astrometry and source cross-identification on two dimensional point lists, such as between a catalogue and an astronomical image, or between two images. The method is based on minimal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Andras Pal , Gaspar Bakos

For elliptic interface problems with discontinuous coefficients, the maximum accuracy order for compact 9-point finite difference scheme in irregular points is three [7]. The discontinuous coefficients usually have abrupt jumps across the…

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Collision between rigid three-dimensional objects is a very common modelling problem in a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines, including Computer Science and Physics. It spans from realistic animation of polyhedral shapes for computer…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-23 Luca Tonti , Alessandro Patti

In this paper, we present an improved numerical algorithm for computing the intersection area of multiple circles and a complex polygon efficiently. This geometric problem is fundamental to applications such as wireless sensor networks and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Zeping Yi , Yongjun Wang , Baoshan Wang , Lan Li , Songyi Liu

We present an efficient algorithm designed for and capable of detecting elongated, thin features such as lines and curves in astronomical images, and its application to the automatic detection of gravitational arcs. The algorithm is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gregor Seidel , Matthias Bartelmann

Fast convolution algorithms, including Winograd and FFT, can efficiently accelerate convolution operations in deep models. However, these algorithms depend on high-precision arithmetic to maintain inference accuracy, which conflicts with…

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A significant challenge in object detection is accurate identification of an object's position in image space, whereas one algorithm with one set of parameters is usually not enough, and the fusion of multiple algorithms and/or parameters…

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This work illustrates the possibility to apply the Fast Fourier Transformation to obtain the integrals of the Boundary Element Method (BEM) on arbitrary shapes. The procedure is inspired by the technique used with great success within the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-05 Justus Benad

We consider the problem of minimizing a convex function over the intersection of finitely many simple sets which are easy to project onto. This is an important problem arising in various domains such as machine learning. The main difficulty…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-19 Achintya Kundu , Francis Bach , Chiranjib Bhattacharyya

Fourier transform methods are used to analyze functions and data sets to provide frequencies, amplitudes, and phases of underlying oscillatory components. Fast Fourier transform (FFT) methods offer speed advantages over evaluation of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-07-08 Elya Courtney , Michael Courtney