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We investigate the folding problem that asks if a polygon P can be folded to a polyhedron Q for given P and Q. Recently, an efficient algorithm for this problem has been developed when Q is a box. We extend this idea to regular polyhedra,…
In this thesis, a new approach for constructing subdivision algorithms for generalized quadratic and cubic B-spline subdivision for subdivision surfaces and volumes is presented. First, a catalog of quality criteria for these subdivision…
We present a new implementation of the Floyd-Warshall All-Pairs Shortest Paths algorithm on CUDA. Our algorithm runs approximately 5 times faster than the previously best reported algorithm. In order to achieve this speedup, we applied a…
In this paper, we consider convex quadratic optimization problems with indicator variables when the matrix $Q$ defining the quadratic term in the objective is sparse. We use a graphical representation of the support of $Q$, and show that if…
Let $\mathcal{P}$ be the surface of a convex polyhedron with $n$ vertices. We consider the two-point shortest path query problem for $\mathcal{P}$: Constructing a data structure so that given any two query points $s$ and $t$ on…
We introduce the Cox homotopy algorithm for solving a sparse system of polynomial equations on a compact toric variety $X_\Sigma$. The algorithm lends its name from a construction, described by Cox, of $X_\Sigma$ as a GIT quotient $X_\Sigma…
Finding diverse solutions in combinatorial problems recently has received considerable attention (Baste et al. 2020; Fomin et al. 2020; Hanaka et al. 2021). In this paper we study the following type of problems: given an integer $k$, the…
We consider minimization problems with bisubmodular objective functions. We propose valid inequalities, namely the poly-bimatroid inequalities, and provide a complete linear description of the convex hull of the epigraph of a bisubmodular…
We present a fast algorithm for computing discrete cubical homology of graphs over finite fields with an appropriate characteristic. This algorithm improves on several computational steps compared to constructions in the existing…
This paper presents an approximation algorithm for finding a shortest path between two points $s$ and $t$ in a weighted planar subdivision $\PS$. Each face $f$ of $\PS$ is associated with a weight $w_f$, and the cost of travel along a line…
Given a set $\mathcal{P}$ of $h$ pairwise disjoint simple polygonal obstacles in $\mathbb{R}^2$ defined with $n$ vertices, we compute a sketch $\Omega$ of $\mathcal{P}$ whose size is independent of $n$, depending only on $h$ and the input…
The convex rope problem is to find a counterclockwise or clockwise convex rope starting at the vertex a and ending at the vertex b of a simple polygon P, where a is a vertex of the convex hull of P and b is visible from infinity. The convex…
Numerical computation of shortest paths or geodesics on curved domains, as well as the associated geodesic distance, arises in a broad range of applications across digital geometry processing, scientific computing, computer graphics, and…
Let $s$ be a source point and $t$ be a destination point inside an $n$-vertex simple polygon $P$. Euclidean shortest paths and minimum-link paths between $s$ and $t$ inside $P$ have been well studied. Both these kinds of paths are simple…
Folding is emerging as a promising manufacturing process to transform flat materials into functional structures, offering efficiency by reducing the need for welding, gluing, and molding, while minimizing waste and enabling automation.…
An important problem in computational arithmetic geometry is to find changes of coordinates to simplify a system of polynomial equations with rational coefficients. This is tackled by a combination of two techniques, called minimisation and…
We introduce a natural notion of depth that applies to individual cutting planes as well as entire families. This depth has nice properties that make it easy to work with theoretically, and we argue that it is a good proxy for the practical…
We study self-approaching paths that are contained in a simple polygon. A self-approaching path is a directed curve connecting two points such that the Euclidean distance between a point moving along the path and any future position does…
A Dynamic Programming based polynomial worst case time and space algorithm is described for computing Hamiltonian Path of a directed graph. Complexity constructive proofs along with a tested C++ implementation are provided as well. The…
Recent results on curve reconstruction are described.